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Written by Meredith Brooks

It's 2:00 a.m. and the neighbors are jumpin'
Mr. Cray threatens to call the police
He jumps out of bed hits his head
Now you got something to really shout about
Everybody's got their eye on the T.V.
Did Bill and Monica do it the floor
The bombs go off and we're at war
Now we've got something to really get mad about

You got something to shout about baby
Yeah something to shout about
'Cause if you're gonna shout
Do it good and loud
Get something to shout about
Yeah yeah yeah shout it shout about

The stewardess doesn't have vegetarian
There's no leg room, you've seen the movie twice
The plane goes down and smashes on the ground
Now you've got something to really freak you out

You got something to shout about baby
Yeah something to shout about
'Cause if you're gonna shout
Do it good and loud
Get something to shout about
Yeah yeah yeah shout it shout about

So much wasted on unimportant things
Throw away the precious time
When there's so much that really needs changin'

You're driving home and the traffic isn't budging
Layin' on the horn adding to the mess
Then Y2K shuts down LA
Now you got something to really freak you out

You got something to shout about baby
Yeah something to shout about
'Cause if you're gonna shout
Do it good and loud
Shout it out

Get something to shout about baby
You need something to shout about
'Cause if you're gonna shout
Do it good and loud

Written by Melanie Safka (and Queen Latifah)

Lay down lay down
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each others' wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Chorus:
Lay down lay down
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

What if I told you were stupid, destructive, soulless
Callous, murderous, malignant, belligerent, ignorant
Would you believe me would you like that
Or would you prove me wrong and fight back
I'd like to take the sunshine right from the sky
And let it shine on you through my eyes
You see we all in the same boat trying to float
So everybody grab a oar we can make it to shore

Chorus

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each others' wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Some came to sing
Some came to pray
Some came to keep the dark away
So raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't we could stay
Black against the night
So raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain

(M. Brooks)

The list has been long full of complaints full of desires full of things
That keep me amused I don't even want
Some say I got lucky
She poured down on me
When I didn't have a place to sleep
But you said it was fine that way
All I need is this bed
And this guitar what more what more

I have everything I have everything
I have everything but you

I hang around the place you do laundry
And I don't even wash a thing
You say that it's cool we're such good friends
I already know plenty of those friends
But not the kind I want to kiss

I have everything I have everything
I have everything but you
I have everything

Maybe it's simple
But what else is there but love
You can have all the money in the world
But it doesn't matter if I climb another dome alone
I'd rather be back home
Thinking of things to do with you and me
Just me and you

I have everything I have everything
I have everything I have every little every little thing

Written by Meredith Brooks/Larry Dvoskin

Spirituality is a henna tattoo
That you wash off when you find something new to get into
Standing in the field with your flashlight blinking
'Cuz somebody told you the aliens were thinking they'd want you
In the end it doesn't really matter what you say or what you wear
So you think Big G gives a – how you get there
Buddhism, Communism, Hinduism,
Health Foodism, Lennonism, Sexism
What about your own ism
Just get real
Don't be a cosmic woo woo
Be who you are let everybody deal
Speak with your own voice just get real
Just get real like this

When I was fifteen I made my mother rant
'Cuz I joined a cult gave me words to chant to reach Heaven
So I used them for the lotto and won big money
They shouted you're in don't worry honey
This ain't 7-11 get in and out
Pop psychology words don't mean anything
When you throw them around to be cool
What goes around comes around
That's what they say
Catholicism, Footballism, Judaism, Racism, Manism, Womanism
What about Humanism

Just get real
Don't be a cosmic woo woo
Be who you are let everybody deal
Speak with your own voice just get real
Just get real don't be a cosmic woo woo
Be who you really are let everybody deal
Speak with your own voice just get real
Cosmic Woo Woo
Just get real

(M. Brooks,S. Peiken)

She can talk for hours
words don't cover the scars.
She thinks she's crazy,
but they've just pushed her too far.
She runs to the mirror
Only savior she's known
Another slap on her face
Cause nobody's home.

Mother's always working
Slinging beer on the side.
Her dad's watching TV
And he's still getting high.
She knows he'll be waiting
Tryinto get her alone.
She hangs out on the corner
Cause nobody's home.

All she ever wanted
was a place on this earth
She shouts for a savior
For anyone to hear her
All she ever needed
Was hope in a world
In a world where she feels all alone
cause nobody's home

She cries for attention
Hanging on by a thread.
She can't stop the screaming
going on in her head.
Tears on the pillow
These are things she won't miss
Nothing to believe in
So it comes down to this.

Blood on the mirror,
Temptation is bliss.
Pills on the table,
She just couldn't resist.
Now nobody's home.

All she ever wanted
was a place on this earth
She shouts for a savior
For anyone to hear her
All she ever needed
Was hope in a world
In a world where she feels all alone
cause nobody's home.

(M. Brooks, R. Nowels)

I was walking down the street doing nothing
When she ran right into me and I was wondering
If it could be that she didn't see
But she spit that hatred at my face
I felt like I wanted to fight
When I saw her hungry eyes and broken heart
And recognized her pain
I saw it I know it and I walked away
Only love could save her anyway

I can't believe all the times that we bleed
That it's all for nothing
I will deny all the tears that we cry
That it's all for nothing

Sometimes I feel so confused when I look at us
And all we went through
After eight years of sharing every dream together
We don't even talk
Is that all there is
What we stood up for
Now we stand behind a million locked doors
And we can't even say that we'll be friends
Sometimes things just change and we don't know why
I don't think I'll swallow that kind of lie

I can't believe all the times that we bleed
That it's all for nothing
I will deny all the tears that we cry
That it's all for nothing

Do we all want to believe there's more to this
Than the lights just turning out

Now we gotta have a real conversation even if we don't
Know each other's situation
Who says we're powerless just because of all the injustice
There's still time to fight
You just gotta go you just gotta try
You're the only one that's standing in your way
Sometimes things keep changin' we don't know why
Don't think I'll swallow that kind of lie

I can't believe all the times that we bleed
That it's all for nothing
I will deny all the tears that we cry
That it's all for nothing

(M. Brooks, R. Nowels)

Hold on now I'm slow to burn
I know you've been waiting your turn
I'm not giving in
It's just the time has come

You want it I said it You got it I meant it

I thought I had so much to lose
But I am no longer confused
You can't rush these things
And now I'm telling you

You want it I said it You got it I meant it

Love will tell the truth
Lovers can turn it to lies
I'd rather protect these lips
Then say another goodbye

I don't want regret from the past
To keep me from something that could last
You're the only one
Who solved the mystery

You want it I said it You got it I meant it

Hold on now I'm slow to burn
You're the only one
Who saw the mystery

You want it I said it You got it I meant it
You heard me I said it

Believe it
Now get it
You want it I meant it
I love you

(M. Brooks, R. Nowels)


Fill me up with a promise
Touch my eyes so I can see
The tears have dried the clouds have broken
Come to me
Fill my body with innocence
Come lay your head upon my pillow
Test my strength over and over
'Til I'm weak
Won't you make me weak

Hey now take me back to Eden
I'll fly when you call my name
Give me Heaven while I'm sleepin'
Back to Eden hey hey now now

I surrender tear my house down
Shame will lose its hold on me
A thousand nights I invite you
Crash through me

Hey now take me back to Eden
I'll fly when you call my name
Just like it was in the beginning
Back to Eden hey hey now now
hey hey now now
hey hey now now
hey hey now now
hey hey now now

I tremble when you pass through me
I burn like a rose on fire
This secret storm in me is humbled by your desire
I swallow your kisses deep
A million voices rise up
They cry they cry they cry out to me

Fill me up with a promise come to me
Won't you come to me

Hey now take me back to Eden
I'll fly when you call my name
Give me Heaven while I'm sleeping
Back to Eden hey hey now now
hey hey now now...

(M. Brooks,S. Peiken)

I'm just a little defensive
But I'll be o.k. tomorrow
This happens once in awhile
'Till I'm back on my feet
Once I get out of bed
I'll come to my senses
Feed my head
A double shot of caffeine
A pair of shades can change it all
Maybe Superman will jump the wall
Whatever it takes to get on with the world

'Cuz I'm bored with myself
So very bored with myself
More and more everyday
And I wonder if Marilyn ever felt this way

We're moving so fast
Why do I feel so empty
There's clothes in my closet
But nothing to wear
It's a mysterious thing
The more that I acquired
The less hungry I am but not more satisfied
There's India where I can chant
Therapy to rave and rant
Whatever it takes to distract me from being so

Bored with myself
So scary bored with myself
More and more everyday
And I wonder if Jacqueline ever felt this way

I'm a little uninspired
It happens to the best of us
I know I shouldn't take it hard
But I'm so afraid this time I'll never change
Won't shake it off I'll just go insane

More and more everyday
And I wonder if Loretta Lynn ever felt this way

I'm so bored with myself
So very bored with myself
So bored with myself

(M. Brooks,S. Peiken, A. Gorgoni)
from EdTV soundtrack

Snap your fingers and they'll come
Running to you awesome one
Getting lonely out in space
It's not such a special place
On the outside looking in
At the bag girl you've been

Isn't this what you always wanted?
Isn't this how you saw the view?
Careful what you wish for
It just might come true
Might come true

You say catch me when I'll spin
As if we been through thick and thin
I don't think that you can stop
You still want what you ain't got
Such a stupid superstar
Yeah you are

Isn't this what you always wanted?
Isn't this how you saw the view?
Careful what you wish for
It just might come true
Might come true
Isn't this what you always pictured?
Isn't this what you plan to do?
Careful what you wish for
It just might come true

Tryin' to find the meaning of life
In a deeper shade of red on your lips
Tryin' to find the way to be loved
Without ever givin' a shit

But enjoy yeah while you can
After all the jagged ends
You come round again and again and again

Isn't this what you always wanted?
Isn't this how you saw the view?
Careful what you wish for
It just might come true
Might come true
Isn't this what you always pictured?
Isn't this what you plan to do?
Careful what you wish for
It just might come true
Might come true

Isn't this what you always wanted?

[from Snake Eyes movie soundtrack]

In this town of pain
You could be the lucky one
Fate turns on a dime

The only thing that will change
Are the lights when they get brighter
They replace the sun

Out the door you get burned
And there is no way back in
You got nothing snake eyes
The house always wins

A drowning man does not die silently
You can feel the final warning
And the black money follows
Through the veins of the shallow
Change the name to protect the guilty
You'll never leave Sin City
Where you are the King

In this room of shame
You could sink this town
And breathe another day

The mirror faces you
You cannot look away
Blood is on your hand

The streets will be the same
Under your feet like quicksand
Touch the face
Where a kiss of hope can last

Just one kiss from the shadow
Will be the touch of an angel
Just one kiss is all that you need
If you never leave Sin City
You never leave Sin City
You never leave Sin City
Where you are king

Just one kiss ohhhh-oh-oh-oh
Where you are king [repeat]

(M. Brooks)

If you could have told me
I wouldn't find my way back home
Never would have closed the door I
Never would have left the phone unplugged
All night
Waiting for the sunrise to take me out of here
Back to nowhere

Wish you could have told me
Who knows if I, could have heard
Love don't make the reasons why
Some people just don't find the words to convey
The truth
Of the passion that they're feeling
Why do I keep falling back?
Back to nowhere

Wishing you could hold me
Like you used to in the dark
Lay your body next to mine
But does it anywhere, does your star
Are you sure, you're fine
But in case it's me you're missing
You should know I'd gladly go
Back to somewhere
Back to anywhere
I go
With you