"Little Things"

Yeah, this song is dedicated (This is Good Charlotte)
To every kid who ever got picked last in gym class (You know what I'm saying, this is for you)
To every kid who never had a date to no school dance (This is for you)
To everyone whose ever been called a freak (Y'all no what I'm saying)
This is for you (What?)
Here we (GC) Here we go
Yeah, uh, what, c'mon (Y'all know what I'm talking about, you all know what I'm saying)
Yeah, what, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Here we go, oh oh oh oh oh (C'mon) oh oh oh oh oh (Let's do this) here we go...

Like the time at school when we got free lunch and the cool kids beat us up (Reduced lunch)
And the rich kids had convertibles and we had to ride the bus (Fifty-five)
Like the time we made the baseball team but they still laughed at us (You still suck!)
Like the time that girl broke up with me 'cause I wasn't cool enough
TRICK!
Things...things...here we go

The little things, little things, they always hang around
The little things, little things, they try to break me down
The little things, little things, they just won't go away
The little things, little things, made me who I am today, GO
You wanna hate me now, but I won't stop now
'Cause I can't stop now

Yeah, what (C'mon) what, yeah (What) c'mon, c'mon, here we go...
Like the time mom went to that institute 'cause she was breaking down (I just can't take it)
Like the car we had that wouldn't start we had to walk to get around (Can I get a ride?)
And that same year on Christmas Eve dad went to the store (Uh, I'll see ya guys later)
We checked his room his things were gone, we didn't see him no more
DICK!
Things...things...here we go

The little things, little things, they always hang around
The little things, little things, they try to break me down
The little things, little things, they just won't go away
The little things, little things, made me who I am today, GO
You wanna hate me now, but I won't stop now
'Cause I can't stop now

What, what, what...here we go...here we go... go...go
The little things, little things, little things, little things, little things,
little things, little things, little things, little things (oh oh oh oh oh),
little things, little things, little things, little things (oh oh oh oh oh),
little things, little things, little things...here we go

Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
And it always seems those little things (oh oh oh oh oh),
they take the biggest part of me, break down (oh oh oh oh oh),
I'm breaking down, I'm breaking down...

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"Waldorf Worldwide"

Worldwide what?
You heard me
Waldorf, Naptown, worldwide. What?

Come on, get up, get up, get up, come on
Yeah, break it break it break it down.
Tikki, tikki

Everything's gonna be alright now
Everything's gonna be alright
Get down stay up all night now
Let's do this one more time
Everything will be alright alright
Bring it in bring it in what? bring in..the verse..

Listen up 'cause there ain't nothin' funny,
I wanna hot girl and a little bit of money,
I wanna little house where my band can live,
'Cause we're tired of movin' every other weekend
I wanna go to parties where they got no guns,
I wanna rock with my band, I wanna have a little fun
Where thugs and punks and any other type,
Can sing this song and we'll sing it all night (sing it!)

Everything's gonna be alright now
Everything's gonna be alright
Get down stay up all night now
Let's do this one more time
Everything will be alright
Everything will be alright alright

All I wanna do is kick the welfare, all I wanna do is get my share
All I wanna do is kick the welfare, all I wanna do is get my share
And I don't wanna run for the president,
I just want an honest way to pay my rent
And I'm tired of the man always shuttin' us down,
Tired of my old man 'cause he's never around
And I'm tired of eating off of other people's plates,
And I don't look important, so they're tellin' me to wait
Police records said they wouldn't exist,
I wanna know the meaning of a Christmas list
Said all I wanna do is kick the welfare,
All I wanna do is get my share, (tikki tikki tikki tikki)
All I wanna do is make somethin' from nothin',
It's GC baby and we're workin' with somethin',

Everything's gonna be alright now
Everything's gonna be alright
Get down stay up all night now
Let's do this one more time
Everything will be alright
Everything will be alright alright

We'll be self-made millionaires,
These lives we'll lead without a care, oh yeah,
And we'll see what we'll be

Everything's gonna be alright now,
Everybody say oh yeah that's right,
Everything's gonna be alright now,
Everybody say it one more time,
Everything will be alright, alright... alright...
Alright... (We'll see you when we get there),
Alright... (We'll see you when we get there)
On the video,
Or the radio,
In the magazines,
On the movie screens

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"The Motivation Proclamation"

Spend your lazy, endless crazy days, inside my head,
You're so selfish, you're not the only one who thinks he's dead
I'm paid to smile, now I'm on trial for what you think I said
But I never said that everything would be ok,
And I never said that we would live to see another day..yeah..yeah..

[Chorus:]
Motivate me, I wanna get myself out of this bed,
Captivate me, I want good thoughts inside of my head,
If I fall down would you come around and pick me right up off the ground? [x2]

I'm realistic and narcissistic,
You say I'm selfish and absurd
You try to change me, you try to save me
You say I'm gonna learn, I'm so blind,
I'm out of time, You're so unkind sometimes,
I never lied, I never lied, I never lied
Cuz I never said that everything would be ok,
and I never said that we would live to see another day..yeah..yeah..

[Chorus:]
Motivate me, I wanna get myself out of this bed,
Captivate me, I want good thoughts inside of my head,
If I fall down would you come around and pick me right up off the ground? [x2]

(Right up off the ground.. Pick me right up off the ground.. Yeah..Oh)

Yeah, 'Cause everything, it'll be ok,
You know we're gonna live to see another day,
Yeah...yeah...yeah...yeah...
Motivate me...yeah,
(I wanna get myself outta this)
Motivate me...yeah
(I wanna get myself outta this)
Motivate me...yeah
(I wanna get myself outta this)
Motivate me...yeah
(I wanna get myself outta this bed!)

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"East Coast Anthem"

[First Version:]

Walking on the streets of D.C.,
On the East Coast where I live,
You say what's the problem
What's with this angry kid
You don't like the way I walk,
or the way I talk,
or the way I swing my hands,
You don't like the words I speak,
or the thoughts I think,
And I know you'll never understand

You know
On the East Coast, we ride until we die
You know,
Well there's a place inside my mind,
Yeah, a place you'll never find,
There's a place inside my mind, Walk this way
There's a place inside my mind,
Yeah, a place you'll never find,
There's a place inside my mind, We'll leave today
You know

Wouldn't it be perfect if I could sit with you?
And we would change a thing or 2, we'd change a thing or 2,
We would change the way you think, we would change the way I think,
We would change the way they think but we're not changin' anything

You know
On the East Coast, we ride until we die
You know,
Well there's a place inside my mind,
Yeah, a place you'll never find,
There's a place inside my mind, Walk this way
There's a place inside my mind,
Yeah, a place you'll never find,
There's a place inside my mind, We'll leave today
You know

Well there's a place inside my mind,
Yeah, a place you'll never find,
There's a place inside my mind, Walk this way
There's a place inside my mind,
Yeah, a place you'll never find,
There's a place inside my mind, We'll leave today
You know

--
[Second Version:]

Walking on the streets of D.C.,
On the East Coast where I live,
You say what's the problem
What's with this angry kid
You don't like the way I walk,
or the way I talk,
or the way I swing my hands,
You don't like the words I speak,
or the thoughts I think,
And I know you'll never understand

You know
On the East Coast, we ride until we die
You know,
Well there's a place inside my mind,
Yeah, a place you'll never find,
There's a place inside my mind, Walk this way
You know

And wouldn't it be perfect if I could sit with you?
And we would change a thing or two, we'd change a thing or two,
We would change the way you think, we would change the way I think,
We can't change the way they think so we're not changin' anything

You know
On the East Coast, we ride until we die
You know
Well there's a place inside my mind,
Yeah, a place you'll never find,
There's a place inside my mind, leave today
You know

'Cause on the East Coast we ride, until the day we die
Well there's a place inside my mind,
Yeah, a place you'll never find,
There's a place inside my mind, Walk this way
There's a place inside my mind,
Yeah, a place you'll never find,
There's a place inside my mind, leave today
You know

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"Festival Song"

I don't care about a thing today
I used to but I'm fed up
And I can hear the words you say
I wish that you would shut up
I've got responsibility
that is my liability, a menace to society
At least that's what they say to me

[Chorus]
But tonight, tonight, it's on tonight
I don't want your boring life,
And I don't want your 9 to 5,
Or anyone to tell me how to live my life

People always tell me not to waste my time,
To get a real job and get back in line,
You can say I'll never be a millionaire,
Tell me this guitar won't get me anywhere,

I've got responsibility, that is my liability,
I'm questioning authority
They say there's not a chance for me

[Chorus]

Your future's no future,
Your future's no future,
Your future's no future,
I control my future

[Chorus x2]

I'm leavin
I'm leavin
I'm leavin
I'm leavin
TONIGHT

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"Complicated"

Uh, alright, here we go (get down)
One time for your mind, your body and your soul
Every time that I rhyme you know I'm in control
Alright, here we go, here we go, here we go

And we've been here for so many years,
But still it seems as if you're not there (are you there?)
Well, every time I talk, you turn away (do you care?)
Isn't Dad an obligation to care?
And we said...

[Chorus:]
And we've been here for so many years,
So many years still it seems... so why
You're so complicated (yeah)
You're overrated (well alright)
You're complicated,
Well this feeling is love.

Well I came in the door, yeah I said it before,
I never let the stress get me down no more
Giving thanks to the Lord, you know I pray every day,
Giving shouts to my peeps and this is what we say,
And we said...

[Chorus]

You left us one little room with a black and white TV,
One eviction notice and a bill for therapy
You're living all alone, you're like a dog without a bone, I said
You're living all alone because you left us all at home,
Well you had a second chance but you threw it all away,
A fourth and fifth and sixth now that was yesterday,
Now you're sitting at a bar you're just drowning in your tears,
You're lonely in the corner while everybody cheers,
And we said...

And we've been here for so many years (so many)
So many years still it seems (too long, too long, too)
And we've been here for so many years
So many years still it seams (yeah, yeah, yeah)... so why
You're so complicated (yeah)
You're overrated (well alright)
You're complicated,
Well this feeling is love.

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"Seasons"

Summer air reminds me of all the feelings of your love,
And what it was like when we were together,
Walking all along the beach, you were never far from my reach,
And you held me through the stormy weather,

[Chorus:]
And I, I want to fall in love tonight,
And I remember when you said "everything is gonna be alright"

Laying in the summer grass, you told me not to talk so fast,
As I told you how I feel,
You made me feel right at home,
You told me I was not alone and you knew just how I feel,

I know we talked about it, I just can't get around it,
I just want one more night with you,

[Chorus]

October air reminds me of all the seasons of your love,
And what it was like when we were together
The smell of fall is everywhere and though it seems,
I just don't care, 'cause now you've gone away,

[Chorus]
(Alright)
I (I wanna fall in love)
I (I wanna fall in love tonight)

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"Don't Wanna Stop"

All these games you play
you're messin' with my head,(messin with my head)
I don't know why I stay
I should leave instead (I should leave instead),
When I speak from my heart
you laugh like it's a game (this ain't no game)
Yeah we'd make great friends, but it just isn't the same...

[Chorus]
And I know this is not the way it should be,
And I know you treat him like me,
But I don't wanna stop,
I don't wanna stop,
I don't wanna stop,
I don't wanna stop [x3]

Now I don't need you to buy me pretty things (you don't pay for me),
Pay for my tattoos or buy me diamond rings (we don't want those things),
All I know is that I'm happy to see you smile (i want to see you smile),
And it'd make my day if you'd just stay for awhile (stay with me),

[Chorus]

This has gone on for way too long...
And I'm tired of movin' on [x3]

[Chorus]

 ©

I Heard You"

Today I screwed up again,
You said I could tell in the way you said goodbye,
I saw you sitting at your t-shirt stand with your new boyfriend,
He's really cool, I get the point

[Chorus]
I don't want you, I don't want you,
I heard you, I heard you, I heard you say not a chance,
What don't you see,
I don't want you, I don't want you,
I heard you, I heard you, I heard you say you're not good enough for me

Today I screwed up again,
I wasn't paying attention, I walked into the wall again,
I heard you laugh and saw you grin,
While you were sitting at your t-shirt stand,
With all your cool friends, they're really cool,
I get the point

[Chorus]

Today I'll give it one last try,
And then I know I'll wonder why, I did it to myself once again,
I saw your boyfriend, he's 6'3", Quarterback on varsity
The football players love to torture me,
So I'm feeling like I'm not fitting in,
I know that I'm not fitting in with you,
And your stuck-up friends, I get the point

[Chorus]

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"Walk By"

Rock and roll! Yeah! Oh! C'mon! Yeah! Oh! Let's go!
She walks down to the store at eight,
The devil walks with her and he thinks she's great,
When she looks at me, I don't know what I saw,
I think he's tryin' to make me his son in law

[Chorus]
When she,
Walked by, walked by, walked by, she walked on by [x2]

Let's go! Yeah

Egos fly when she walks by,
She caught my eye on October 9th,
22 days before Halloween,
How did I know she'd be my evil queen,

[Chorus]

My mother warned me against girls like you,
She said stay away from them son, you know they're not true,
All they're gonna do is put you under a spell
When you're fallin' down, you're going straight to hell

Let's go! Yeah! Oh! C'mon!

Yeeah!
Walked by, walked by, walked by, I'm gonna walked on by [x2]
Let's go!
Walk on by
Walk on by
Walk on by
Walk on by

 ©

"The Click"

Just because I walk
Like Obi-Wan Kenobi
You people talk
But you don't even know me
And all these guys {But thats alright,}
I think they wanna fight me {cuz I get down with GC,}
And all these girls {So I walk on,}
I know that they don't like me {and listen to their CD's.}
Some people laugh
They do it just to spite me
I'm in a crowd {Behind my back}
and none of them are like me {They don't know what I see}
But I don't care what they say
I don't need them anyway
I'll just go about my day
But anyway

You go out on Friday night
I'll stay in but that's all right
'Cause I have found a click
To call my own, in-crowd
Out-crowd
I don't care, your crowd
My crowd
We can share
'Cause I have found
A click to call my own
(Let's go)

So come and talk to me
On my computer screen
The best years of our lives
Aren't as easy as they seem
But one day we'll look back
And then we'll have to laugh
They used to call us names
Now they want our autographs
{To get the girl and make the grade
It's all a show
It's all a game
And I would lose it if I play
It's all the same}

So I don't care what they say
I don't need them anyway
I'll just go about my day
But anyway

You go out on Friday night
I'll stay in but that's all right
'Cause I have found a click
To call my own, in-crowd
Out-crowd
I don't care, your crowd
My crowd
We can share
'Cause I have found a
Click to call my own

She says she'd call
But I know she won't
(She won't)
(She won't)

You go out on Friday night
I'll stay in but that's all right
'Cause I have found a click
To call my own, in-crowd
Out-crowd
I don't care, your crowd
My crowd
We can't share
'Cause I have found a
Click to call my own
(Let's go)

I don't care what you say
I don't need you anyway
I'll just go about my day
But anyway

I don't care what you say
I don't need you anyway
I'll just go about my day
But anyway

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"Let Me Go"

Down in the streets outside of Washington, D.C.,
I wasted all my time and you were there with me,
Back then it meant so much to have you by my side,
I always had your back, and you always had mine
Sayin...

[Chorus:]
Let me go, Have some fun,
Well my decision sucks to you,
But I'm so young

We'd hang out late and fight just trying to have fun
We were such punk ass kids but we knew everyone
And who could see through such blazed up bloodshot eyes,
There was a plan for us one day we'd realize,

[Chorus]

na na na na ...

[Chorus x2]

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"Screamer"

Communication is a lot like the wind when I speak,
It's like no one understands, and I'm left with empty hands,
Forever I can't speak,
So many things I'll never learn,
You can't cross bridges that you've burned,

[Chorus:]
Why is life such an issue in your mind,
Why are the answers to my problems hard to find,
So hard to find,

Don't forget to buckle when you fall,
Beneath the pressure of the seconds when,
Your life became a screamer,
Staring at the sea things become so small,
I want movies of my dreams, and pictures on my wall,
Pictures on my wall,

[Chorus:]
Why is life such an issue in your mind,
Why are the answers to my problems hard to find,
So hard to find,

You say that I'm a dreamer,
I say you're a non-believer,
Take out the light, take out the light start screamin',
I'm dreaming,
I'm a dreamer, no one believes me,
And you don't either,
So tell me what to do,
Take out the light,
Take out the light,
Take out the light,
Take out the light start screamin

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[Another version - demo 1998]

communication is an art when the wind
cant speak
yelling mercy to the poor and forgiveness to the weak forever
i can't speak

a penny saved is a penny earned
when the light that you spent was a leaf left overturned

dont forget to buckle when you fall beneath the pressure of the seconds
when your life became a screamer

staring at the sea things become so small
now the pages turn
the pictures on my wall

why is life such an issue when you're mine?
why are the answers to my problems hard to find?
so hard to find
i'm dreaming
i'm a dreamer when you're screaming at a screamer)
take out the lights
take out the light start screaming
take out the lights
take out the light start screaming
i'm dreaming
i'm dreaming i'm a dreamer when you're screaming
you're screaming at a screamer
take out the lights
take out the light start screaming
why is life such an issue when you're mine?
why are the answers to my problems hard to find?
so hard to find
so hard to find
i'm dreaming
i'm dreaming i'm a dreamer when you're screaming
you're screaming at a screamer
take out the lights
take out the light start screaming
why is life such an issue when you're mine?
why are the answers to my problems hard to find
so hard to find
so hard to find
so hard to find
take out the lights
take out the light start screaming
take out the lights
take out the light start screaming
take out the lights
take out the light start screaming
take out the lights
take out the light start screaming
take out the lights
take out the light start screaming
take out the lights
take out the light start screaming

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"Change"

[Note: This is the CD version of this song, there is also the acoustic one, it's under 'Other songs']

on...on and on and on and on and on
on and on and on and on and on
on and on and on and on and on

I am lost in the see-thru
I think you lost yourself too
Throughout all of this confusion
I hope I somehow get to you
I practiced all the things I'd say
To tell you how I feel
And when I finally get my chance
It all seems so surreal
Cause from the first time I saw you
I only thought about you
I didn't know you
I wanted to hold on to
The things you'd never say to me

[Chorus:]
Cause you said
You can't change the way you feel
(I could never do that, I could never do that)
But you can't tell me this ain't real
Cause this is real
(And you would see right through that)
In the end it's all I've got
(So I would hold onto that)
So I'm gonna hold on
On and on and on and on
On and on and on and on and on and on and on

And now you've got me watching your eyes
(Watching just to see, watching just to see)
You've got me waiting just to see
(If you'll ever look at me)
If it goes away it never will
(Will it ever go? Will it ever go my way?)
Your eyes are watching me
Oh
And now you've got me thinking 'bout
The first time that I met you
Standing in a crowded room
But I could only see you
And I hope my words will get through
Cause now I can't forget you
I wanna tell you
If only I could reach you
And make you feel this way

[Chorus]

Ohhh
On and on and on
Ohhh
On and on and on and on

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"Thank You Mom"

Always, Always and Forever [x2]

I'm sitting here
I'm thinking back to a time when I was young
My memory is clear as day
I'm listening to the dishes clink
You were downstairs
you would sing
songs of praise
And all the times we laughed with you
And all the times that you stayed true to us

Now we'll say, I said I thank you
I'll always thank you
More than you would know
Than I could ever show
And I love you
I'll always love you
There's nothing I won't do
to say these words to you
That you're beautiful forever

Always, Always and forever

you were my mom, you were my dad
The only thing I ever had was you, it's true
And even when the times got hard you were there
To let us know that we'd get through
you showed me how to be a man
You taught me how to understand
the things people do
You showed me how to love my God
You taught me that not everyone
knows the truth

And I thank you
I'll always thank you
More than you would know
Than I could ever show
And I love you
I'll always love you
There's nothing I won't do
to say these words to you
That you will live forever

Forever and ever [x2]

[x2:]
I said I thank you
I'll always thank you
More than you would know
Than I could ever show
And I love you
I'll always love you
There's nothing I won't do
to say these words to you

That you will live forever

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