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Right now I feel like a bird
Caged without a key
Everyone
comes to stare at me
With so much joy and rivalry
They don't know how I feel inside
Through my smile I cry
They
don't know what they're doin' to me
Keeping me from flyin'
That's why I say that
I know why the caged bird sings
Only
joy comes from song
She's so rare and beautiful to theirs
Why not just set her free
So she can
Fly, fly,
fly
Spreadin her wings and her song
Let her
Fly, fly fly
For the whole world to see
She's like caged bird
Fly,
fly
Ooh just let her fly
Just let her fly
Just let her fly
Spread the wings
Spread the beauty
"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
Condescendingly
Take a seat
Take your
life
Plot it out in black and white
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like
to think the best of me
Is still hiding
Up my sleeve
They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's
better
On the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I
just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above
So the good boys and
girls take the so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits
Maybe transfers
They read all the books
but they can't find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything
better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies
They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's
better
On the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I
just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above
I am invincible
As long
as I'm alive
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just
found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above
I just can't wait til my 10
year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what
all this time was for
See, my days are cold without you
But Im hurtin while Im
with you
And though my heart cant take no more
I wont keep runnin back to you
I think about my strength to finally
get up and leave
No more broken heart for me
No more tellin your lies to me
Im lookin like I got my head on right,
so now I see
No more givin you everything
Theres no more takin my love from me
See, my days are cold without
you
But Im hurtin while Im with you
And though my heart cant take no more
I wont keep runnin back to you
Im
glad to wake up every day without you on my brain
No more where youre laid up at night
No more havin to fuss and fight
Im
proud to say that I will never make the same
mistake
No more thinkin bout what you do
Theres no more me runnin back
to you
See, my days are cold without you
But Im hurtin while Im with you
And though my heart cant take no more
I
wont keep runnin back to you
Some say the ex makes the sex spectacular
Make me lick you from your neck to your back
And
youre shiverin, tongue deliverin
Chills up that spine, that ass is mine
Stick with wine and the candlelight, no Crystal
tonight
If
its alright wit you we fuckin (Thats cool)
Déjà vu, the blood spark, finger fuckin in the park
This is your Bacardi
Dark
Remember when I used to play between your legs, you
begged for me to stop
Because you know where it would head,
straight to your
mothers bed
Not the Marriott, we be lucky if we find a spot
Next to your sister, damn, I really
miss
The way she used to rub my back when I hit that
Way she used to giggle when your ass would wiggle
Now I know
youre used to suites at the Park or
Meridian
Trips to the Caribbean, but tonight no ends
You must be used to
me cryin, cryin
While youre out bumpin and grindin
But Im leavin you tonight
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Do you wanna
Come to a party?
My friends
picked me up
In their truck at 11:30
This thing's at a frat house
But people are cool there
Reluctant, I followed
But
I never dreamed
There would be someone
There who would
Catch my attention
I wasn't out looking
For love or
affection
So I paid my 3 and
The girls got in free
Shined the beer for tequila
And we headed into the party
And then, in the backyard
Some terrible
ska band
Someone in the background
Was doing a keg stand
This place is so lame
All these girls look the same
All
these guys have no game
I wish I would have stayed
In my bed, back at home
Watching TV alone
Where
I'd put on some porn
Or have sex on the phone
Far from people I hate
Down from anywhere state
Trying to intoxicate
girls
To give them head
After the party
And then, I saw her
Standing there
With
green eyes
And long blond hair
She wasn't wearing underwear
At least I prayed that
She might be the one
Maybe
we'd have some fun
Maybe we'd watch the sun rise
But that night
I learned some
Girls
try too hard
Some girls
Try too hard
Some girls try too hard
To impress with the way
That they dress
With
those things
On their chests and
The things they suggest to me
I couldn't believe
What this lady was
saying
The names she was dropping
And the games she was playing
She dated this guy
Who now rides for Black Flys
How
she's down with
The wise well-constructed disguise
Now, I'd rather go dateless
Than stay
here and hate this
Her volume of makeup
Her fake tits were tasteless
So I said I'd call her
But never would bother
Until
I got turned down
By another girl at a party
So when you see
Her standing there
With
green eyes
And long blond hair
She won't be wearing underwear
And you'll discover
This girl's not the one
And
she'll never be fun
You should just turn and run
Because you'll find out
That some girls try too hard
Some girls
Try too hard
And some girls
try too
Hard to impress with
The way that they dress
With those things on their chest
And the things they suggest
to me
Some girls
Try too hard
Some girls
Try
too hard
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This ruined puzzle is beige with the pieces all face
down
so the placing goes slowly.
The pictures of anything other than it's meant to be.
But the hours they creep,
the
patterns repeat.
Don't be concerned, you know I'll be fine on my own.
I never said "don't go".
I've written
a note,
it's pressed between pages
that you've marked to find your way back.
It says "Does he ever get the girl?"
But what if the pages stay pressed,
the chapters unfinished,
the stories too dull to unfold?
Does he ever
get the girl?
This basement's a coffin
I'm buried alive.
I'll die in here just to be safe.
I'll die in
here just to be safe.
'Cause you're gone
I get nothing
and you're off with barely a sigh.
I never said "Good-bye"
Does he ever get the girl?
Of all the things
I've believed in
I just want to
Get
it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days
That pass me by
I've been searching
Deep
down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing
Are starting to get old
It feels like
I'm starting all over again
The
last three years
Were just pretend
And I said
"Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything
I thought I knew
You
were the one I loved
The one thing that
I tried to hold on to"
I still get lost in your eyes
And it seems
that
I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes and
You chase my thoughts away
To a place where
I am blinded
by the light
But it's not right
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything
I thought I knew
You were the one
I loved
The one thing that
I tried to hold on to
And it hurts to want everything
And nothing at the same time
I
want what's yours
And I want what's mine
I want you
But I'm not giving in this time
Goodbye to you
Goodbye
to everything
I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that
I tried to hold on to
The one thing
that
I tried to hold on to
And when the stars fall
I will lie awake
You're my shooting star
Sucker love is heaven sent
You pucker up, our passion's
spent
My hearts a tart, your body's rent
My body's broken, yours is spent
Carve your name into my arm
Instead
of stressed, I lie here charmed
Cuz there's nothing else to do
Every me and every you
Sucker love, a box I choose
No
other box I choose to use
Another love I would abuse
No circumstances could excuse
In the shape of things to
come
Too much poison come undone
Cuz there's nothing else to do
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every
Me...hee
Sucker love is known to swing
Prone to cling and waste these things
Pucker up for heavens sake
There's
never been so much at stake
I serve my head up on a plate
It's only comfort, calling late
Cuz there's nothing
else to do
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every Me...hee
Every me and every you
Every Me...hee
Like
the naked leads the blind
I know I'm selfish, I'm unkind
Sucker love I always find
Someone to bruise and leave behind
All
alone in space and time
There's nothing here but what here's here's mine
Something borrowed, something blue
Every
me and every you
Every me and every you
Every Me...hee
Every me and every you
Every Me... hee
I'm always assuming the worst,
but you're
going on none the less
& there's nothing to cusion your heart led fall.
Letters from further away
keep pulling
me close to home.
And there's something to cushion my callous sighs.
And I know that you hope for
longer good-byes
embracing
for forever
and falling in your eyes.
Pouring over photographs.
I'm living in
your letters.
Breathe deeply from this envelope
it smells like you & I can't be
without that scent. It's filling
me
with all you mean to me.
Continually failing these trials
but you
stand by me nonetheless
& you won't let me sink
though I'm beggin you.
Phone calls from further away
&
messages on my machine,
but I don't ever tell you this distance
seems terrible.
There is no need to test my heart,
with
useless space.
These roads go on forever
& so do you and I.
So I'll hit the pavement
it's gotta be
better than waiting
& pushing you far away
cause I'm scared.
So I'll take my chances
& head on my way
up there.
Cause turning to you is like falling in love when you're ten.
They just gave up on our entire generation
So we were all pushed to
the side cuz we didnt see the world through our teachers eyes
When all we needed was a little bit of motivation
But
because we wore our pants saggin yall labelled us gangstas
And said we wasnt worth the time
There are so many things
I never asked you
There are so many things I still dont know
There are so many things you never told me
And still
so many things that I will never know
and why, cuz I went to City High
A school with more drop outs than sign-ups
at registration
And the pregnancy rate is at an all-time high, we all know why
Now you would think the classrooms the
place for mental stimulation
But its some brothers outside sellin that stuff, thatll really stimulate your mind, (talk
about gettin high)
There are so many things you never showed me,
There are too many things you let slip by,
How
can I face a world that doesnt know me
A world that doesnt care whether I live or die,
And why, cuz I go to City High
So,
We dont need your education
We dont want no pacifier
We are the leaders of your nation
Were gonna make sure the world
survives
There aint no justice theres just us
What happened to the meaning of in God we trust
So as we get older
and our children grow up
We aint gonna teach them what yall showed us
Theres too many babies dyin before theyre
born (Lord aint that the truth)
Too many young ladies cryin with a daddy in the house but not a father in the home (now
yall know theres a difference)
And what about all our young soldiers being led astray (by this negative music)
What
happened to the Isaac Hayes, and the Curtis Mayfields and all the Marvin Gayes?
Man we really need em today
And
there were so many things that needed explaining
But you said it was too late for me to learn
You were suppose to be
my shelter when it was rainin
But instead you left me out here all alone, so I gotta make it on my own
We dont need
your education
We dont want no pacifier
We are the leaders of your nation
Were gonna make sure the world survives
There
aint no justice theres just us
What happened to the meaning of in God we trust
So as we get older and our children grow
up
We aint gonna teach them what yall showed us
For people who did believe, what we could do to change our future,
you knew the world was in our hands, help build them strong so they can withstand, all the pressures, all the war, all the
prejudice, and the others who were sure we couldnt fight the stress in life, for those of you who didnt believe us, listen
to my words for you, listen to your children sing to you
We dont need your education
We dont want no pacifier
We
are the leaders of your nation
Were gonna make sure the world survives
There aint no justice theres just us
What
happened to the meaning of in God we trust
So as we get older and our children grow up
We aint gonna teach them what
yall showed us
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