Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile

Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la

Go!

I hear a song makes me think of a girl i used to know
I sing along when i hear it on the radio now

Hey now where did we go
Ooh yeah, days when the rains came
Way down in the hollow
Ooh yeah, playin' a new game

Laughin' and a runnin', hey, hey, hey
Skippin' and a jumpin', yeah, yeah
In the misty morning fog
Oh baby and our hearts a thumpin'
And you
My brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when
We used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
I hear a song makes me think of a girl i used to know
Hey, hey, hey
I sing along when i hear it on the radio now

Now that the years gone by
Yeah, now that i'm on my own
Saw you just the other day
Oh my, baby you have grown
Cast my memory back there, lord
Sometimes i am overcome just thinkin' 'bout it
Makin' love in the green grass
Behind the stadium with you
My brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when
Yeah, we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
I hear a song makes me think of a girl i used to know
Hey, hey, hey
I sing along when i hear it on the radio
Hey, hey, hey

[instrumental]

"hey, ain't life wonderful? wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... isn't it wonderful now?"

I close my eyes when i get too sad
I think thoughts that i know are bad
Close my eyes and i count to ten
Hope it's over when i open them

I want the things that i had before
Like a star wars poster on my bedroom door
I wish i could count to ten
Make everything be wonderful again

Hope my mom and i hope my dad
Will figure out why they get so mad
Hear them scream, i hear them fight
They say bad words that make me wanna cry

Close my eyes when i go to bed
And i dream of angels who make me smile
I feel better when i hear them say
Everything will be wonderful someday

Promises mean everything when you're little
And the world's so big
I just don't understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
Tell me everything is wonderful now

Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now

I go to school and i run and play
I tell the kids that it's all okay
I laugh aloud so my friends won't know
When the bell rings i just don't wanna go home

Go to my room and i close my eyes
I make believe that i have a new life
I don't believe you when you say
Everything will be wonderful someday

Promises mean everything when you're little
And the world is so big
I just don't understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
When you tell me everything is wonderful now

No
No, i don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
No
No, i don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now

I don't wanna hear you say
That i will understand someday
No, no, no, no
I don't wanna hear you say
You both have grown in a different way
No, no, no, no
I don't wanna meet your friends
And i don't wanna start over again
I just want my life to be the same
Just like it used to be
Some days i hate everything
I hate everything
Everyone and everything
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now...

I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now

Yeah right!

One, two, three, four

Break down, shake for me
Nothing ever is the way you want it to be
Nothing even tastes right now that it's over

Break down, shake for me
Don't write words unless you want me to read them
Nothing really matters now that it's over

Maybe we can be friends
Now that we're older
We can have fun like we did in the early days
Now that it's over

Yeah right!

Break down, shake for me
Nothing ever seems the way it ought to be
Nothing ever seems right now that it's over

Yeah, now maybe we can be friends
Maybe we can be closer
We can have fun like we did in the old days
Now that it's over

Oh yeah...

My bad dreams just don't seem the same
Baby without you
I wish you were willing to accept the blame
Yeah, for everything you do

My nightmares just don't scare me now
Baby without you, yeah yeah
I wish that i could find the words to tell
In the best way possible, you and your friends to go to hell

Yeah right!

Whoa, breakup time is never easy to do
Nothing ever ends the way you want it to
Nothing seems to make sense now that it's over

Yeah, now maybe we can be friends
Yeah, now that you're leaving
You can be nice to me
Maybe i'm dreaming
I am a lot better now than just okay
Maybe i am just wakin' up in my own way
Now that it's over
Now that it's over

My bad dreams just don't seem the same
Baby without you
I wish you were willing to accept the blame
Yeah, for all the shitty things you do

Nightmares just don't scare me now
Baby without you
I wish that i could find the words to tell
You to politely go fuck yourself
Yeah, now that it's over...

"congratulations. a fetishist and an obsessive. you'll be very happy together."

"here we go again!"

You know i like to watch you sleep
No i don't wanna touch you, you'll get mad at me
No i don't wanna think about the bad times
Anyone could have a bad year

Now i don't want you to show me
Do not want you to know me
The way i used to be
All these good things we have
Would not mean a damn to me
And i don't wanna hear those words you feel you have to say
When you find out how i used to be
Back in the day

Yeah, you know i like the way you slide
Yeah, yes i like it when you do that slow glide
Now, please don't badtalk all those good times
Don't ask for answers, baby, that you do not want to hear

Now i don't want you to make me
Do not need you to break me
Of all my childish ways
I'm still the same, you know
Dumb, rock hard, and good to go
I still hear them voices calling me from back in the day
Oh baby can't you see there ain't no place i'd rather be

Then watchin' dirty movies
In that happy room with you
Sleepin' on a mattress in the corner
Eating chinese food
I hear that voice in my head
Say here we go again

Now here we go again

I know you like the way i rock
Sometimes i just need to drown out all that bad talk
Yeah, i could not care less what your friends say
Someone's always talkin' shit about the old days

You do not need to remind me
That i left it all behind
Those things i used to do
I don't want that other life 'cause i am so in love with you
I can barely hear it calling me from back in the day
Oh baby can't you see there ain't no place i'd rather be

Then watching dirty movies
In that happy room with you
Sleepin' on a mattress in the corner
Eating chinese food
I hear that voice in my head
Say here we go again

Yeah here we go again
Oh baby here we go again
I know, here we go...

Baby baby can't you see

Yes i know you got some doubts
I know you don't believe
I know you think i'm crazy
Yeah but i know you're just like me
When i hear that voice inside me
Makes me want to jump right in
Sayin' here we go
Here we go
Here we go
Here we go again

Let's go watch some dirty movies
Yes in that nasty little room
Sleepin' on the mattress while we eat that greasy chinese food
I hear that voice in my head
Say here we go again

Baby, here we go again

The only thing that ever made sense to me
Is the words to a song from an american movie
The only thing that ever made sense in my life
Is the sound of my little girl laughing
Through the window of a summer night

I sit alone in the back yard
Wishing i could be inside
Just the sound of my little girl laughing
Makes me happy just to be alive...