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Tune Up

by Mr. Blink

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1.
Runaway 04:56
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Rolling through the stop sign nothing to the right Nothing to the left of me I’m looking for a fight Life’s been tumbling in lately and I ain’t got a dime I ain’t got no reason there’s no excuse this time I’m just going nowhere following the moon Maybe I can catch him if he don’t leave too soon So many bright colors - I can’t focus in I only think in black and white -I’m only trying to get it right but that moon is full tonight and I think I can catch him Chorus Runaway...as far as you can Runaway...and don’t come back again Duck back through the alley like that old Tom cat Shadow’s sneaking up on me I try to push it back I can’t seem to shake him what would Peter do? Put it in my pocket and give it back to you I’ve been barking up the wrong tree give this old dog a bone My heroes are all dying and I can’t find the right tone Everything’s distorted I can’t focus in Ahead a blurry neon sign - a little salt, a little lime - kill a bottle kill some time I don’t think I can kill him Chorus No-one to look up to has left me looking down My feet are barely moving - I’m not gaining any ground But I gotta keep going or else I’ll fall behind I don’t have a reason, there’s no excuse this time Well I called it very close I almost suffocated Almost was surrounded by everything I hated Leaving is a good thing I would do it again I want to live before I die - I want to ask God just why - Stevie Ray had to die but I don’t think I can find him Chorus
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Everything is Getting Little 04:55
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Well, the weight of the world, keeps me here Space is the final frontier But its so big - its so big - its so big and we're so small Chorus: Everything is getting little It's all so very small Everything is getting little - magnify it all Trees are disappearing - put into the hat Pull out a joker - then you put it back Well there's nothing up my sleeve There's nothing on my mind There's nothing on your mind - well think about that Chorus We waited for so long - we knew it couldn't last Forgot about the future - Like we forget the past So where do we go now? - Everything is gone What are we to do? - Think I'll just go home Chorus
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Born in Corn 04:03
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Tractor, tractor pull the plow - city people get me down Live in concrete, live in lies - living where the birds, don't fly Doctor, doctor tell me how - how can I feel so down? Want to go and get some air - breathe it in.....then let it out Chorus: Corn, corn, corn - born in corn (repeat) Dirty dirt on my skin, Midwest living ain't no sin nothing wrong with flannel shirts, baseball caps and dirty words I say fuck and I say shit, and I say there's no harm in it I don't care if we don't agree but you better not throw your trash by me {I'm trying to grow some corn, God dammit !} Chorus {dig it} Love the ground, love the Earth - it's the only one that I know If you can find a better place, tell me and I'll surely go Plant a seed, watch it grow - Gonna reap what we sow I don't care of you don't agree - I don't bother you so, don't bother me Chorus Here is a list of 'corn' words that we use in the song Born in Corn. (Not all in the same night !) corn bread | corndog | Paul Corning | Cornelious Bennett | Cornell University | candy corn | children of the corn | corny | corn whiskey | acorn | the white cornado | cornacopia | parents of the children of the corn | corn silk | corn palace | Wiscornsin | mission corntrol | Corn in the USA | cornfusion | soft corn | niblets | cornerstone | Popcorn | unicorn | grandparents of the children of the corn | corn tortilla | Hey buddy, wanna buy some corn? | cornclusion | cornflakes | 2nd cousins of the children of the corn | corn field | corn sex | safe corn sex | corn between two lovers | Live Corn and Prosper 'corn'y suggestions from the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, 3rd Block, Physical Science Class (...cornversation | corn starch | cornstipation | corn star | cornography | corn to be wild | cornstruction site | cornvertible dazed and cornfused | cornfirmation | got corn? | cornstitution Declaration of Corndipendence | cornputer | comparison and corntrast | earritable Kornmeyer....Doug Kornmeyer Corn Julio....Diamond Jim, K-Rock The Gospel According to Corn.......Brian and Steve
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Summertime 05:25
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It's a cold, grey, world - it's a black and white world Winter seems so long and lonely, never wants to end Hiding out inside my bed - it's always warm inside my head I can't wait 'til all my problems melt away with the snow Summertime---------------------------------------Summertime I'm wishin' it was summertime, then I could be out fishin' and maybe watch the girls across the river - they've all got tans they're so stuck up - they've all got tans - so dark and brown Maybe I can find one - and she can hang around Summertime Winter is so cold, you've got to wear a lot of clothes you've got to wear a lot of clothes, 'cause winter is so cold You've got to wear your sweaters - you've got to wear your gloves you've got to wear long underwear - you've got to wear your coats But I can't wait 'til summer - the sun will be out shining It'll be so hot - so god-damned hot It'll be so hot - so god-damned hot We can wear our favorite clothes - we can wear our favorite clothes I've got a favorite T-shirt - I've got a favorite T-shirt - the one I got at REM Summertime--------------------------------------------Summertime
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I Went to College 04:30
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You can take your algebra - a subject that I hated and all the books you made me read they are so outdated You can take your history - you can take biology you can take all that shit and give me something that I need CHORUS I went to college - I went to college I went to college - to get me a degree I went to college - I went to college I went to college - and look where it got me..... I borrowed a lot of money. Drank a lot of beer Danced to the pipers favorite song Now $20,000 owed to good old Uncle Sam Payback time for them student loans CHORUS Education is frustration - lead me into my own temptation Gotta go where life is slow and people are into relaxation Sit back, hang around, chill out, freak out Open your mind and then you gotta speak out Talk about life - say what you think Open you eyes but you better not BLINK 'cause they will push you, they will pull you they will do everything to fool you but you've got to be cool and don't give up It's them not you that's all fucked up Higher learning - gives me a burning They don't know that the world is turning changing faster than we know it I hope the human race don't BLOW IT! So now I'm free, I've got my paper I got the hell out of Dodge But my mind is full of useless information All that shit, I learned in college CHORUS
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Way Gone Girl 02:27
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Ringy fingers - she is hip perfume lingers - way cool chick crossed the line - took a trip touched my hand - made it stick CHORUS but she's tragic and she's magic broken world - way gone girl way gone girl Hippy dippy - music swings Yippy, skippy - I am in I am high - on many things Coming down - start again CHORUS Split in two - ride the fence what's the deal - makes no sense She is cool - too cool for me I'm a fool - for all to see CHORUS
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Talk Show 03:37
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I can see that you're not listening Your voice gets in the way I don't miss communicating my attention melts away In one ear and out the other I could dream all day Everyone wants to sell me some thing throw it all away It's a talk show - everywhere I go talk show - blah, blah, blah. I don't know you - you don't know me leave well enough alone. I want to remain anonymous Disconnect my telephone Sunken ships - nailed by lips the strong don't say a word Blue man's got a weak canary Stay away from that songbird It's a talk show - everywhere I go talk show - blah, blah, blah. I live in a Tower of Babble - surrounded by hot air Words are used to hide the truth lies are everywhere I can't se you eye to eye, when you're standing on a soap box I can't understand a thing when everybody talks. It's a talk show - everywhere I go talk show - blah, blah, blah.
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Moving On 04:18
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Life rolls by like a greyhound bus flying through the night If I don't ride I'm gonna drive and pass life on the right Leave him in my rearview mirror have him follow me 'cause I'm not waiting for no Greyhound bus to roll right over me CHORUS: I'm moving on - I'm stepping out been standing in this one spot a little too long I'm changing tunes - I'm running by - I'm getting down and flying high I'm moving on Hope runs through my blue-green blood like a rocket to the moon Ain't got time to second guess that ship is leaving soon Every single moment, is here and then it's gone Gone with the past gone with the wind yeah - going, going, - gone CHORUS I can't sit and wait - for my life to become clear My soul is searching for the key and I can't find it here All the answers are locked up they won't come to me So, I'm on my way to pick the lock and set my spirit free CHORUS
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Slamming Door 03:49
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Hot flame in the kitchen - can you fell the heat? - wish you'd stop your bitchin' - so I can get some sleep Been through all of this before - it ends up with a slamming door - and I'm out walkin' all night in the street CHORUS Nothing ever changes - been here before Yell a little louder - I can't hear you no more Turned into a soldier - fighting in a war There you go-------------slamming door. Too much wine at dinner - can you taste the pain? Forgive me I'm a sinner - Lord, I'm drunk again. You don't seem amused - that I am confused soon I'll be walking in the street CHORUS Can we get together? - Have you seen the light? It's a now or never - we've got to end this fight I can't take it anymore - you've got to open up your door I can't go walking out in the night CHORUS
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Free 07:22
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I'm not unhappy - I'm not unsad I'm somewhere in the middle now - and that can't be bad. I live in America, the land of the free but in this big, blue world of our today There are people, who aren't like me and so I say we should Free Northern Ireland, just like South Africa and we freed East Berlin, we can free Beijing, China and free all the prisoners - that aren't supposed to be there - oh free oh, free. I'm not a politician - and don't call me some hippy freak Just because I smoke dope every now and then Well, it does not mean, that I don't think about the world today so Free Northern Ireland, just like South Africa and we freed East Berlin, we can free Beijing, China and free all the prisoners - that aren't supposed to be there - oh free oh, free. I say that you and me We can free all the homeless We can free all the needy We can free all the poor and we can free all the hungry We can free all the lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, people - like me.
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I Only Got One Brat 03:50
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In the land of Moo - you put cheese on your head I think that there should be a brat there up instead At tailgates, at picnics - at the Wisconsin State Fair Everywhere you go - our friend the brat is there There is a special bond between a man and his brat to separate the two - would really hurt a lot If you're from Illinoise - you don't understand The Pack is Back! - The bears still suck! - I'm a die-hard Packer fan! Chorus: Don't you touch my brat It's the only one I got If I had another - I'd give it to you brother but I only got one brat To make the perfect brat - you gotta boil some beer Throw the brats along with some onion right in there Then you grill them babies up - until they turn a reddish brown Make sure you have a cold one - so you can wash it down Repeat Chorus I like my brat with onions, ketchup and mustard Not that really yellow stuff that you put on a hot derg Cause a brat is not a hotdog and a hotdog's not a brat You need some German mustard - don't forget the sauerkraut ! Repeat Chorus (Sing "On Wisconsin" here complete with You-Rah-Rah !) I've had a brat at Lambeau - I've had one in the dome I've grilled them in Milwaukee - I cook the brats at home I've had a brat taco, a brat gyro and bratza You get them at the Bratfest in Sheboygan every year Repeat Chorus "When you've said Wisconsin -you've said it all!"
12.
Little Lawman 04:12
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I ain't got no badge - I ain't got no gun what I say is right - you say that it's wrong Lawman got the government - I ain't got no one Lawman's coming - gotta be on the run I can't live with rules - society put on me got my own idea of what my life should be Don't want to be a part of some group mentality Lawman says - "you gotta be like me" CHORUS: Johnny, Johnny - catch me if you can I'm not afraid of the lawman I got the truth and he don't understand He's too small -----little lawman Always on the look out for red lights on my back Lawman is a coming - coming to attack I don't want to feel his nightstick on my back Pedal to the metal, boy - don't you look back If I were a King, I'd be in despair who can I turn to? There is nobody there Lawman's got the badge, Lawman's got the gun Justice never happens - only for some CHORUS Not a man alive, that doesn't break the law but the biggest law breakers aren't behind the bars They're sitting in their chambers, driving police cars - up there in Washington - sending us more law CHORUS So Johnny, Johnny - catch me if you can I'm not afraid of the Lawman I got the truth - I've got a master plan And he's too small - little lawman.
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What To Do? 04:13
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I ain't pretty, and I ain't tall - so I'm no good at basketball I'm overweight and I'm always late, so I'm not much of a blind date I ain't rich, I don't have a car - but I can play this here guitar and if you like - I'll sing to you - then you'll know just what to do..... So you ask me. "Hey, what's new?" - but I just stare at you cause my mental state is not that great so if you want the answer you'll have to wait for - some other person who - you can put that question to, and maybe baby they'll answer you - then you'll know just - what to do..... Sometimes, I just don't know why - Do I laugh or do I cry? Do I work or do I play? - Do I go or do I stay? Is it left or is it right? - Is it black or is it white? What goes up? what goes down? - What keeps this world going round and round? Say hello - say good-bye, Am I low or am I high? I'm feeling blue - do you feel the same way too? I don't know, I don't know, I don't know - what to do.

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released April 2, 1998

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