No Doubt

No Doubt - 1991

1. Bnd
2. Letīs Get Back
3. Ache
4. Get On The Ball
5. Move On
6. Sad For Me
7. Doormat
8. Big City Train
9. Trapped In A Box
10. Sometimes
11. Sinking
12. A Little Something Refreshing



1. Bnd


-instrumental



2. Letīs Get Back


This is a very interesting situation
I sense a gradual loss of communication
Donīt you think I can see youīre changing on me
Youīre heading into a completely new direction
And I am having trouble making the adaptation
Donīt you think I can see youīre changing on me

Letīs get back together
Letīs get back forever

If I may be so bold by making a suggestion
Please ask yourself why you are making this transition
Donīt you think I can see, youīre changing on me

Every time I think of us
I just want to make it how it was
Before we had much more
When I think of me and you
I just canīt believe that we are through
I ignore the fact that you closed the door

When I think back, we had a beautiful relationship
But I see the future, whatīs there for me is devastation from you
Donīt you think I can see, youīre changing on me



3. Ache


Woke up this morning and felt not too cool
īcause every time I tried to make my mouth move
The pain Iīm having is so discomforting
Please make this suffering go away

I told my mom what I was feeling
And how long Iīve been dealing with it
Knew it was coming, but didnīt know how soon
She said Iīve reached another adolescent monsoon

Oooo ahh... the pain is tremendous
Why canīt I take it like a man
Oooo ahh... the pain is horrendous
Why donīt you lend a helpinī hand

He was a well-educated man, had his degree in medicine
I noticed his hairy hands... he was a very, very hairy man



4. Get On The Ball


Donīt wait too long or sheīll be gone fast as a blink

Get on the ball if you love your lover
No gesture to small
Tear down the walls if you love her
Just give it your all

Ooo yeah, youīve got to tell her that sheīs the only one
Show her, make sure sheīll never feel abandoned

Get on the ball if you love your lover
No gesture too small
Tear down the walls if you love her
Just give it your all

Donīt wait too long or sheīll be gone fast as a blink
Donīt wait too long or sheīll be gone fast as a blink

Ooo yeah, youīve got to tell her that sheīs the only one
Show her, make sure sheīll never feel abandoned

There wonīt be time to even think
So use your mind and instinct
Sheīll drive you crazy
So donīt be so damn lazy



5. Move On


Some chickens crossed the road, straying
Far from the hen

Five reached the side one step below zen
One was a female, four were mad-men
Who moved on, moved on move on

Standing in line and falling asleep
Building a fence while weīre counting the sheep
Weīd let you help out but our projects are too deep
Move on, move on, move on

You have to understand that when it comes
To making music
We meshed the styles of five alive and
Intertwined and fused it
Life comes from life and through our strife we
Strove to make the sound true
Compelled to spell it out, in search
Of what we must do

Our house was to small so we had to move
The neighbors had much doubts so we had to prove
That our soulful dimensions were true to the groove
We, moved on, moved on, moved on

Water the music, plant the seeds in the pot
Music is life flowing through... is it not?
Donīt forget your roots, but also donīt rot
Just move on, move on, move on
Donīt be afraid, let your feelings show
Wear your heart on your sleeve,
And let yourself glow



6. Sad For Me


Please miss fried
He donīt mean to be mean
He just needs to leave
He hopes he does not
Cause you inconvenience
Why canīt you see?

He says, "please donīt be sad for me"

Oh miss fried
Please believe youīre his queen
He must fight for his dreams
Lovely miss fried
He will too miss you
He just needs to be free

He says, "if I should ever cause you to
Bleed... donīt pretend to be naive"

Donīt take him wrong, let him be
Sometimes he feels like he ought to be alone

He says, "please donīt be sad for me"please miss fried
He donīt mean to be mean
He just needs to leave
He hopes he does not
Cause you inconvenience
Why canīt you see?

He says, "please donīt be sad for me"

Oh miss fried
Please believe youīre his queen
He must fight for his dreams
Lovely miss fried
He will too miss you
He just needs to be free

He says, "if I should ever cause you to
Bleed... donīt pretend to be naive"

Donīt take him wrong, let him be
Sometimes he feels like he ought to be alone

He says, "please donīt be sad for me"



7. Doormat


Iīm not your doormat, your floormat
So donīt wipe your feet on me
Iīm not the only garibaldi
Thereīs more fish in the sea
Iīm not your puppy, nor goldfish
So donīt treat me like your pet
Iīm not your butterfly, so donīt try
To chase me with your net Iīm not your kneaded eraser
So donīt you wear me down
Iīm not your sledge, sledge hammer
Iīm no tool, that you pound
Iīm not your blacktop, for hopscotch
So donīt jump all over me
Iīm not the place where the dogs roam
At the bottom of the tree donīt you treat me like I have no feelings
Donīt you treat me like that, I have feelings
Donīt treat me like that
Donīt you treat me like that
Donīt treat me like that
Donīt you treat me like that! Iīm not your carefree, nor sugarless
Like the gum on your shoe,
Iīm not the ring īround your finger
Nor am I wrapped around you
Iīm not your shoe string, your rope thing
So donīt tie me in a knot
Iīm not your asphalt, with oil spots
So donīt use me as a parking lotiīm not your doormat, your floormat
So donīt wipe your feet on me
Iīm not the only garibaldi
Thereīs more fish in the sea
Iīm not your puppy, nor goldfish
So donīt treat me like your pet
Iīm not your butterfly, so donīt try
To chase me with your net Iīm not your kneaded eraser
So donīt you wear me down
Iīm not your sledge, sledge hammer
Iīm no tool, that you pound
Iīm not your blacktop, for hopscotch
So donīt jump all over me
Iīm not the place where the dogs roam
At the bottom of the tree donīt you treat me like I have no feelings
Donīt you treat me like that, I have feelings
Donīt treat me like that
Donīt you treat me like that
Donīt treat me like that
Donīt you treat me like that! Iīm not your carefree, nor sugarless
Like the gum on your shoe,
Iīm not the ring īround your finger
Nor am I wrapped around you
Iīm not your shoe string, your rope thing
So donīt tie me in a knot
Iīm not your asphalt, with oil spots
So donīt use me as a parking lot



8. Big City Train


Can you hear that whistle
Loud clackety-clack
Itīs calling me
The station is where itīs at
Itīs coming again now
Chugginī down that track
Just check your records
Got all my bags packed

Youīll always find me waiting for that train to come through
Come get me, take me, to the land where my dreams come true

This time Iīll board that train
It wonīt be long
Check the label on my baggage
Destination in my song
Talk to the conductor
Saved up my fare
Yakety-yak for a while
Choo choo!

Hurry grab my luggage
Hurry grab my bags
It seems the locomotive
Has been taken another track
A penny brought on by mischief
A penny, a form of cash
Has been placed upon the railway
We are destined to be a smash!can you hear that whistle
Loud clackety-clack
Itīs calling me
The station is where itīs at
Itīs coming again now
Chugginī down that track
Just check your records
Got all my bags packed

Youīll always find me waiting for that train to come through
Come get me, take me, to the land where my dreams come true

This time Iīll board that train
It wonīt be long
Check the label on my baggage
Destination in my song
Talk to the conductor
Saved up my fare
Yakety-yak for a while
Choo choo!

Hurry grab my luggage
Hurry grab my bags
It seems the locomotive
Has been taken another track
A penny brought on by mischief
A penny, a form of cash
Has been placed upon the railway
We are destined to be a smash!



9. Trapped In A Box


Trapped in a box of tremendous size
It distorts my vision, it closes my eyes
Attracts filthy flies and pollutes in the skies
Sucks up our lives and proliferates lies
Trapped in a box

Trapped in a box, four walls as sky
Got a screen for a window about two feet wide
My mind rides and slides as my circuits are fried
No room for thought, use the box as my guide
Trapped in a box

Trapped in a box
Watch the world as it flocks
To lifeīs paradox
Weīre all trapped in a box

Trapped in a box Iīm not alone
I know of others with a box as their home
Light only enters from a crack or a hole
This is not enough for a human to grow
Trapped in a box

Always wanting a different view
Instant gratification for you
Reality gone in a single click
Just hope that that switch wonīt stick

Trapped in a box my life becomes void
All I thought for myself is now destroyed
Controlling my mind, what to eat, what to buy
Subliminal rules: how to live, how to die
Trapped in a box



10. Sometimes


Sometimes sunshine
Does not want to shine on me
And sometimes I find myself blind
At first I cannot see and then I see itīs me

I chose a road when I was young
In search of fun temptations won
And all my soul I did surrender
If I had a chance to back now
Would I redeem my moral vows
Or would I repeat for my own laughter

Sometimes I hide somewhat
Like a bulb behind a shade
And sometimes I ask myself why
Is it cause the lights are too bright
Or because my eyes are closed too tight

Sometimes I find myself blind
Donīt use my brain donīt use my mind
Distorted feelings always leading my way
But I must forgive myself
And let the past lay down to rest
And be prepared to face myself in another day

From now on I will behave
But in the back of my mind I will be enslaved



11. Sinking


Youīre on a wide open ocean
No one around you for miles
Your thinkinī of drinkinī on water
While youīre sailing the nile

No one to stop you on your way
Flyinī by goes a stork
You decide to bring your oars in now
But accidently knock out the cork

Row your boat to shore
īcause it is leaking and youīre still drinking
Unless you cork the hole
You wonīt be sailing, youīll be sinking

Not knowinī your sinkinī
You take out a bottle of rum
Swigginī a drink to the bottom
The bottle reads īvan monchinghumī

Oars back into the water
You think youīll sail on
But you canīt īcause your boat contains
Three and a half gallons

Row, row, row your boat
Sail your ship to shore
Youīre barely, barely, barely keeping afloat
I hope that you wonīt drink no morev



12. A Little Something Refreshing


Yeah
Iīm hungry
Iīm starving
I want some food for my tummy

I want some
Pizza coke and ice cream
Popcorn cotton candy
Marshmallows milkshake and peanuts
Would be so great
Pies chips candy apples
Twinkies frosted flakes
Donuts french fries
And some chocolate cake with mustard
Cookies avocados pancakes
Pineapple juice
Whipped cream on some raw meat
Thatīs not all I could eat

Iīm hungry
Iīm starving
I want some food for my tum...

I want some
Honey roasted walnuts
Pepperoni slices
Pasta and burritos
Different kinds of rices
Cherries dipped in chocolate
Cottage cheese and jelly
Colonel sanderīs chicken
Still wonīt fill my belly
Broccoli sticky syrup
Churros dipped in sauce
Drippy sloppy joes

Then Iīm full at last
Ahhh ahhh
Iīm full at last
Burp.

Paulina

Paulina - sheīs on the cover of a magazine
Paulina - a woman in my nightly dreams
Paulina - who makes me grin in any pose
Paulina - I wish sheīd take off all her clothes

Paulina - well I stare at her pictures all day long
Paulina - and as I do I sing this song
Paulina - my father says to act my age
Paulina - as I single handedly turn the page

Paulina - well I paste her pictures on the wall
Paulina - sit by the phone and hope sheīll call
Paulina - although I know she never will
Paulina - to indulge myself is such a thrill

Paulina - sheīs the big red apple of my eye
Paulina - I wish sheīd lay down by my side
Paulina - but if she ever knew my pursuit
Paulina - she would probably file a huge lawsuit

Yeah yeah oh oh oh oh

Brand new day

At the end of the day you are worn, and too tired to sleep
But then you do dream of wonderful things
That you might do, right on through to the next day

And then you wake up
The sunīs on your face
Youīre stretchinī while youīre sayinī
Itīs a brand new day!

Itīs a brand new day and the sky is clear
So letīs come together, everybody cheer
Come out people from everywhere
Letīs see your faces, the day weīll share
Celebrate a brand new day everyday!

Call out to the workers and the children in the schools
Itīs a day of celebration so put down your tools and
Celebrate a brand new day everyday!

Come see the mountains and come see the shores


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