No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (1995)
- Spiderwebs
- Excuse Me Mr.
- Just A Girl
- Happy Now?
- Different People
- Hey You
- The Climb
- Sixteen
- Sunday Morning
- Don't Speak
- You Can Do It
- World Go Round
- End It On This
- Tragic Kingdom
Spiderwebs
(Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal)
You think that we connect That the chemistry's correct Your words walk right through my ears Presuming I like what I hear And now I'm stuck in the web you're spinning You've got me for your prey
Chorus: Sorry I'm not home right now I'm walking into spiderwebs So leave a message and I'll call you back A likely story but, Leave a message and I'll call you back
You're intruding on what's mine And you're taking up my time Don't have the courage inside me To tell you please let me be Communication, a telephonic invasion I'm planning my escape (chorus)
And it's all your fault I screen my phone calls No matter who calls I gotta screen my phone calls
Now it's gone too deep You're wake me in my sleep My dreams become nightmares Cause you're ringing in my ears (chorus)
And it's all your fault I screen my phone calls No matter who calls I gotta screen my phone calls
Oooh, the spiderwebs Leave a message and I'll call you back I'm walking in the spiderwebs So leave a message and I'll call you back
It's all your fault I screen my phone calls No matter matter matter who calls I gotta screen my phone calls It's all your fault It's all your fault No matter who calls No matter who calls
I'm walkin in the spiderwebs So leave a message and I'll call you back I'm walkin in the spiderwebs Uh, leave a message and I'll call you back (repeat... fade out)Excuse Me Mr.
(Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont)
I'm like a beggar with no luck I'm holding signs up on your street corner stops Like most you'd try not to see me Stare straight ahead ignore the responsibilities
Excuse me (Excuse me Mr.) Well I've been waiting in line And I'd like to buy some of your time I'm very anxious, eager, willing What's your billing?
Chorus: So please excuse me Mr. You've got things all wrong You make it feel like a crime So don't confuse me Mr. I've know you too long All I need is a little of your time
Oh for most love comes for free They don't pay the high cost of mental custody I'll pay bail for a guarantee Please make space for me in the time yet to be
Excuse me (Excuse me Mr.) Well I've been waiting in line And I'd like to buy some of your time Well I've been saving up my life What's your price? (chorus)
What should I do when I'm about to crack? And there's a force that comes over me It's almost as if I'm tied to the tracks I'm waiting for him to rescue me The funny thing is he's not going to come He's not going to find me This is a matter of fact The desire you lack This is the way I guess it has to be
A little of your time I need a little of your time Please a little of your time (chorus)
Ooh I'm in line to buy time I'm in line to buy time I'm in line to I'm in line to Excuse me Well I've been waiting in line Excuse me Excuse me Mr.Just A Girl
(Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont)
Take this pink ribbon off my eyes I'm exposed and it's no big surprise Don't you think I know exactly where I stand This world is forcing me to hold your hand
Chorus: Cause I'm just a girl Oh, little old me Well don't let me out of your sight Oh I'm just a girl all pretty and petite So don't let me have any rights Oh, I've had it up to here
The moment that I step outside So many reasons for me to run and hide I can't do the little things I hold so dear Cause it's all those little things that I fear
Cause I'm just a girl I'd rather not be Cause they won't let me drive late at night Oh I'm just a girl-- guess I'm some kinda freak Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes Oh I'm just a girl. Take a good look at me. Just your typical prototype Oh, I've had it up to here (interlude)
Oh, am I making myself clear? I'm just a girl I'm just a girl in the world That's all that you'll let me be Oh I'm just a girl living in captivity Your rule of thumb makes me worry some Oh I'm just a girl What's my destiny? What I've succumb to is making me numb Oh I'm just a girl My apologies What I've become is so burdensome Oh I'm just a girl-- Lucky me Twiddle-dum There's no comparison Oh, I've had it up to... Oh, I've had it up to... Oh, I've had it up to hereHappy Now?
(Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal)
You had the best but you gave her up Cause dependency might interrupt Idealistic wills so hard to please Put you're indecisive mind at ease
You broke the set now There's only singles There's no looking back and this time I mean it Are you happy now? Tell me how you're happy now Are you happy?
The incertainty you had of me Brought clouded shady company But tenderness habitual A seldom fading ritual You killed the pair Now only one is breathing There's no looking back This time I mean it
Are you happy now? Tell me how You're happy now Are you happy? Are you happy now? How is it now? Are you happy now? Are you happy?
No more leaning on your shoulder I won't be there, no more bother If you feel you just might want me That's too bad, I'm not that easy
The contemplator all those year Now you must adhere To your new career of liberation You've been cast all by yourself You're free at last
You broke the set now There's only singles There's no looking back This time I mean it
Are you happy now? Tell me how you're happy now Are you happy? Are you happy now? How is it now? Are you happy now? Are you happy?
You're by yourself All by yourself You got no one else You're by yourself All by yourself All by yourself All by yourself No one else No one else By yourself By yourselfDifferent People
(Eric Stefani, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal)
Well things can be broken down in this world of ours You don't have to be a famous person just to make your mark A mother can be an inspiration to her little son And change his thoughts, his mind, his life Just with a gentle hum
So different Yet so the same Two sisters only have their parents to blame It's rare that two can get along But when they do, they're inseparable Such a blessing comes to few
Chorus: The sky is full of clouds And my world's full of people You got the different kinds With different ways It would take a lifetime to explain Not one's exactly the same
He and she, two different people with two separate lives Then you put the two together And get a spectacular surprise Because one can teach the other one What she doesn't know While still the other fills a place inside He never knew had room to grow (chorus)
And once in a while I sit back and think about the planet And most of time I trip on it To kick back and think about how massive it all is And how many others are on it (instrumental)
I often think about the world in which I live today Of animals and plants and nature's gifts Set on display But the most amazing thing That I've seen in my time Are all the different people And all their different minds And different ways It would take a lifetime to explain Not one's exactly the same So many different people So many different kinds So many many many different people So many different Look at me, I'm a person Look at me, I'm my own person So many different people So many different kinds For better or for worse Different peopleHey You
(Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal)
Hey you with the wedding dress on Made of white chiffon blowing in the wind Hey you with the dreams in your head You've been so mislead by your heart's pull I know you're waiting for your ship to come in You anxiously wait for such a long time
You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll You dress up and play the game You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll Your name will never change (your name will never change)
Hey you with your eyes full of hope You think you can rope your desire Hey you, you naive thing Your patience in time will tire
I know you're waiting for your tide to roll in How did you ever get such high hopes?
You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll You dress up and play the game You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll Your name will never change (your name will never change) You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll In a plastic world of make believe You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll You know he's just gonna leave (gonna leave)
Hey you Hey you Hey you
I know you're waiting for your life to begin Well wake up girl You got it all wrong You want the prize that you're not gonna win Get busy girl You got it all wrong
You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll You dress up and play the game You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll Your name will never change (your name will never change) You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll In a plastic world of make believe You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll You know he's just gonna leaveThe Climb
(Eric Stefani)
Step by step I come closer to reaching the top Every step must be placed so that I don't fall off Looking down to see about how much higher I am Another cool wind comes through, brushes my skin Oh, the harder I push the tension does grow I gather my thoughts the further and further I go With some luck I just might keep on climbing (climbing) So better to climb than to face a fall (to face a fall)
Chorus: So high the climb (so high the climb) I can't turn back now (can't turn back now) Must keep climbing up to the clouds So high the climb (so high the climb) I can't turn back now (can't turn back now) Must keep climbing up to the clouds
Pulling myself up by a rope, I better my view The only thing in sight is what I must do As I turned I could see myself falling (falling) Which in turn gave me strength for the climb (strength for the climb) (chorus)
Although many failed I must now prevail with no question Have no time to stop Onward to the top of the mountain And I can't turn back now It's so very high, but I can't turn back now If I keep it up, I'm gonna make it I'm so very close, can't you see (chorus)
I'm getting closer... Getting closer Coming closer Getting closer Looking back to Looking back to you Looking back to Looking back to you Looking back to Looking back to you Looking back to To the top, to the top, to the top To the top, to the top, to the top Climb up To the top, to the top, to the top To the top, to the top, to the top Oh looking back to you Looking back to Looking back to youSixteen
(Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal)
(1, 2, 3, 4...) Yeah! You've been a juvenile With a dolphin smile With no elbow room With your body in bloom You've had your little backyard Protected by big walls You didn't dare look over Cause you've been too small
Now you're finally sixteen And you're feeling old But they won't believe That you got a soul Cause you're only sixteen And you're feeling real But you can't seem to cop a feel
Why do they have to force us Through this metamorphose? A little butterfly No matter how you try You'll be segregated You're gonna be closed off You're callow and you're green Cause you're caught between
And you're only sixteen Try to cross the line But your little wings are intertwined And you're only sixteen And you're such a tease And there's nothing you do That can really please
"These children, They're not really bad... Most of them-- They're just products of rotten neighborhoods and bad family situations." (instrumental)
You know you can't forsake it So sit back and take it You see you're just not ripe So don't try and fight that You're only sixteen Wanna catch a peek But they look at you like you're such a freak Well you're only sixteen With a lot to say But they won't give you The time of day
Well you're only sixteen (You're only sixteen) You're only sixteen (You're only sixteen) You're just sixteen (You're only sixteen) You poor little thingSunday Morning
(Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, Eric Stefani)
Sappy pathetic little me That was the girl I used to be You had me on my knees I'd trade you places any day I never thought you could be that way But you looked like me on Sunday
Chorus: You came in with the breeze On Sunday morning You sure have changed since yesterday Without any warning I thought I knew you I thought I knew you (I've got a new view) I thought I knew you well So well
You're trying my shoes on for a change They look so good but fit so strange Out of fashion so I can complain (chorus)
I know who I am, but who are you? You're not looking like you used to You're on the other side of the mirror So nothing's looking quite as clear Thank you for turning on the lights Thank you now you're the parasite I didn't think you had it in you And now you're looking like I used to (chorus)
You came in with the breeze On Sunday morning You sure have changed since yesterday Without any warning And you want me badly Because you cannot have me I thought I knew you But I've got a new view I thought I knew you well Oh well
On Sunday morning Without a warning Sunday morning I thought I knew you Sunday morning You want me badly Cannot have me Sunday morning Sunday morning Sunday morningDon't Speak
(Eric Stefani, Gwen Stefani)
You and me, we used to be together Everyday together... always I really feel that I'm losing my best friend I can't believe this could be the end It looks as though you're letting go And if it's real then I don't want to know
Chorus: Don't speak I know just what you're saying So please stop explaining Don't tell me cause it hurts (no, no, no) Don't speak I know what you're thinking I don't need your reasons Don't tell me cause it hurts
Our memories, they can be inviting But some are altogether mighty frightening As we die, both you and I With my head in my hands I sit and cry
(chorus)
It's all ending-- Gotta stop pretending who we are
(intrumental bridge)
You and me I can see us dying Are we?
(chorus)
Don't tell me cause it hurts I know what you're saying So please stop explaining Don't speak. Don't speak. Don't speak. I know what you're thinking And I don't need your reasons I know you're good I know you're good I know you're really good La di da da da Don't. don't. Hush hush darling Hush hush darling Hush hush, don't tell me cause it hurts (repeat and fade out)You Can Do It
(Gwen Stefani, Eric Stefani, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal)
Since you've been gone Since you've been unglued It's hard to figure out your next move One minute here The next you're gone Let's make an end to this sad sad song For you it's hard to take Cause the pill has an awful taste Just open up and swallow down Once it hits bottom things may turn around
Chorus: Unfortunately this is the case You've got to catch up And win the race And straighten yourself out You can do it You're gonna do it You can do it
Everything you say has been taken wrong Enough to say it's a sad sad song They can't understand that you meant to do good Well I guess you could say you're misunderstood I know you're meaning well But you've been shot to hell Just come back and join us now Cause I know that you know how (chorus)
I know it seems they're messing with your mind But you don't have to go forward blind So let the bygones be bygone And let's make an end to this sad sad song (chorus)
World Go Round
(Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani)
In the quickness of our haste It seems we forget how to live The old blueprint No longer manifests itself As the correct way to exist
So wipe the grime off the view hole And please take a closer look Environmental bandits Up to their shenanigans Crooks disguised as crooks disguised as...
We've got to find another way to make the world go 'round (the world go round, world go round) We've got to find another way to make the world go 'round (the world go round, world go round)
Our individual roles we think Not so important to the plot The big picture unseen Leaving life in between Destroyed and overwrought There's no need to point the finger We understand who takes the blame Delinquents caught red-handed in the act Crooks disguised as you and I
We've got to find another way to make the world go 'round (world go round, world go round, world go round) (3x) Yeah find another way (world go round, world go round, world go round)
You see there's many many many Many people in the world And I'm not sure if I like what I've heard I'm not sure if I like what I'm doing myself I'm not sure if I like how the world turns (how it turns)
Degradation (great big world) Violation Inexcusable exploitation It's the dawning of a new era People conciously don't care How unfair
We've got to find another way to make the world go 'round (3x) Yeah find another way Is there another way And find another way to make the world go round, world go round, world go round You've got to send me another way In the quickness of our haste we forget In the quickness of our haste we forget how to liveEnd It On This
(Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Eric Stefani)
You see in my past I had a dream-- a fantasy I thought that we would last Become a little family Then 1, 2, 3, 4 The years were flying by They soared And it's my gut feeling It's not happening for me
So let's end it on this Give me one more kiss Let's end it on this Let's end it on this
You see it's hard to face the addict that's inside of me I want to fill my glass up with you constantly I've been here before But I've never ever felt this sure And now I know I've been dreaming And your actions have inspired me
So let's end it on this Give me one more kiss (It's over) Let's end it on this Let's end it on this It's over Just one more itch One last kiss (It's over) Let's end it on this Let's end it on this (It's over)
I open up You ignore me Oh you're not the same at all And if I could turn back the pages of time I'd rewrite your point of view
Washed up on the shore Given one last chance to try some more But I'm tired I'm freezing So let's stop and call it history Let's end it on this Let's end it on this (It's over) Let's end it on this Let's end it on this (It's over) Let's end it on this End it on this (It's over) Let's end it on this Let's end it on (It's over) I'm stuck on the shore Give me one last chance to try some more But let's end it on this Let's end it on this (It's over) (It's over) (It's over)Tragic Kingdom
(Eric Stefani)
"Remain seated please. Permane ser sentados por favor." Once was a magical place Over time it was lost Price increased the cost Now the fortune of the kingdom Is locked up in its dungeon vaults The castle floor lies in traps With coiled wires set back Decoyed by old cheese Now the drawbridge has been lifted As the millions They drop to their knees
They pay homage to a king Whose dreams are buried in their minds His tears are frozen stiff Icicles drip from his eyes
The cold wind blows as it snows On those who fight to get in On heads that are small Disillusioned as they enter They're unaware what's behind castle walls But now it's written in stone The king has been overthrown By jesterly fools And the power of the people Shall come to believe they do rule
They pay homage to a king Whose dreams are buried in their minds His tears are frozen stiff Icicles drip from his eyes
Welcome to the tragic kingdom Cornfields of popcorn Have yet to spring open
Have they lost their heads Or are they just all blind mice We've heard all their stories one too many times Hypnotized by fireflies that glow in the dark Midgets that disguise themselves as tiny little dwarves The parade that's electrical It serves no real purpose Just takes up a lot of juice Just to impress us (instrumental)
They pay homage to a king Whose dreams are buried in their minds His tears are frozen stiff Icicles drip from his eyes Ooh they drip from his eyes Into the night They drip from his eyes They're paying homage to a king A king who's buried, buried in their minds They drip from his eyes
Welcome to the tragic kingdom Cornfields of popcorn Have yet to spring open
Welcome to the tragic kingdom (8x)
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