One day I awakened
You left no goodbyes
You left no truth
And you left with no lies
And now it seems
That I'm paralyzed
I swam against the current
In rivers deep and wide
Oh so long - staring at the skies
And now it seems
That I'm paralyzed
I thought I had us plotted out
My chapters all revised
And now you just walk in the door
With your lips and hair and eyes
And when I see your face again
The living in me dies
The living in me dies
I had my heart down to a science
My dreams all analyzed
But here you are
With that look in your eyes
And now it seems like I'm paralyzed
And now it seems that I'm paralyzed
The In-Between Place lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
I can't tell what's true
So it's harder to lie
I haven't got the proofs
My equations run dry
I'm in the in between place,
Where the seam meets the cloth
Where the lily pad's face
Shines up out of the bog
I've still got my mind
My body, and my heart
I can still be unkind
I can still come apart
I'm in the in between place,
Where the seam meets the cloth
Where the lily pad's face
Shines up out of the bog
Where the line in the sand
Is drawn with a stick
'Til the winds sweep the land
And blow the air thick
The place where the sky
Meets up with the land
Where the 1 watches 1
That it longs to command
So it's harder to lie
I haven't got the proofs
My equations run dry
I'm in the in between place,
Where the seam meets the cloth
Where the lily pad's face
Shines up out of the bog
I've still got my mind
My body, and my heart
I can still be unkind
I can still come apart
I'm in the in between place,
Where the seam meets the cloth
Where the lily pad's face
Shines up out of the bog
Where the line in the sand
Is drawn with a stick
'Til the winds sweep the land
And blow the air thick
The place where the sky
Meets up with the land
Where the 1 watches 1
That it longs to command
Not Today Baby lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
Well they're willing and their able
When they come over to my table
And say, "Hello, there..."
There's a Jane and a Julie
And then there's simply yours truly
Sitting alone here
They say one day I'll finally settle down
Not today, baby, cause there's
A whisper in the breeze
Can you hear, baby?
Hear it callin' out to me
So move along, baby
Well they pay my lots of money
Just to stand up and be funny
For an hour
Then the bees want some honey
And then oh-boy-all-of-a-suddenly
I'm their flower
They say one day I'll finally
Come around
Not today, baby, cause there's
A whisper in the breeze
Can you hear, baby?
Hear it callin' out to me
So move along, baby
Don't know what's comin' at me
Or who's such and such
As long as I'm this happy
I don't care, care too much
Well the show is all over
And I'm rolling in the clover all alone here
And I know you'd keep my company
But I'm really very comfy on my own, here
They say one day I'll finally stay in town
Not today, baby, cause there's
A whisper in the breeze
Can you hear, baby?
Hear it callin' out to me
So move along, baby
When they come over to my table
And say, "Hello, there..."
There's a Jane and a Julie
And then there's simply yours truly
Sitting alone here
They say one day I'll finally settle down
Not today, baby, cause there's
A whisper in the breeze
Can you hear, baby?
Hear it callin' out to me
So move along, baby
Well they pay my lots of money
Just to stand up and be funny
For an hour
Then the bees want some honey
And then oh-boy-all-of-a-suddenly
I'm their flower
They say one day I'll finally
Come around
Not today, baby, cause there's
A whisper in the breeze
Can you hear, baby?
Hear it callin' out to me
So move along, baby
Don't know what's comin' at me
Or who's such and such
As long as I'm this happy
I don't care, care too much
Well the show is all over
And I'm rolling in the clover all alone here
And I know you'd keep my company
But I'm really very comfy on my own, here
They say one day I'll finally stay in town
Not today, baby, cause there's
A whisper in the breeze
Can you hear, baby?
Hear it callin' out to me
So move along, baby
Heart Of Stone lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
I'll never forget
The first time we met
On the beach, by the sea-
Just opened my eyes
Voila, a surprise:
You were looking at me
And I wished I owned
A heart of stone
And I knew it was over then
I knew that I was through
You don't have to believe me
But I know it's true
And when you go, and I'm all alone
I'll wish I owned that heart of stone
I was taken aback
I was thrown off my track
By your beauty and joy
The wind blew your hair
I just lay there, and stare
Like a stupid schoolboy
And I wished I owned
A heart of stone...
And I knew it was over then
I knew that I was through
You don't have to believe me
But I know it's true
And when you go, and I'm all alone
I'll wish I owned that heart of stone
Then we'd sit, holding hands
Lay so many plans
Of the places we'd go
But the years quickly passed
And then it came to the last
We never left home
And so now we are old
Both our stories are told
And we wait for the end
And if you're the first to go
I will follow you, know
That my heart will not mend
And I wish I owned
A heart of stone
The first time we met
On the beach, by the sea-
Just opened my eyes
Voila, a surprise:
You were looking at me
And I wished I owned
A heart of stone
And I knew it was over then
I knew that I was through
You don't have to believe me
But I know it's true
And when you go, and I'm all alone
I'll wish I owned that heart of stone
I was taken aback
I was thrown off my track
By your beauty and joy
The wind blew your hair
I just lay there, and stare
Like a stupid schoolboy
And I wished I owned
A heart of stone...
And I knew it was over then
I knew that I was through
You don't have to believe me
But I know it's true
And when you go, and I'm all alone
I'll wish I owned that heart of stone
Then we'd sit, holding hands
Lay so many plans
Of the places we'd go
But the years quickly passed
And then it came to the last
We never left home
And so now we are old
Both our stories are told
And we wait for the end
And if you're the first to go
I will follow you, know
That my heart will not mend
And I wish I owned
A heart of stone
Lake Bras d'Or lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
There is a path by Lake Bras d'Or
I never go there anymore
It's not the same, since you and I
The path is narrow, over-grown
The few that thread there, thread alone
A patch of land, I call my own
I planted seeds, some have grown
But weeds have choked the few remains
My crop has withered in the sun
Doomed before it had begun
I thought I read the writing on the wall
Turned out that it was just a bit of scrawl
I walked along, tasting my defeat -
There was a time when what was writ
Seemed to me clear, and full of wit
There is a path by Lake Bras d'Or
I never go there anymore
It's not the same, since you and I
The path is narrow, over-grown
The few that thread there, thread alone
I never go there anymore
It's not the same, since you and I
The path is narrow, over-grown
The few that thread there, thread alone
A patch of land, I call my own
I planted seeds, some have grown
But weeds have choked the few remains
My crop has withered in the sun
Doomed before it had begun
I thought I read the writing on the wall
Turned out that it was just a bit of scrawl
I walked along, tasting my defeat -
There was a time when what was writ
Seemed to me clear, and full of wit
There is a path by Lake Bras d'Or
I never go there anymore
It's not the same, since you and I
The path is narrow, over-grown
The few that thread there, thread alone
What I'm Famous For lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
I don't know if you've been told
If this old place is bought or sold
But I'm here now and now its mine
It's not much but it suits me fine
Call me thief or call me bum
It's squatter's rights where I come from
Don't show your face don't dark my door
Or you'll find out what I'm famous for
I'm not from here, I don't care
You can go to hell while I comb my hair
I might be right, I might be wrong
Just listen to the words of my goddamn song
Call me snake or call me rat
Its squatter's rights from where I'm at
Don't show your face, don't dark my door
Or you'll find out what I'm famous for
So stay the hell off my new land
While I pick my teeth and shoot tin cans
I'll be sittin' right out here
Workin' on my tan and drinkin' my beer
You can call my mother nasty names
It's squatter's rights from where she came
Don't show your face, don't dark my door
Or you'll find out what I'm famous for
If this old place is bought or sold
But I'm here now and now its mine
It's not much but it suits me fine
Call me thief or call me bum
It's squatter's rights where I come from
Don't show your face don't dark my door
Or you'll find out what I'm famous for
I'm not from here, I don't care
You can go to hell while I comb my hair
I might be right, I might be wrong
Just listen to the words of my goddamn song
Call me snake or call me rat
Its squatter's rights from where I'm at
Don't show your face, don't dark my door
Or you'll find out what I'm famous for
So stay the hell off my new land
While I pick my teeth and shoot tin cans
I'll be sittin' right out here
Workin' on my tan and drinkin' my beer
You can call my mother nasty names
It's squatter's rights from where she came
Don't show your face, don't dark my door
Or you'll find out what I'm famous for
Now You See Her lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
Her sugar lips, her chinney-chin-chin
Ooh la-la - Where has she been?
Her silvery voice, her sweet perfume
The light she brings into the room
Her sunny smile when she walks the walk
Hey evil eye, her crazy talk
Her simple face, her pretty head
Her fickle heart
Her someone else instead
You'll never catch her
But you can watch her run
Sometimes you get closer
But now you see her, now you don't
Now you see her, now you don't
You'll never match her
But you can have some fun
Maybe you'll get to hold her
But now you see her, now you don't
Now you see her, now you don't
Her shiny hair, those lacy things
Ooh la-la - Where has she been?
The music plays, she's asked to dance
But sadly, no he missed his chance
The times she's had, the men she's known
Still she prefers to be alone
Hey empty room, her lonely bed
Her fickle heart, her someone else instead
You'll never catch her
But you can watch her run
Sometimes you get closer
But now you see her, now you don't
Now you see her, now you don't
You'll never match her
But you can have some fun
Maybe you'll get to hold her
But now you see her, now you don't
Now you see her, now you don't
When it's dark out
I want to sneak out
Drink my troubles away
Can't forget her
Wish I never met her
I still regret the day
Ooh la-la - Where has she been?
Her silvery voice, her sweet perfume
The light she brings into the room
Her sunny smile when she walks the walk
Hey evil eye, her crazy talk
Her simple face, her pretty head
Her fickle heart
Her someone else instead
You'll never catch her
But you can watch her run
Sometimes you get closer
But now you see her, now you don't
Now you see her, now you don't
You'll never match her
But you can have some fun
Maybe you'll get to hold her
But now you see her, now you don't
Now you see her, now you don't
Her shiny hair, those lacy things
Ooh la-la - Where has she been?
The music plays, she's asked to dance
But sadly, no he missed his chance
The times she's had, the men she's known
Still she prefers to be alone
Hey empty room, her lonely bed
Her fickle heart, her someone else instead
You'll never catch her
But you can watch her run
Sometimes you get closer
But now you see her, now you don't
Now you see her, now you don't
You'll never match her
But you can have some fun
Maybe you'll get to hold her
But now you see her, now you don't
Now you see her, now you don't
When it's dark out
I want to sneak out
Drink my troubles away
Can't forget her
Wish I never met her
I still regret the day
Put A Face lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
Put a face
on the page
into scenes
put a time
to a place
with a theme
Give it rhythm
meet the strict
rhyming scheme
get it down
write it out
make it seem
Into a room
that feels more
than a dream,
but a place
that we all
yearn to be
Like a real history,
Kings and Queens;
And the dawn,
As the birds start to sing,
The dust-motes
Lit up by a beam
Of the sun
Through the window
That stream
on the page
into scenes
put a time
to a place
with a theme
Give it rhythm
meet the strict
rhyming scheme
get it down
write it out
make it seem
Into a room
that feels more
than a dream,
but a place
that we all
yearn to be
Like a real history,
Kings and Queens;
And the dawn,
As the birds start to sing,
The dust-motes
Lit up by a beam
Of the sun
Through the window
That stream
Sonnet 1 (And When The Sun Goes Down) lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
And when the sun goes down into the sky
Together we shall sit and we shall sup
And we shall eat, and drink the heady wine
O, let us share the overflowing cup
We'll ramble on the coast, each side by side
We'll feel the sting of bracing salty air
We'll feel the moon pull at the ocean's tide
And wonder that we are together there
One day these things shall have come to pass
And then the end will come, as so it must
No longer shall we smell the summer grass
No longer shall we know each other's trust
So let us walk, and feel the cooling breeze
Before they're just forgotten memories
Together we shall sit and we shall sup
And we shall eat, and drink the heady wine
O, let us share the overflowing cup
We'll ramble on the coast, each side by side
We'll feel the sting of bracing salty air
We'll feel the moon pull at the ocean's tide
And wonder that we are together there
One day these things shall have come to pass
And then the end will come, as so it must
No longer shall we smell the summer grass
No longer shall we know each other's trust
So let us walk, and feel the cooling breeze
Before they're just forgotten memories
And So Will Always Be lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
Once I went out walking
And saw a crippled man
He couldn't raise his glass to lips
So crippled were his hands
I stopped and watched, but could not
Bring myself to lend a hand
And so it is, and so it was
And so will always be
These things will be the way they will
And I will be this me
One day I was humming
A simple melody
When I heard birds whistling their tunes
From high up in the trees
My song seemed but a trifle now
They sang so beautifully
And so it is, and so it was
And so will always be
These things will be the way they will
And I will be this me
And now I listen to wind
As I lay down to bed
The snow has just begun to fall
And cover all that's left
The tops of fences, tips of trees
And stones that mark the dead
And so it is, and so it was
And so will always be
These things will be the way they will
And I will be this me
And saw a crippled man
He couldn't raise his glass to lips
So crippled were his hands
I stopped and watched, but could not
Bring myself to lend a hand
And so it is, and so it was
And so will always be
These things will be the way they will
And I will be this me
One day I was humming
A simple melody
When I heard birds whistling their tunes
From high up in the trees
My song seemed but a trifle now
They sang so beautifully
And so it is, and so it was
And so will always be
These things will be the way they will
And I will be this me
And now I listen to wind
As I lay down to bed
The snow has just begun to fall
And cover all that's left
The tops of fences, tips of trees
And stones that mark the dead
And so it is, and so it was
And so will always be
These things will be the way they will
And I will be this me
The Unforgiven Ones lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
The guilty and the innocents
The prisoners and the free
The ugly and the beautiful
The ones who are yet to be
Some are sinners, some repent
Some are never done
And then there's those like you and I
The unforgiven ones
The unforgiven ones
The rock that ships run up against
No matter how they tack
The murderers and the murdered ones
And the ones who don't come back
Some are sinners, some repent
Some are never done
And then there's those like you and I
The unforgiven ones
The unforgiven ones
The one whose heart is of a saint
The other's black as night
The one who never wondered
What made something wrong, or right
Some are sinners, some repent
Some are never done
And then there's those like you and I
The unforgiven ones
The unforgiven ones
The prisoners and the free
The ugly and the beautiful
The ones who are yet to be
Some are sinners, some repent
Some are never done
And then there's those like you and I
The unforgiven ones
The unforgiven ones
The rock that ships run up against
No matter how they tack
The murderers and the murdered ones
And the ones who don't come back
Some are sinners, some repent
Some are never done
And then there's those like you and I
The unforgiven ones
The unforgiven ones
The one whose heart is of a saint
The other's black as night
The one who never wondered
What made something wrong, or right
Some are sinners, some repent
Some are never done
And then there's those like you and I
The unforgiven ones
The unforgiven ones
Come Down To The Sinkhole lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
Come down to the sinkhole
Where the mud is thick and deep
Bring your special poison
The one that makes you go to sleep
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Bring a stick for wild dogs
That hunt in packs at night
Bring firepower, if you can
You might find that you have to fight
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Lay down in the tall grass
Next to the sycamores
Think of those who've come and gone
Slaughtered in the many wars
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Look out at the ocean
To the waters dark and deep
Bring your special poison
The one that makes you go to sleep
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Where the mud is thick and deep
Bring your special poison
The one that makes you go to sleep
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Bring a stick for wild dogs
That hunt in packs at night
Bring firepower, if you can
You might find that you have to fight
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Lay down in the tall grass
Next to the sycamores
Think of those who've come and gone
Slaughtered in the many wars
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Look out at the ocean
To the waters dark and deep
Bring your special poison
The one that makes you go to sleep
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Is The Spell Really Broken? lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
Is the spell really broken?
Has the time finally come?
Do they see it's an omen?
That it's over and done?
Have they seen the thing coming?
Or do they pretend?
Do they know that it's finally
Beginning to end?
No, they won't listen
They don't know they're in hell
They're really quite happy
With things and themselves
Have the castles all crumbled
Into dust in the sky?
Have the billions been humbled?
Are they ready to die?
No, they won't listen
They don't know they're in hell
They're really quite happy
With things and themselves
Have they emptied the prisons?
Have they heard the death knells?
Have they hung the last hangman
And must now hang themselves?
No, they won't listen
They don't know they're in hell
They're really quite happy
With things and themselves
Has the time finally come?
Do they see it's an omen?
That it's over and done?
Have they seen the thing coming?
Or do they pretend?
Do they know that it's finally
Beginning to end?
No, they won't listen
They don't know they're in hell
They're really quite happy
With things and themselves
Have the castles all crumbled
Into dust in the sky?
Have the billions been humbled?
Are they ready to die?
No, they won't listen
They don't know they're in hell
They're really quite happy
With things and themselves
Have they emptied the prisons?
Have they heard the death knells?
Have they hung the last hangman
And must now hang themselves?
No, they won't listen
They don't know they're in hell
They're really quite happy
With things and themselves
Everlasting Peace lyrics - Crash Test Dummies
The slow march of the army
The dragging of the boots
The laying and the waiting
Until someone starts to shoot
Where is there this silence, then?
This everlasting peace?
You'll find it on the cold blue
Smiling lips of the deceased
The slow arc of the sun that moves
Across the blazing sky
The vultures circling in the heat
Above where dying lie
Where is there this silence, then?
This everlasting peace?
You'll find it on the cold blue
Smiling lips of the deceased
The miles of green that thirst to death
The blowing of the sand
And then the creeping cold begins
And freezes all the land
Where is there this silence, then?
This everlasting peace?
You'll find it on the cold blue
Smiling lips of the deceased
The dragging of the boots
The laying and the waiting
Until someone starts to shoot
Where is there this silence, then?
This everlasting peace?
You'll find it on the cold blue
Smiling lips of the deceased
The slow arc of the sun that moves
Across the blazing sky
The vultures circling in the heat
Above where dying lie
Where is there this silence, then?
This everlasting peace?
You'll find it on the cold blue
Smiling lips of the deceased
The miles of green that thirst to death
The blowing of the sand
And then the creeping cold begins
And freezes all the land
Where is there this silence, then?
This everlasting peace?
You'll find it on the cold blue
Smiling lips of the deceased
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