Jimmie's Chicken Shack - Fail On Cue ylrics

Jimmie's Chicken Shack - Fail On Cue lyrics

17 • Caught Down • Mutha Luvas • Friendly Fire • The Quiet Ones

Another Great Idea • Good At It • Making Babies • Waiting Room • Radio Song

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Jimmie's Chicken Shack
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17

where would you care to go

what would you like to see

we'll drive around in cars like we were 17

they'll never have to know

don't think they would believe

the reasons for the way we all agree to disagree

the earth keeps spinning but we're not moving

you start wanting more and i'm burning out

i'm ready to go so don't tempt me now

you know i love when we fight it out

then we make up in bed like we were 17

in case you didn't know

this is between you and me

we watched the stars fall from the heavens

but still we failed to see

the earth keeps spinning but we're not moving

you keep wanting more and i'm burning out

it looks ready to go so let's test it now

we might be wrong but we'll work it out

'til then can we make out like we were 17

they will never know

'cause they could never see

when living lies we just have to agree to disagree

that the earth keeps spinning but something's not moving

you start wanting in but i just want out

and when there's no hope there should be no doubt

that we'll never know what it's all about

so let's just all get wasted like we're 17

Jimmie's Chicken Shack
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Caught Down

i'm caught in a bad situation

there's just no way to get out

we keep on pushing but we don't know how to kill this

and now it seems we'll never find a way out

the birth and the death of a nation

there's just no easy way out

we keep on killing but we know we'll never cure this

another nightmare gets it's chance to play out

like a mock wave

about shoulder high

but we haven't begun to feel that

pain is

real in their

eyes they are

ordinary men

who cheat

hate steal

kill and lie in your face

blame is

fear undenied

extra ordinary men

don't cheat

hate steal

kill and lie to your face

like a shock wave

that noone survives

we haven't begun to deal so

why would we waste time in this place

what will it take 'til we get what we deserve

lies can't erase lives you've displaced

if there's a god then you'll get what you deserve

caught down in a bad situation

and there's no way to get out

another prophet that we know will not fulfill us

and now his fantasy is sure to play out

dead born in the wrong generation

won't take the simple way out

why fight when we know it's

predestined for us to blow this

with a mock wave

ten thousand stories high

that in time will reveal it's self

in a shock wave

that noone survives

we haven't begun to heal so

why do we waste time in this place

what will it take 'til we get what we deserve

lies can't erase the lives you've displaced

if there's a god then you'll get what you deserve

argue your case and attempt to save face

while redefining the oath you claim to serve

history erased will be your saving grace

my only hope is one day you'll get yours

Jimmie's Chicken Shack
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Mutha Luvas

they tried to make me an idle american

want me to give them something that they can sell

well they can go to hell

so get mickey mouse's ass off of my radio

what radio

they're just pulling up buckets from an empty well

well we can tell

that the good ones come correct

yeah i've seen people die for less than that

some motha lovas don't know when to quit

i figured it out

i don't want in

so i decided to just be the man that i've always been

make some people laugh

make some people scream

realizing dreams

i'm building a boat, i won't wait for my ship to come in

i'm pitching the crest of this wave

and i'll ride it again yes i'll ride it again

then come correct

yeah i've seen people die for less than that

some motha lovas don't know when to quit

i figured it out

i don't want in

there's nothing to beat

there's noone to beat here

we won't compete

we don't compete here

there's nothing to beat

there's noone to beat here

we won't compete

we don't compete here

because the good ones come correct

yeah i've seen people die for less than that

some motha lovas don't know when to quit

i figured it out

i don't want in

yeah the good ones

where are all the good oones

motha lovas

Jimmie's Chicken Shack
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Friendly Fire

we're here together

and we can make this work

and i believe we're on the same side

but don't struggle with this

it's just the nature of the game

so just brace yourselves

while i take the blame

was good to know you

at least from what i didn't know

i'll take the lead

i'll be the first to go

so don't struggle with this

it's just the price you'd pay for fame

no need to face me

it's just good to know you've got my back

with friendly fire

friendly fire

once burned

twice tried

i never listened

you always lied

but don't struggle with it

because i wouldn't do the same

no need to bury me

because i'll just dissappear in flames

of a friendly fire

friendly fire

who's gonna have your back

Jimmie's Chicken Shack
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The Quiet Ones

i'm standing on a mountain top

you stand one mountain away

and if i scream into the wind

could you hear a word i say

like, "words come easy to a fool"

and, "losing step you push, i pull"

the final blow dealt in this duel

as the last one falls

noone saw it coming

as they passed you in the room

the pale light on your face

was like the surface of the moon

you never made a sound

you just sat there smiling

like you're always looking down

me and my friends

aren't for purchase

come your rapture

we'll be earnest

and pull the feathers from our wings

when you purge your skin, shed everything

because the quiet ones are deafening

as the last one falls

noone saw it coming

the ending came so soon

laying silent on the beach

your finger circling the moon

and when you left the ground

i could see you smiling

now you're always looking down

when i break

and you're falling

like candles burning at both ends

when all seems lost

i just pray

for some flame or calling

to spark this soul again

and let me know that i'm alive

how could we see it coming

sewing faster through the loom

painting light on your face

as you're floating past the moon

though you never will come down

i can sense you're smiling

and you're always looking down

Jimmie's Chicken Shack
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Another Great Idea

once you've gathered all of the things that you kept from holding back

keep the stuff that won't weigh you down, so you don't get left behind

it's a sad day when you start out this way

as the weight of a world that is so unfair

goes running out again for something less

goodbye don't bother saying anything

if i could die it might be interesting

but wait i've got another great idea

why don't you fight for a cause worth standing for

don't hold back

what are you keeping for yourself

hope it gets you there

i hope you're tongue won't swallow the leash in an effort for something to say

you react but won't go away, so i will

a good plan don't mean alot if you don't respect what you're trying to beat

a silly man with confidence gathers the obsolete

so sweet to say

goodbye don't bother saying what you think

if i don't try i won't learn anything

but wait i've got another great idea

why don't you fight for a cause worth standing for

don't hold back

what are you keeping for yourself

hope someday you care

while you were out there searching for something more

it was all an act

we all believed you'd pass the test

then you disappeared

you're used to throwing it all away

you use me up now all you can say is

goodbye don't bother saying anything

if i just die that would be interesting

but wait i've got another great idea

why don't you fight for a cause worth standing for

don't hold back

what are you keeping for yourself

hope it gets you there

while you were out there searching for something more

it was all an act

we all believed you'd pass the test

then you disappeared

Jimmie's Chicken Shack
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Good At It

i hope to god and his friends i get there in time

before you fall again

'cause you're so good at it

i'll fall with you

i'll assist you

to get back in the game but that's not what you said

when you sent me a text from your side of the bed

and now all i can see is the look on his face

as you're staring right back at a kiss you misplaced

my friend, i couldn't mean the words i said

but i said 'em

and they were mean

'cause i'm so good at it

i'll fall with you

i'll assist you

to project all the blame and the meaning you missed

when you stayed in his bed and you gave him your lips

for a practical gain with unforseeable odds

where you trade all your pain for a wink and a nod

now you're gone out the door like the one that first came

to the conclusion that love is the sport of the lame

and the stupid

take the bait again

i'm in love...

i'm in love

with the idea

of love

'cause we're so good at it

will you fall with me?

Jimmie's Chicken Shack
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Making Babies

don't want to be alternative

i want to be the norm

don't want to be indie

or be reborn

don't want to waste the best years of my life

thinking 'bout what could have been

or should have been

'cause it's too late to change the font

and i forgot to thank you

so i'll thank everyone now

you know i'll thank god and how

funny he is

i'm sorry for my last release

i should have tried to make some dollars

instead i tried to make some peace

no matter how you cut your heart out

it never all fits on the sleeve

so rock a bye baby bye bye

rocca es muerta

so why even try

though all my favorite tracks got cut

and i forgot some thank you's

guess i'll thank everyone now

you know i'll thank god for how

funny she is

i'm sorry for my last release

i should have tried to make some dollars

instead i tried to make some peace

no matter how you cut your heart out

it never all fits on the sleeve

so while you're busy making babies

we just put out new cds

and if you can't afford the ticket

at least you can afford to leave

'cause we will play this town again

at least when i get home

i'll be falling in love again

with you

but i have my doubts

how could i ever put you out

into a world that's so calculating

i'm sorry for my last release

i should have tried to make some dollars

instead i tried to make some peace

no matter how you cut your heart out

it never all fits on the sleeve

so while you're busy making babies

we just put out new cds

and if you can't afford the ticket

at least you can afford to leave

babies kill rock

Jimmie's Chicken Shack
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Waiting Room (originally by Fugazi)

I am a patient boy

I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait

My time is like water down a drain

Everybody's moving,

Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving

Please don't leave me to remain

In the waiting room

I don't want the news

I cannot use it

I don't want the news

I will not live by it

Sitting outside of town

Everybody's always down

Tell me why

Because... they can't get up

Ahhh... Come on and get up

Come on and get up

I won't sit idly by

no...

I'm planning a big surprise

I'm gonna fight for what I want to be

and I won't make the same mistakes

Because I know

We all know how much time that wastes

And Function

Function is the key

To the the waiting room

I don't want the news

I cannot use it

I don't want the news

I will not live by it

Sitting outside of town

Everybody's always down

Tell me why?

Because... they can't get up

Ahhh... you want to get up

From the waiting room

Sitting in the waiting room

oh no...

Sitting in the waiting room

oh no...

Sitting in the waiting room

oh no...

Sitting in the waiting room

oh no...

Tell me why?

Because... they can't get up

Jimmie's Chicken Shack
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Radio Song

you've got the ugliest shoes i've ever seen

you've got the nicest car i've ever run into

after all that we've been through

we're still having fun

and akin to life when we're on the run

got the best radio station in my head

i've got the best radio station in my head

i've got the best radio station playing in my head

i get two channels of fuzz in, on my tv

i've got a mended heart that you broke into three

not being all we can be

but we still hang around

we might miss you but we're not losing ground

might get easy if we just went away

but we live here

still sometimes we just don't know why we stay

got the best radio station in my head