I might have missed my only chance / For the meaning of romance
And I tried to get to you / But I couldn't quite get through / And now we're missing our one and only dance

But somewhere in time / You could have been mine
In some other life / Where the cards played out right
But not this one

And when you tried to get to me / I'd set sail on other seas
I'd love to say what I rehearsed / But the timing couldn't be worse / And we ended up closer to enemies

So close and yet so far / From this feeling in my heart
Somehow it was meant to be / But the timing was the key / And now we couldn't be farther apart

Your picture's painted black with pain / Your story's gettin' shady of late
All wrapped up in cellophane / Pretty little package of hate

You're puttin' on a show / So that everyone knows / Why you do the things you do
But everyone else / Just does it themselves / The only one that you're foolin' is you

Hi Ho / Hit the road

You may think you're a world apart / But we all got a price to pay
Seekin' out some pity for a broken heart / But it's never gonna go away

And every time / It's a felony crime / When it puts the hurt to you
You whine so loud / You deafen the crowd / And the rest of us get screwed

There was a vision I had as a child / But it's now fadin'
All the hopes I had for the future / Are dissipatin'
Some day, somethin's gonna give / Cuz it's not worth hatin' myself
Some say it'll get better / But I'm sick of waiting

I'd say it's been too long since / I could believe in something true
And it's been too long since / I remember feeling something new
And it's been way too, way too long / Since I could put my faith in you
And it's been too long since / I could believe in something true

Cynics claim that nothin's gonna change / But I don't listen
Naysayers sayin' what they say: / "It's a suicide mission"
Tearin' me down / Until I almost give in
But everything about me tells me that / Somethin's missin'

Now the world is changed / The colors re-arranged
And everything I stood for is calling my name
Now the page is turned / And the bridges that we burned
Can't bring us back to / That from which we came

Each time life seemed to make sense / Turned out someone lied
Accidents uncovered the truth that / Someone tried to hide
Can't remember just exactly when / The light burned out inside
All I know is gradually, somehow / The pieces of  me died

But something's gotta give / There's too much to play for
Too much life to live
Just when the thought of hope / Sinks one step lower
I'll stand my ground, beat my chest / Cuz you can't tell me that it's over

Here I am / Scared shitless again
There you go / And I don't know / How I'll hold myself in check

I'm a fool / Stuck in a trance
If I don't go / I'll never know / If I've blown another chance

I've spent my life not so sure that I / Deserve what others may get
I've made up my mind / No more regrets

Here we go / Nervous and tense
Pulses race / Basketcase / Time to face the consequence

Why sit around and play "what if?"
Just suck it up and take the hit

I'm a wreck / But goin' anyway
Better now / Than to bow out / And doubt forever this day

I'd rather be / Shot down heavily / Than retrace all of my steps
I've made up my mind / No more regrets

I'm trapped / And so confused / It don't matter which way I go / It's just lose-or-lose
No reply / Can justify / What's on my mind / Try and fill those shoes
I'm seein' headlights on / A one-way avenue

Just becase / You're the best there ever was 
It don't always gotta go your way
Hey, what can I say?

I'm tired / Of the mental abuse / I'm in a corner backed up / And stuck on your point of view
I know / I can't go / On either road / So what do I choose?
I'm beggin' for an out / But still you refuse

What can I say that'll be OK? / What can I say any other way?
What can I say to make my plea? / What can I say to make you see?
What can I say that won't backfire? / What can I say without being a liar?
What can I say that won't take long? / What can I say that won't be wrong?

I'm on fire / Black and bruised / I'm beatin' myself up / I hope you're amused
You win / I give in / There ain't nothin' / In being used
I'll take all the blame / But hey, that's old news

I'm gonna be a star / Gonna be hot then not go very far
I'm gonna have a hit / One shining moment, and this is it

I wanna be a rock and roll cliche / I wanna party all night / And sleep all day
I wanna get drunk, get stoned, get high / And I wanna get laid / At least twice every night

I want the money / I want the fame / I wanna be a household name
I wanna sell out / I wanna fade / As long as I don't work one more day

Next thing you know / I'll have my own TV show
Next thing you know / I'll be broke

I wanna riot / I wanna burn / I want my fifteen minute turn
I wanna shoot up / Wanna do my line / I wanna live fast and die at 29

Break it down
I want the money / I want the fame / I want everybody to know my name
I wanna sell out / I wanna fade / It's so cliche

Take me back to days of yore / When you were mine and I was yours
When life was new and fresh and full of hope

Take me back to those first days / And one more time we'll find our way
The trick of the trade is never getting old

The days go by without a sign of life / Colors fade and faces age with time
But I know why / I know why
It doesn't take a genius, open your eyes

It takes me back to days of yore / When you were mine and I was yours
When life was new and fresh and full of promise
It takes me back to those first days / Before we got set in our ways
We never could have guessed it'd be like this

Doubt sets in, the work begins to slide / Happiness is hit-or-miss most times
It's no surprise / No surprise
When the fuel is gone, the fire always dies

Sha na na na / Sha na na na   na na na
La it da da / La ti da da   da da da
Sha na na na / Sha na na na   na na na
Ahh

Keep 'em comin' / When the jag starts runnin' / And the boys are summonin' you
Jack on ice / Or a jagrmeister / And a beer with a ribbon that's blue
Make it quick / 'Fore we get too sick / And me boy, he starts to spew
My, my me boy / What's come over you

Oi oi oi / Another round fer me boys

A fine youg lass / With a fine young ass / Comes struttin' into view
The boys start yellin' / And the beer keeps tellin' 'em / "There's a chance in hell fer you"
Meet me brother / And I'll have another / And I'll have yer mother too
My, my me boys / What's come over you

Well me boys are drunk / And the mood is sunk / And the words are startin' to skew
The eyes they glare / And the tempers flare / And we break a table or two
The fist start flyin' / And the bodies lyin' / On the floor with a bottle of booze
My, my me boys / What's come over you

Well we get kicked out / With a warnin' shout: / "Don't come back here too soon!"
We stumble home / And we pass out cold / And we reek of the brown bottle flu
We don't recall / What we did at all / But we meet again at noon
My, my me boys / What's come over you

Well I used up all my lovin' / On a someone who didn't care
She used me, took me for granted / Then she left me standin' there...alone

Well I thought she was somethin' special / Well it turns out I was wrong
She only wanted one thing / When she got it, she was gone

I'd have given her the world / But the good guys don't get the girl

Well I gave her all that I had / And all she gave me were her lies
When it all came crashin' in / I guess it came as no surprise

Well I guess I"ll have to face up / To the fact that I'm a chump
I'll keep on gettin' my heart broke / Guess I'll keep on gettin' dumb

Lyin' to myself / When I said it's through
It may have ended / But I'm still hung up on you
Built up visions / Of how it should have been
I'll carry them with me / To the bitter end

I'll never get over you / I'll hever get over you
No matter what / I say or do
I'll never get over you

I'd like to find / Closure for my heart
I just can't kill my hope / That's the saddest part
I'm a hopeless soul / Pathetic yet true
But I'll never regret / Not tryin' for you

No matter what / They say it's true
I'll never get over you

Never said that I was playin' innocent / Never said anything benificent
Never said I was in it for the long haul
Never said I'd have your back at any time / Never said I'd see you to the finish line
Never said I'd gurantee anything at all

But I can't do you right / I can't do you no good
I can't do you right / But I never said I would

Never said I was totally believable / Never said my love was irretrievable
Never said I would give it all to you
Never said that you were the only one / Never said that I wasn't phony, hon'
Never said too much of anything true

Never said I never said that
At all

You've been puttin' up with him / But you've had enough
You fell in love with him / But he got too tough
You're runnin' out of time / Cuz it's getting rough
But don't give up

When things get tough / Kick him in the nuts
Find your best high heels / And kick him in the nuts

You were a silly little girl / But now you've learned
He ran all over you / But now it's your turn
He'll get his just desserts / For the times you've been burned
So don't give up

Find your best golf cleats / And kick him in the nuts

Don't give in to his idle threats / That prick deserves just what he gets

So you packed your bags and walked / Right out the door
In disbelief his jaw dropped / To the floor
It's scary but you don't / Need him anymore

And when he crawls back / Kick him in the nuts
Tell him "kiss my ass" / And kick him in the nuts

Been thinkin' 'bout you lately / And the times we used to share
There's a vacant lot where you once stood / Now cold and dry and bare
I stare into the empty well / That once overflowed with trust
I reel up the old bucket / And drink half an inch of dust
 
I like awake in my bed / Replaying all the good ol' times
It seems I'm stuck on fast-forward / When I wish I could rewind
I'd edit out the stupid things / I did along the way
And overdub the brilliant words / I always meant to say
 
But I'd probably go and make the same mistakes
For old time's sake
 
And here's to all the laughs we had / And all the memories, good or bad
Here's to everything we thought we knew
Here's to all the Friday nights / The parking lots and mercury lights
Here's to being young, and here's to you

There's not a chance on earth I wouldn't take
For old time's sake
Been thinkin' 'bout you lately / And the times we used to share
Our paths have seldom crossed since then / Our future's in the air
I wonder how it turned out, well / I guess it turned out fine
But I wonder how it'd turned out if / We'd walked a different line

Since you left me / Baby, I been fallin' down
Trippin' over every minor step
I know it's been a while / But I still dream of you
And my place in your heart / I think you might have kept

Every time I look around / There's no one else like you I've found
Part of me wants to see / If you still think of me / But I just can't swallow my pride down

So I'll keep movin' on / And try to forget about
The times we had and the memories that we share
But doubt still clouds my mind / And I keep wonderin'
That you might still think about me and care

Since you left me / Baby, I been fallin' down
Pickin' my ass up off of the ground
Everything in my brain is tellin' me "stay away" 
But everything in my heart says "wait around"

Everything I do / Somehow comes back to you
And I come full circle, one more round / Of fallin' down

We played the game / And we learned a thing or two
Like what you didn't do / Means all the difference, win or lose
The years roll on / And the choices that we've made
Will haunt us tll the day we say / That we'll no longer play

Decisions rule / The moment slips away
Regrets don't pass away the same / As sacrifices made
The hours are long / When you're stuck in yesterday
Thinkin' 'bout the way you maybe could've saved the day

But somewhere in the dark / There's a light to guide us on
Only time will tell the story / Only strength can make us strong