A Boy Named Goo

And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
'cause all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
Got tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Get lost or thrown away
And now we're grown up orphans
That never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame

But if you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And i won't tell no one your name
And i won't tell em' your name

And scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there
Did you get to be a star
And don't it make you sad to know that life
Is more than who we are

We grew up way too fast
And now there's nothing to believe
Reruns all become our history
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
And i won't tell no one your name
And i won't tell em' your name
I won't tell em' your name
Mmm, mmm, mmm,

I won't tell em' your name

I'll open up my head awhile
Its been dead for years
Musta been a victim of my peers
One is for my happiness
The other for my health
The last is something bigger than myself
I ain't the only one, i ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say

I'm talkin' to myself again
I'll just start a fight
Nobody can prove me wrong, i'm right
Anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse
A thousand other suckers will try and fill your shoes

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Little pictures in my head are turnin' inside out again
'cause fuckin' up takes practice i feel i'm well rehearsed
Because the past is a bully and the futures even worse
You tell me what you fear 'cause i can feel it like a curse

Well, you used to be a folk singer, now you're just a joke singer
Ain't no smokin' dope singer, swingin from a rope singer

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Well they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
And they're holding up for cheaper chinese food
If i'm older now and have a tainted attitude
Why'd those neon lights all lose their common blue?
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And i never thought i'd see it so exploited
Ah but i know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes i know that somethin' bad has gotta change

Well i see 'em working round the block till six a.m.
The thermometer's at minus five degrees
And i'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes
To her head or towards a shred of dignity

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Go!

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Yes i know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes i know that somethin' bad has gotta change

Let me tell you 'bout a girl i know
I drag her around wherever i go
This little woman drives me insane
She's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain
For sixteen years she's been hangin' around
Try'n' to bury me in a hole in the ground
Well i think it's time that i even the score
There's only room for one in this cage of yours

Don't save me when i startin' to drown
Don't use me when you don't want me around
Just be my slave girl 'cause that's all i need
So take a little step back to the stone age with me. go!

Well i hear a strange noise as i lie in mybed
I feel a lotta water drippin' on my head
I look around tried to see through my hair
You left me alone, but do you think i care?

'cause you moved me when i was takin' my time
You abused me when i'm outta line
You tried to warn me of the danger sign
So watch out! go!

Well, you got me in the bondage of another age
You drive me to distraction in a primitive way
I can't control my instincts when i hear her say
"just come around and see me if you lose your way"

So join my chain gang play along with me
I'll be your caveman, it's basic as can be
I'm not insane, man, i'm just outta my dream

Flat top intervention
Bringin' home the new invention
See it there in pieces on the ground
A television war between the cynics and the saints
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on

Ah, sleeping on the white house lawn ain't never changed a thing
Look at all the washed out hippie dreams

And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while

The tabloid generation's lost
Choking on it's fear
Used to be that's all we had to fear

And conscience keeps us quiet while the crooked love to speak
There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street.

A visionary coward says that anger can be power
As long as there's a victim on tv

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And my dirty dreams all come alive
On my tv screen
And assasination plots
Show me what i haven't got
Show me what i love, and who i'm s'posed to be
Show me everything i need
Show it all to me
Show it all to me

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could you talk to me
Honestly?
'cause i never heard a word you said now
And i ain't just being mean
'cause all we are is what we're told
And most of that's been lies
It's like a made for tv movie
And i just blew my line

Someday you never made it
And maybe it never will
Hey, you never made it
And ain't that unusual?

Now i feel unknown
And it's safe that way
Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared now?
What's that supposed to mean?

I'm burned out on some empty reasons
Another waste of time
There's somethin' that i wish i'd said
But i don't think it'd rhyme

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See i'd love to be you
Then at least then i'd see you
Sorry i put them words in your mouth
But you wouldn't talk to me
Hey!

Everything i want i haven't got
I'm sick of everything i know i'm not
Put my heavy coat on for a while
It's freezing in the corner of my mind

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I don't remember it doesn't ring a bell
And when you call me everything is swell
I tend to forget about the times we had
And now it doesn't matter 'cause i feel so sad
I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along, yeah.

We've paid the price and now we're both alone
And if you call me you'll find me home
I've found another someone to take your place
Now if you don't mind please get outta of my face

I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along, yeah.
Cause, i've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along