Have you ever been close to tragedy Or been close to folks who have? Have you ever felt a pain so powerful So heavy you collapse? I've never had to knock
Checked the clock when I got home and realized I was alone Sat for hours by the window wonderin' where did ya go? Couldn't eat or sleep at all took the
(Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman/Bosstones) Down the street, around the corner, over the bridge, that dirty water, College campus, mighty minds A reactor
Shortly after Evelyn Was doused with gasoline And just a few miles off the avenue, A lighter flashed into a puff of smoke. For thirty years Walter worked
Allow them, they just crawled out of the woodwork The cockroach in the expensive suit and tie Failure has far too many fathers Succeed and you're an orphan
There is this older guy That comes around from time to time We're sure that he fought in the war The war in Vietnam Most of what he tells us No one's
Bad news if he could choose Would he refuse to be the bearer It seems what he has to do Could not be any clearer It's a job he can't neglect Its consequences
Everybody's better than I am I think everybody's better than me And everybody's swell I guess They're doing well some more or less Everybody's better
Just yesterday when I was faced Get up and on or be misplaced Tomorrow or until my end Come make or break, I tend to bend Hey, hey, last night I think
(Live, first is another version of "Drunks and Children," followed by "I'll Drink to That") "mighty mighty... bosstones..." Simmer Down, Simmer Down
Hello world remember me? I'm the sad little fuck that you failed to see Who you should have recognized when you had the chance Hello motherfuckers now
Do you wanna go big? Do you wanna go back? Do you wanna get way ahead of yourself With your integrity intact? Do you wanna go on? Do you wanna go out?
Somebody bring me back to the beginning A place as nice as any place to start That's where I must have misplaced my opinion I wasn't sure where I was
Let me rant and let me ramble You're lookin' at a lunatic in shambles I've got real issues, I must wrestle I'm unfit to steer the vessel Somebody please
Up around 95 Sailing down Storrow Drive left exit into Kenmore Square slowed down when I got there and that's when it was crystal clear it wasn't there
I'm over the eggshells, I've been walking on My eggshell walking days are done I don't give a fuck about the apple cart And I'll upset everyone Don't
Seven ways to Sunday seven seperate ways to Sunday but he did not know which one would save him so he had to try every code and combination on the road
