pouette

I stood under ohio's skies
I could see the open fields for miles
I thought "what the hell am I doing back here again?"
but now I'm trying to reassemble the things I kept and
the pictures fade but I hope to resurrect
the things that kept me sane back then

in the backyard playing on the swingset
dark green shoes off you can get your feet wet
mom and dad sat quiet in the sunroom
sundown, big moon, big sky.

now I just want to live a normal life
get a fast car and a pretty wife
we could have children of our own
settle down here until they're grown
we could buy a house out on the beach
and just die there, out of reach
do you want to live
do you want to live
do you want to live a normal life with me

live
a normal life with me

for years I cursed these dead end streets
no where to go, no one to meet
we only talked about the crazy woman down the road
but everything makes much more sense now
someday I'll have my own house
I'll make enough to make it easier to pay the phone bill

in the backyard playing on the swingset
dark green shoes off you can get your feet wet
my wife and i will sit quiet in the sunroom
sundown, big moon, big sky.

I just want to live a normal life
get a fast car and a pretty wife
we could have children of our own
settle down here until they're grown
we could buy a house out on the beach
and just die there, out of reach
do you want to live
do you want to live
do you want to live a normal life

I'll watch the kids until you get home
4:58 and you're on the phone
coming back from work on friday
wide-awake in the american dream
I'll make the bed, you feed the cat
could it really be as simple as that? (yeah)
do you want to live
do you want to live
do you want to live a normal life with me

do you want to live a normal life with me

now I just want to live a normal life
get a fast car and a pretty wife
we could have children of our own
settle down here until they're grown

I just want to live a normal life
get a fast car and a pretty wife
we could have children of our own
settle down here until they're grown
we could buy a house out on the beach
and just die there, out of reach
do you want to live
do you want to live
do you want to live a normal life
do you want to live
do you want to live
do you want to live a normal life
do you want to live
do you want to live a normal life with me?

I'm haunted by this photograph
Don't know why
Everytime I look, I get shivers down my spine
You're such a beautiful face
I know those eyes
They take me back in time

She could be you
I wouldn't even know
She could be you
But that was long ago
She could be you

I wish that i could tell you
What you don't know
I dream about that day
But it's impossible
In another world,
I'll be yours tonight
But i can't break free from this life

She could be you
I wouldn't even know
She could be you
But that was long ago
She could be you

I see it all the time
I know it's true
A picture doesn't lie

She could be you
I wouldn't even know
She could be you
But that was long ago
She could be you

She could be you
She could be you

Poum chak c'est moi sous une fumée opaque
Avouez que je vous ai bien eus
Que vois-je, madame, vous rendrais-je écarlate,
Est-ce ce révolver, ou ma simple venue
Votre mine est bien claire, auriez-vous un peu bu?

Un coup de vent tout le monde me rate
L'homme invisible, oui c'est bien moi.
Dear Jekyll vous ne m'échapperez pas
Courrez donc mon cher, une ombre ne s'évite pas
De la lune au clair, abracabra

J'ai failli tomber par terre, danser le twist avec vous,
Oh venez avec moi, venez
Mais voyons laissez-vous faire, non ne criez point surtout,
Que diriez vous de m'embrasser ?
Et la lune est claire, non vous n'entendez
Bang bang révolver, mes pas se rapprocher

Un coup de vent pour qu'en deux je me casse
Je me demande chaque lendemain
Quel est cet homme qui la nuit me fait boire pour un rien
Te violer par terre et puis recommencer
Une goutte d'éther, on se laisserait tenter

J'ai failli me laisser faire, au diable mes rendez-vous
Ce soir je m'en irai danser
J'ai failli tomber par terre, Monsieur le diable avec vous
Ce soir je m'en irai danser
Bang bang révolver et le lond des pavés
Le temps d'un éclair

Détrôner le lucifer, au diable mes rendez-vous
Seul je m'en irai danser
Je ne suis point Lucifer, oui mais bien pire voyez-vous
Dès qu'un verre vous me proposez
Bang bang révolver et le lond des pavés
Le temps d'un éther, votre tête a roulé
Bang bang révolver sur un Londres embrumé
Le temps d'un éclair

Well I was there on the day
They sold the cause for the queen,
And when the lights all went out
We watched our lives on the screen.
I hate the ending myself,
But it started with an alright scene.

It was the roar of the crowd
That gave me heartache to sing.
It was a lie when they smiled
And said, "you won't feel a thing"
And as we ran from the cops
We laughed so hard it would sting

Yeah yeah, oh

If I'm so wrong (so wrong, so wrong)
How can you listen all night long? (night long, night long)
Now will it matter after I'm gone?
Because you never learn a goddamned thing.

You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to ya

I spent my high school career
Spit on and shoved to agree
So I could watch all my heroes
Sell a car on tv
Bring out the old guillotine
We'll show 'em what we all mean.

Yeah yeah, oh

If I'm so wrong (so wrong, so wrong)
How can you listen all night long? (night long, night long)
Now will it matter long after I'm gone?
Because you never learn a goddamned thing.

You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to ya

So go, go away, just go, run away.
But where did you run to? And where did you hide?
Go find another way, price you pay

Woah, Woah, Woah, Woah, Woah, Woah

You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to ya, come on

You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to ya

At all, at all, at all...