Tabitha's Secret - Song Lyrics Copyright ©1993-2006 Bidnis Music (BMI), Pookie Stuff Music (BMI), Tabitha's Secret Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Tecklah Music, Inc. (ASCAP) and EMI/Blackwood Music. All Rights Reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3AM Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas She says it's cold outside, and she hands me my raincoat She's always worried about things like that. She says it's all gonna end, and it might as well be my fault And she only sleeps when it's raining, And she screams, and her voice is straining, She says baby, It's 3AM I must be lonely, When she says baby, Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes, Says the rains gonna wash away I believe it. She's got a little bit of something, God it's better than nothing And in her color portrait world she believes that she's got it all She swears the moon don't hang as quite as high as it used to. And she only sleeps when it's raining, And she screams, and her voice is straining, She says baby, It's 3AM I must be lonely, When she says baby, Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes, Says the rains gonna wash away I believe it. She believes that life is made up of all that you're used to And the clock on the wall, has been stuck at three for days She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway And outside, it's stopped raining. She says baby, It's 3AM I must be lonely, When she says baby, Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes, Says the rains gonna wash away I believe it. It's 3AM I must be lonely, When she says baby, Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes, Says the rains gonna wash away I believe it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AND AROUND Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley & Rob Thomas You said adjust your heels girl They stick out like an anchor Don't touch the flowers Cuz you can't hear them well Couldn't last forever Lord ya know it's gonna end sometime This is not an order You don't have to be here Can you understand me Screamin like the wind blows Did I blow your mind Leave you breathless I guess I've changed ya couldnt you Given all we've been through Heaven knows I've been around and around Eighty six the candles im scared of the bright lights Girl, try not to touch me So you don't feel me Or you can touch my shoulder Put your lips to my ears And scream is there anyone home Won't you answer me I guess I've changed ya couldnt you Given all we've been through well Heaven knows I've been around and around I guess I've strained well how bout that Here's my life, here's a doorstep Heaven knows I've been around and around I guess it's been a good year For roses and aggressions For flowers and freeways I guess I'll put a smile on Or get a new girlfriend ya put a new hat on This is not an order You don't have to answer Only need to listen If only for a moment Did I blow your mind girl Did I leave you breathless I said I guess I've changed ya couldnt you Given all we've been through Heaven knows I've been around and around I guess I've strained well how bout that Here's my life here's a doorstep well Heaven knows I've been around and around Cuz I've been around and around Cuz I've been around and around Cuz I've been around and around I've been around and around ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BLUE MONDAY Rob Thomas and Jay Stanley She wanna give it all away, yeah She say when come the rain I get the feeling thereÕs something more to talk about here So I see him and earn my keep (unintelligible) You know then she moved away I pray for nothing, IÕm saving it all for one time I said hold me now, be there when shit goes down DonÕt try to pick my head sometimes I donÕt make sense IÕm no good just believing in someone else Would you think I were weak if I just break down Oh now itÕs coming on again Hold on, it wonÕt take long Blue Monday, itÕs a big Monday ahead ThereÕs a remanence to me (unintelligible) Yeah, when it stands where I stand Yeah, we want nothing more of this and I hate what I do to myself I said hold me now, be there when the shit goes down DonÕt try to pick my head sometimes I donÕt make sense IÕm no good just believing in someone else Would you think I were weak if I just break down Oh now itÕs coming on again Hold on, it wonÕt take long Blue Monday, itÕs a big Monday ahead SOLO I wanna give it all away because thereÕs something that was nothing Now she swears that she needed when she didnÕt know anything at all I believe her and she wants to say, well SheÕs more than a nothing, I say she loved ya, well (unintelligible) IÕm no good just believing in someone else Would you think I were weak if I just break down Oh now itÕs coming on again Hold on, cause it wonÕt take long Blue Monday, itÕs a big Monday ahead ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAR JOAN Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas Dear Joan I've almost forgotten The pane in the window The blue dress in the doorway Dear Joan Help me remember The face I forget And the traps that I've sprung I guess I've grown tired It's just what's expected of me To tear your heart From the inside to the outside You know I was wired I just couldn't help it The hundred thousand times I hurt you Dear Joan I wanted to say I'm sorry for the screaming last night, And the nights before I've wanted more from this Than anything I've ever known Dear Joan Dear Joan Your face has a brightness That I've never seen In the years that I've known you Dear Joan I'd pick up the pieces But some scattered too far They flew when I kicked them I know you believed When I said it was over You stood by me patiently Waiting and brooding So deeply in love With every face that I've shown Dear Joan I wanted to say I'm sorry for the screaming last night, And the nights before I've wanted more from this Than anything I've ever known Once I forget Twice I'm a fool Three times I wrap My hands around your neck (while your sleeping) (so quietly sleeping) (sleeping and dreaming) Dear Joan Don't walk out the doorway Because if you did, I believe I could honestly kill you Dear Joan I wanted to say I'm sorry for the screaming last night, And the nights before I've wanted more from this Than anything I've ever known Dear Joan I wanted to say I'm sorry for the screaming last night, And the nights before I've wanted more from this Than anything I've ever known Dear Joan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DIZZY Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas And outside, the sky is falling People dodging raindrops, staying dry And inside, I never gave a damn about those outside people anyway And it hurt me They don't even know who I am And inside, there's no rainbows And inside, I try I try I try, I try to clear my head And outside, the rain is drying And inside, I'm dying 'Cause in here, I'm staring at the rings my coffee cup has made on the table And in here, I know I know I know, that this is as good as it gets And in time I hope to be the one that talks about the other half Until then, I count the cracks on the wall Until it's time to lay my head And inside, I play with shadows And inside, I know I know I know, that I'll feel this way all day, all day And outside, there's hope for trying And inside, I'm dying You walk before me, lord knows I can't follow You walk behind me and I don't think I can lead You walk around me, please don't walk around me 'Cause you know how dizzy I get ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FOREVER DECEMBER Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas I reach within my isolation I harbor it, I honor it You say you'd like to see me closer Of course you would, you have no choice And I cry cause the weather has gotten to me And I laugh at the people that I can't be all their lives Silly pictures Hey now now now, hey now hey baby Baby's getting older Hey now now now, hey now hey baby The tide is turning, turning us away You build the wall I'll build the fountain We'll wrestle it, we'll conquer it I think we'll live to see the mountain Of course we will we have no choice And I cry cause the weather has gotten to me And I laugh at the people that I can't be all their lives Silly pictures Hey now now now, hey now hey baby Baby's getting older, baby's getting older Hey now now now, hey now hey baby The tide is turning, don't turn me away --- Version 1 --- And I can remember Forever december The center of dying, the heart of the pain The rose in the bottle, the thorns in the bottom The stars surround me, the cold astounds me --- Version 2 --- And it wont take long, we both knew this Well I wasn't quite prepared For my center of dying, the heart of your pain All my words get lost and I cant speak Got my head stripped down well I get weak And the words fall out like forever december But soon it won't matter cause she wont mean nothing And I cry cause the weather has gotten to me And I laugh at the people that I can't be all their lives Pretty pictures Hey now now now, hey now hey baby Baby's getting older, baby's getting older Hey now now now, hey now hey baby The tide is turning, turning us away Hey now now now, hey now hey baby Baby's getting older, baby's getting older Hey now now now, hey now hey baby The tide is turning, turning us away Hey now now now, hey now hey baby Baby's getting older, baby's getting older Hey now now now, hey now hey baby The tide is turning, turning us away ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HERE COMES HORSES Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas Help me to remember girl if you don't mind Well I feel just like the jester when the music died Haven't seen you lately, But I know that nothing's changed Feeling kinda shaky but the wounds have healed There's a crack there in the doorway where the walls have peeled And I still see the sun go down, on a clear day Here comes horses There goes the rain Here goes nothing, here it comes again I was thinking I was angry but I'll let it go I was waiting on a miracle but nothing showed And they say our new messiah is at the local bar Greetings from the homefront have you heard the news That daddy bet his paycheck on the horses shoes And we won't feel that way for a long long time Here comes horses There goes the rain Here goes nothing, here it comes again Sitting in a taxi at the evenings end I was trying to remember where it was I'd been and Whether I've got someplace else to be I ask you why you come here you say just because I guess I could do without it if I knew what it was well It really doesn't matter, when you look at me that way Here comes horses There goes the rain Here goes nothing, here it comes again Here comes horses There goes the rain Here goes nothing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas She had said, don't cry Said it only hurts forever and all we have is time Yeah, she said she will never know So close your eyes, turn down the lights, And I can start this show Yeah well I can't sleep so I believe If the shades are drawn then the slate is clean So don't look at pride, well there is no other way now Don't try to make no sense of this scene, it's just between Caroline and me And we keep changing Yeah we can grow like a board on the shore She says I'm restless just a little more time Well you know damn well she wants to feel this high Yeah we knew just who we were Yeah well who we thought we'd try to be And who it's gonna hurt Oh but if I'd said, if I was strong at all Well then I wouldn't be with someone else I know where I belong Yeah well I can't sleep, so I believe If the shades are drawn, then the slate is clean So don't look at pride, well there is no other way, yeah Don't try to make no sense of this scene, it's just between Caroline and me And we keep changing anyway Yeah we can grow like a board on the floor She says I'm restless just a little more time Well you know damn well she wants to feel this high Yeah well I can't sleep, so I believe If the shades are drawn, then the slate is clean So don't look at pride, well there is no other way, yeah Don't try to make no sense of this scene, it's just between Caroline and me And we keep changing anyway Yeah we can grow like a board on the floor She says I'm restless just a little more time Well you know damn well she wants to feel this high She wants to feel this high... high high... high high ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JESUS WAS AN ALIEN Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas Elvis is alive at your local grocery store And if you believe that well then sit down and I'll tell you more Lee Harvey Oswald, well you know he acted alone And Charlie Manson only wanted to make his house a home Jesus was an alien Flying through space And God was an astronaut, who said "boy I like your face" So the story began Girl I love you and the check is in the mail I found religion inside myself I drank the blood the flesh was stale Reach in your pockets, and give us all you can You know the one that's going to heaven is gonna be the richer man Jesus was an alien Flying through space And God was an astronaut, who said "boy I like your face" So the story began I see you shaking boy, do you find it hard to believe That the one you been living for would cut your wrist to watch you bleed You found that the truth is a lie and it makes you feel unwell But the church of the almighty dollar is all we have to save us from hell Jesus was an alien Flying through space And God was an astronaut, who said "boy I like your face" So the story began Jesus was an alien Flying through space And God was an astronaut, who said "boy I like your face" So the story began That's the story from my side, to your side ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (JUST PLAIN) TIRED Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas You've been talking for an hour, and I swear to God that I can't hear a word you say So would you come to me, come to me I get caught up and the waves of conversation they wash over me And they cover me, they cover me Should I just pack my things and leave Would I be a bigger man if I built a wall around your heart and dared you to come in I could lie to you and say I didn't mean it But hurts a funny thing and it makes you stronger All is nothing in moderation It's a dirty feeling and it makes you stronger Well I believe I'm just plain tired There's a funny way your lip shakes when I know that you've been lying, and it touches me It comforts me, it comforts me I guess I should be satisfied, did you say you love me half the time Well let's settle there, we can build from there, build from there Would you be happier if I was only half the man I am You could shadow me and dare me to come in I could lie to you and say I didn't mean it But it really doesn't matter when you stop to think about it All is nothing in moderation It's a dirty feeling and it makes you stronger Well I believe I'm just plain tired The end is coming she don't even feel it It's a strange sensation, I'm almost happy Well I believe I'm just plain tired, I'm tired Should I just pack my things and leave Would I be a bigger man if I Built a wall around your heart And dared you to come in I can lie to you Say I didn't mean it But hurts a funny thing, hurts a funny thing All is nothing in moderation It's a dirty feeling and it makes you stronger Well I believe I'm just plain tired The end is coming she don't even feel it It's a strange sensation, I'm almost happy Well I believe I'm just plain tired All is nothing in moderation It's a dirty feeling and it makes you stronger Well I believe I'm just plain tired The end is coming she don't even feel it It's a strange sensation, I'm almost happy Well I believe I'm just plain tired ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LIKE ME Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas She's leaning on the mailbox In someone else's driveway And she laughs to herself cause she knows That she's still here She won't wait forever God knows that she wants to And you know that if it comes down It's gonna be war This ain't how we're supposed to be And nothing changes between you and me, at all Ain't it just like a loser Ain't it just like this chip on my sleeve Ain't it like me It's raining down in Longwood She heard it on the radio And she laughs to herself cause she knows That she's not there Well some say I'm crazy Some say I take this shit too hard, But you know and I know it's gonna be war She ain't how she's supposed to be Nothing changes between her and me, at all Ain't it just like a loser Ain't it just like this chip on my sleeve Ain't it like me I know the distance between us is greater and stronger Stronger than I plan to be Ain't it like me ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LIKE ROSES Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas Please don't make me answer you The world is big but my circles are small And please don't try to shut me out I'm in love that's all I'm not afraid to listen, if you're not afraid to hear And please don't laugh I just can't help, Grinning when I'm giving it all And please don't show you're face around my place I've seen it all before And I'm not afraid of dying, but sometimes I refrain, I believe that life goes on like a hurricane And you struggle through the pieces till you're not so sane Anymore And so you want and you suffer till you've had enough And in the end there's a heaven in the cold clear bluff, only want To come through like roses To head fast like a clear stream, to feel soft like a freight train, In the middle of a bad dream All you wanted was to be proud, Like a rough little Soldier, There's a place where the soul ends Comes through like roses, Comes through like roses Looking down I see my cigarette is even, With the horizon that my feet have made in the blanket, Looking back I lost the fight it was uneven, You never gave me time enough to say I was wrong Or I was sorry, I can see your head's still spinning like a merry-go-round And you're glaring at the people like you've been shut down Quarter time, It's a war gonna win no matter what it takes, And you can feel every second of the cold heartache Coming down To come through like roses To head fast like a clear stream, to feel soft like a freight train, In the middle of a bad dream All you wanted was to be proud, Like a rough little Soldier, There's a place where the soul ends Comes through like roses, Comes through like roses To come through like roses To head fast like a clear stream, to feel soft like a freight train, In the middle of a bad dream All you wanted was to be proud, Like a rough little Soldier, There's a place where the soul ends Comes through like roses, Comes through like roses ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LOSS, STRAIN & BUTTERFLIES Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale, Rob Thomas & Paul Doucette He got bad, and she got mad, and he lowered one more time And she got even No one heard a single word and as the clock ticked from next door I could hear her breathing And I said good morning Mrs. Sumner I would like you to meet my friend Mr. Jones He has a house made out of butterflies I can't sleep sometimes but I've been told It's a lonely condition called growing old Let me stumble sometimes I'm looking for a soul to cling to Girl what you think about that This time, well it all comes down To loss and strain and butterflies Then it comes right down to me Hello have you been alright Did you find a piece of something wrapped around the light side of your life To make you feel better Did you get out with your sanity Did you save a little something for the people in need And did you know with the rain in your pockets You can change the weather I'm looking for a soul to cling to Girl what you think about that This time, well it all comes down To loss and strain and butterflies Then it comes right down to me This time, well it all comes down To loss and strain and butterflies Then it comes right down to me Is it just the total for the wages of our sins And have you made yourself a victim In a game that you can't win And our we caving in And does it all depend on loss and strain and butterflies And does it come right down to me anymore This time, does it all come down To loss and strain and butterflies Come on down to me ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MILLION MILES Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas Can you roll down the window Can I have a cigarette Can I sweep you for forgiveness Can I sweep you for regret And can you drive a little faster, to clear my head Can you see that I've been crying Can you tell that I've been alone Can we walk the streets at the same time, I don't mind I'll be quiet and no one will know And can you drive a little faster, take me home These are the days that make up the lifetimes These are the clothes that I wear This is the only thing I wanted more than anything I wanna fall at a million miles an hour With people and little picture radios And I'm smiling but I'm trying hard not to smile at all And I crave for the little conversation And the way you toss your hair back, you're beautiful And it suits me fine These are the days that make up the lifetimes These are the clothes that I wear And this is the only thing I wanted more than anything I wanna fall at a million miles an hour With people and little picture radios And I'm smiling but I'm trying hard not to smile at all And I crave for the little conversation And the way you toss your hair back, you're beautiful And it suits me fine I wanna fall at a million miles an hour With people and little picture radios And I'm smiling but I'm trying hard not to smile at all And I crave for the little conversation And the way you toss your hair back, you're beautiful And it suits me fine These are the days that make up the lifetimes These are the lifetimes that make up generations These are the lifetimes that make up generations These are the days that make up the lifetimes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PAINT ME BLUE Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas There's not enough of me well There's way too much of you I think I saw some happy people yesterday and that'll never do There's never too much violence Ain't it time we had a war You leave on your shirt and I'll be skins And we'll go flying through the door These are violent times And I only want to do my part To sink to hatreds depths and smile at what we've all become I need understanding Just a pack or two To help me with my troubles, and what to do's I don't feel no raging There ain't nothing new Drop me in the ocean And paint me blue I don't have a worry I don't have a care I don't have a sound piece of mind But I manage to fare I don't like my neighbors Well they're just not my kind And I think it might be all for the whales And I really don't mind If these are the golden years Then I think it's time to cash them in To sit in our rocking chairs And talk about the good old days I need understanding Just a pack or two To help me with my troubles, and what to do's I don't feel no raging There ain't nothing new Drop me in the ocean And paint me blue These are violent times And I only want to do my part To sink to hatreds depths and smile at what we've all become I need understanding Just a pack or two To help me with my troubles, and what to do's I don't feel no raging There ain't nothing new Drop me in the ocean And paint me blue ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SWING Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas Still don't mean nothin' Was written on the concrete The words weren't on my tongue Cause we don't talk about it Day or no evenin', fashion or superman Just little warped people With little black minds Well I wasn't sure just what to think Say the lights went out Somebody, somebody swing Don't wanna, don't wanna talk anymore Somebody swing Don't wanna talk no... no What if we're tainted Who can we lie to What if we're dying Would you just walk around it Well I wasn't sure just what to think Say the lights went out Somebody, somebody swing Don't wanna, don't wanna talk anymore Bring boy, can you bring me down Can you swing Don't wanna, don't wanna talk anymore Shut your violence, keep your head down, Watch your anger boy, realize you could lose This is violence, look for reason This don't have to make sense to anybody at all Then everybody, won't you swing No still don't mean nothin' Words written all over the concrete All over the concrete Rage gets you out, so you swing Don't wanna, don't wanna talk anymore Bring boy, can you bring me down Can you swing Don't wanna, don't wanna talk anymore Don't wanna, don't wanna talk anymore Bring boy, can you bring me down Can you swing Don't wanna, don't wanna talk anymore ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ONLY ONE Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale & Rob Thomas I don't know what we're fighting about When everyone can see that I'm not crazy I only wanted to be the only one A chance to be forgiven A chance to be forsaken Did I ever by chance cross your mind? I only wanted a chance to see you shine I only wanted a chance to see you shine I don't have no worries No and I don't need no answers There's just enough to make it day by day There's just enough to make you fade away I don't know what we're fighting about Everyone can see that I'm not crazy I only wanted to be the only one I only wanted to be the only one I don't need forgiveness I can't be forsaken I'm only here to take back what is mine I cant believe the dullness of your shine Just enough has been taken away To make me believe in it all and I pray And I've only been on at the start to begin Just enough that there seems to be no end I only wanted to touch your face again I only wanted to see your face again I don't know what we're fighting about Everyone can see that I'm not crazy I only wanted to see the only one I only wanted to be the only one ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale, Rob Thomas & Paul Doucette I'm running out of reasons for caring about the other half I think my half wants a little more pride I'm running out of reasons for sharing sometimes I can't think of one I'm running out of faces that I can call familiar Hey man I'm running out of friends That I can call at all How long have I been sleeping, why the hell am I awake It seems just to stand here is overkill If I bend any farther, I swear that I'll break And I think you should let me It all seems so perfect, yet Some people, some people get lonely Some people they just grow older and scared of a little pain And we people, we cause a commotion We didn't mean to be confused, we didn't mean to be alive And we don't want to be standing here, standing here How long have we been sleeping, why the hell are we awake It seems just to stand here is overkill If I bend any farther I swear that I'll break We ask, and we burn what we hear on the water And we speak, we burn what we say But if you hold the rain It's just a little further Don't wanna scare you Don't be unhappy This is not a lovesong This is not a lovesong We ask, and we burn what we hear on the water And we speak, we burn what we say But if you hold the rain ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UNKIND Lyrics by Rob Thomas Music by Jay Stanley, John Goff, Brian Yale, Rob Thomas & Paul Doucette Bring it on baby, what you getting into Is living on pain the thing that's getting to you Write my name, pin it up with my picture And say it's the only thing cuz I'm not around to be around I'm beating and battered Hell if my dreams get shattered then Pain gives me the right to be unkind Bring it on baby, what's with sudden devotion I trade a river of tears for just a little emotion You can curse my name, pin it up with my picture And say it's the last time that I'll be around to be around Oh well I'm torn and I'm tattered So the thoughts in my head they get scattered And pain gives me the right to be unkind And it set's me here Right back to the heart of it Jones Crazy is a slight defense from it Jones Crazy is a place I call my own, when I'm alone Dig Bring it on baby, what you getting into I swear at once it was the little things that mattered But it all seems true to you Say the hell with my name and say the hell with my picture Yeah but swear for the one time you need me around to be around Well I'm around right now And here I'll stand like it matters Only once gets through then gets scattered by the rain But pain gives me the right to be unkind And it sets me here Right back to the heart of it Jones Crazy is a slight defense from it Jones Crazy is a place I call my own Right back to the heart of it Jones Crazy is a slight defense from it Jones Crazy is a place I call my own, when I'm alone Right back to the heart of it Jones Crazy is a place I call my own, when I'm alone ----------------------------------------------------------------------