The Anthem: It's a new day but it all feels old It's a good life, that's what I'm told but everything, it all just feels the same and my high school It felt more to me like a jail cell, a penitentiary My time spent there, it only made me see that I don't ever wanna be like you I don't wanna do the things you do I'm never gonna hear the words you say And I don't ever wanna, I don't ever wanna be... you, don't wanna be just like you. what I'm sayin' is this is the anthem throw all your hands up you, don't wanna be you "go to college, a university, get a real job" that's what they say to me but I could never live the way they want I'm gonna get by and just do my time out of step while they all get in line I'm just a Minor Threat so pay no mind do you really wanna be like them? do you really wanna be another trend? do you wanna be part of their crowd? cause I don't ever wanna I don't ever wanna be... you, don't wanna be just like you what I'm sayin' is this is the anthem throw all your hands up. you, don't wanna be you shake it once, that's fine shake it twice, that's okay Shake it three times, you're playing with yourself again you, don't wanna be just like you What I'm sayin' is this is the anthem throw all your hands up y'all got to feel me, sing if you're with me you, don't wanna be just like you [just like you] this is the anthem throw all your hands up Y'all got to feel me, sing if you're with me Another loser anthem [Whoa-oh] another loser anthem [Whoa-oh] another loser anthem [Whoa-oh]
Lifestyles Of The Rich and Famous: Always see it on TV or read it in the magazines celebrities want sympathy all they do is piss and moan inside the Rolling Stone talking about how hard life can be I'd like to see them spend a week livin' life out on the streets I dont think they would survive if they could spend a day or two walking in someone elses shoses I think they'd stumble and they'd, fall they would fall...fall lifestyles of the rich and the famous they're always complaining always complaining if money is such a problem well they got mansions think we should rob them did you know when you were famous you could kill your wife and theres no such thing as 25 to life as long as you've got the cash to pay for cochran and did you know if you where caught and you were smoking crack McDonald's would't even want to take you back, you caould always just run for mayor of D.C I'd like to see then spend a week livin' life out on the street I don't think they would survive If they could spend a day or two walking in someone elses shoes I think they'd stumble and they'd, fall they would fall lifestyles of the rich and famous they're always complaining always complaining If money is such a problem well they got mansions think we should rob them lifestyles of the rich and famous they're always complaining always complaining If money is such a problem you got so many problems think we should solve them lifestyles of the rich and famous we'll take cloths, cash, cars and homes just stop complaining lifestyles of the rich and famous lifestyles of the rich and famous lifestyles of the rich and famous
Wondering: If you want me to wait I would wait for you If you tell me to stay I would stay right through If you don't wanna say anything at all I'm happy wondering go! yeah, yeah since I was a young man I never was a frontman I never had a plan and no security then ever since I met you I never could forget you I only get you right here next to me cause everybody [a-whoa-oh-oh] needs someone that they can trust in and you're somebody [a-whoa-oh-oh] that I found just in time If you want me to wait I would wait for you If you tell me to stay I would stay right through If you don't wanna say anything at all I'm happy wondering now my life is changing it's always rearranging always gettin' stranger than I thought it ever could ever since I found you I wanna be around you I wanna get down to the point that I need you cause everybody [a-whoa-oh-oh] Needs someone that they can trust in And you're somebody [a-whoa-oh-oh] That I found just in time If you want me to wait I would wait for you If you tell me to stay I would stay right through If you don't wanna say anything at all I'm happy wondering go! yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah don't tell me the bad news don't tell me anything at all. just tell me that you need me and stay right here with me If you want me to wait I would wait for you If you tell me to stay I would stay right through If you don't wanna say anything at all I'm happy wondering If you want me to wait I would wait for you If you tell me to stay I would stay right through If you don't wanna say anything at all I'm happy wondering
The Story of My Old Man: I don't know too much about too much of my old man I know he walked right out the door, we never saw him again last I heard he was at the bar, doin' himself in I know I got that same disease, I guess I got that from him this is the story of my old man just like his father before him I'm tellin' you, do anything you can so you don't end up just like them like them Monday he woke up and hated life drank until Wednesday and left his wife Thursday through Saturday he lost everything Woke up on Sunday, miserable again I remember baseball games and workin' on the car. told me that he loved me and that I would go far, showed me how to work hard and stick up for myself Wish it wasn't too hard to listen to himself this is the story of my old man Just like his father before him I'm tellin' you, do anything you can so you don't end up just like them, like them Monday he woke up and hated life Drank until Wednesday and left his wife Thursday through Saturday he lost everything Woke up on Sunday, miserable again... again ,again someday he'll wish that he made things right [made things right] Love for his family and miss his wife [miss his wife] remember the days he had everything [everything] Now he's alone and miserable again
Girls & Boys: educated with money, he's well dressed, not funny and not to say in most conversations but he'll foot the bill in most situations cause he pays for everything girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money boys will laugh at girls when they're not funny paper or plastic don't matter she'll have it vacations and shopping sprees these are a few o her favorite things she'll get what she wants If she's willing to please His type of girl always comes with a fee hey, now, there's nothing for free grls don't like boys, girls like cars and money. boys will laugh at girls when they're not funny and these girls like these boys like these boys like these girls The girls with the bodies like boys with Ferraris Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money let's go! eh, eh! girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money. boys will laugh at girls when they're not funny and these girls like these boys like these boys like these girls. the girls with the bodies like boys with ferraris. girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money all of these boys, yeah get all of these girls losing their souls in a material world. all of these boys, yeah get all of these girls losing their souls in a material world. all of these boys, yeah get all of these girls losing their souls in a material world. all of these boys, yeah get all of these girls Losing their souls in a material world
My Bloody Valentine: oh, my love please don't cry I'll wash my bloody hands and We'll start a new life I ripped out his throat and called you on the telephone to take off my disguise just in time to hear you cry when you... you mourn the death of your bloody valentine the night he died, you mourn the death of your bloody valentine one last time singin'... oh, my love please don't cry I'll wash my bloody hands and We'll start a new life I don't know much at all I don't know wrong from right all I know is that I love you tonight there was police and flashing lights the rain came down so hard that night and the headlines read a lover died no tell-tale heart was left to find when you... you mourn the death of your bloody valentine the night he died, you mourn the death of your bloody valentine one last time singin'... oh, my love please don't cry I'll wash my bloody hands and we'll start a new life I don't know much at all I don't know wrong from right all I know is that I love you tonight tonight he dropped you off, I followed him home then I, I stood outside his bedroom window standing over him, he begged me not to do what I knew I had to do cause I'm so in love with you oh, my love please don't cry I'll wash my bloody hands and We'll start a new life I don't know much at all I don't know wrong from right all I know is that I love you tonight... Tonight
Hold On: this world, this world is cold but you don't, you don't have to go. you're feeling sad, you're feeling lonely, and no one seems to care. you're mother's gone and your father hits you, this pain you cannot bear but we all bleed the same way as you do and we all have the same things to go through hold on if you feel like letting go, hold on it gets better than you know your days you say they're way too long and your nights you can't sleep at all hold on and you're not sure what you're waiting for, but you don't want to no more and you're not sure what you're looking for, but you don't want to no more but we all bleed the same way as you do and we all have the same things to go through hold on if you feel like letting go, hold on it gets better than you know. don't stop looking, you're one step closer, don't stop searching, it's not over, hold on. what are you looking for? what are you waiting for? do you know what you're doing to me? g o ahead... what are you waiting for? hold on if you feel like letting go, hold on it gets better than you know. don't stop looking, you're one step closer, don't stop searching, it's not over. hold on if you feel like letting go, hold on it gets better than you know. hold on
Riot Girl: she's got tattoos and piercings. she like Minor Threat, she likes Social Distortion. my girl's a hot girl, a hoodrat who needs and attitude adjustment Christina, wouldn't wanna meet her. she hates you Britney, so you better run for cover. my girl's a hot girl, riot girl and she's angry at the world emergency, call 911 she's pissed off at everyone, police, rescue, FBI. she wants a riot, she wants a riot and everywhere we go she gets us thrown out constantly But that's okay Cause I know, I know, I know my baby would do anything for me. yeah! Christina, wouldn't wanna meet her, she hates you Britney, so you better run for cover. my girl's a hot girl a riot girl and she's takin' on the world, I said... emergency, call 911 she's pissed off at everyone police, rescue, FBI. she wants a riot, she wants a riot, she wants a riot, she wants a riot don't you know that all I really want is you? gotta know that all I really want it you. emergency, call 911 She's pissed off at everyone police, rescue, FBI She wants riot, she wants a riot emergency, call 911 She wants a riot, she wants a riot police, rescue, FBI she wants a riot, she wants a riot
The Day That I Die: one day I woke up I woke knowing today is the day I will die, Cashdogg was barking, went to the park and enjoyed it one last time. I called my mother, told her I loved her and I begged her not to cry. I wrote a letter I said I'd miss her and I signed that goodbye you know the happiest day of my life I swear the happiest day of my life Is the day that I die. can you feel the cold tonight [the day that I die] It sets in, but it's alright [the day that I die] darkness falls, I'm letting go [the day that I die) all alone but I feel fine [the day that I die] We took a drive and we drove to D.C. to see the places we live, long conversations we talked of old friends and all the things that we did. summer nights, drunken fights Mistakes we made did we live it right. you know the happiest day of my life I swear the happiest day of my life Is the day that I die. can you feel the cold tonight [the day that I die] It sets in, but it's alright [the day that I die] darkness falls, I'm letting go [the day that I die] All alone but I feel just fine [the day that I die] you know the happiest day of my life I swear the happiest day of my life I know the happiest day of my life Is the day that I die Can you feel the cold tonight [the day that I die] It sets in but that's alright [the day that I die] darkness falls, I'll let it go [the day that I die] all alone but I feel fine [the day that I die] did I live it right, I hope I lived it right [the day that I die] did I live it right, I know I lived it right [the day that I die] did I live it right, I hope I lived it right [the day that I die]
Say Anything: here I am on the phone again, and awkward silence is on the other end. I used to know the sound of a smile in your voice nut right now [right now] all I feel [all I feel] Is the pain of the fighting starting up again all the things we talk about you know they stay on my mind on my mind and all the things we laugh about they'll bring us through it every time after time, after time don't say a word I know you feel the same just give me a sign say anything, say anything. please don't walk away I know you wanna stay just give me a sign say anything, say anything some say that time changes, best friends can become strangers but I don't want that no, not for you if you just stay with me, we can make it through. here we are again the same old argument and I'm wonderin' If things'll ever change, yeah when will you laugh again? laugh like you did back when? we'd make noise til 3 AM and the neighbors would complain all the things we talk about you know they stay on my mind, on my mind and all the things we laugh about they'll bring us through it every time after time, after time don't say a word I know you feel the same just give me a sign say anything, say anything. please don't walk away I know you wanna stay just give me a sign say anything, say anything I'm fallin' I'm fallin' I'm fallin' down I'm fallin' I'm fallin' I'm fallin' down, down down down don't say a word I know you feel the same just give me a sign say anything, say anything. please don't walk away I know you wanna stay If you'll just give me a sign Say anything, say anything don't say a word [please don't leave] I know you feel the same just give me a sign say anything, say anything. please don't walk away [please don't leave[ I know you wanna stay Just give me a sign say anything, say anything
The Young and The Hopeless: hard days make me, hard nights shake me I don't know they somehow save me and i know im making something out of this life they call nothing. I take what i want, take what i need, you say it's wrong, but its right for me I wont look down, wont say im sorry I know that only god can judge me and if i make it through today, will tomorrow be the same? am i just running in pace? and if i stumble and i fall, should i get up and carry on? will it all just be the same? cause im young and im hopeless im lost and i know this im going nowhere fast thats what they say im troublesome im falling im angry at my father its me agaisnt this world and i dont care i dont care and no one in this industry understands the life i lead when i sing about my past its not a gimmick, not an act. these critics, and these trustfront kids trying to tell me what punk is but when i see them on the street they got nothing to say and if i make it through today, will tomorrow be the same? am i just running in pace? and if i stumble and i fall should i get up and carry on? will it all just be the same? cause im young and im hopeless im lost and i know this im going nowhere fast thats what they say im troublesome and falling im angry at my father its me agaisnt this world and i dont care i dont care i dont care...and now i dont care oooooo ooooo oooooo im young and im hopeless im lost and i know this im going nowhere fast thats what they say that im troublesome and falling im angry at my father its me agaisnt this world and i dont care i dont care. i dont care. i dont care.
Emotionless: hey dad I'm writing to you not to tell you, that I still hate you just to ask you how you feel and how we fell apart how this fell apart are you happy out there in this great wide world? do you think about your sons? do you miss your little girl? when you lay your head down how do you sleep at night? do you even wonder if we're all right? but we're all right we're all right it's been a long hard road without you by my side why weren't you there all the nights that we cried you broke my mother's heart you broke your children for life it's not ok, but we're all right I remember the days, you were a hero in my eyes but those were just a long lost memory of mine I spent so many years learning how to survive Now, I'm writing just to let you know that I'm still alive the days I spent so cold, so hungry were full of hate I was so angry those scars run deep inside this tattooed body there's things I'll take, to my grave but I'm okay I'm okay it's been a long hard road without you by my side why weren't you there all the nights that we cried you broke my mother's heart you broke your children for life it's not ok, but we're all right I remember the days, you were a hero in my eyes but those were just a long lost memory of mine Now, I'm writing just to let you know that I'm still alive yeah, I'm still alive sometimes I forgive yeah and this time I'll admit that I miss you, said I miss you it's been a long hard road without you by my side why weren't you there all the nights that we cried you broke my mother's heart you broke your children for life it's not ok, but we're all right I remember the days, you were a hero in my eyes but those were just a long lost memory of mine Now, I'm writing just to let you know that were still alive and sometimes I forgive and this time I'll admit, that I miss you, miss you hey dad
Movin' On: when I think about my life I wonder if I will servive to live to see 25 or will I just fall? like all my friends, they just keep dying People round me always crying In this place that I would like to call my home not everybody knows that everybody goes to a better place, not everybody knows that everybody could be living their last day. but the hard times will come and we'll keep movin' on, we're movin' up, keep movin' on life, hope, truth, trust, faith, pride, love, lust on without the things we've lost, the things we've gained we'll take with us. and all I've got are these two hands to make myself a better man I wonder if i'll ever see the end of this with all this rain it just keeps falling, on my head and now i'm calling out to someone else to help me make it through not everybody knows that everybody goes to a better place, not everybody knows that everybody could be living their last days, but the hard times will come and we'll keep movin' on, we're movin' up, keep movin' on life, hope, truth, trust, faith, pride, love, lust, pain, hate, lies, guilt, laugh, vry, live, die some friends become enemies, some friends become your family, make the best with what you're given, this ain't dying, this is living! said we're movin' on, and we've got nothing to prove to anyone 'cause we'll get through. we're movin' on and on and on and on.... keep movin' on life, hope, truth, trust, faith, pride, love, lust, pain, hate, lies, fuilt, laugh, cry, live, die some friends become enemies, some friends become your family. make the best with what you're given,this ain't dying, this is living!