Simmer down, simmer down
They say we're too young now to amount to anything else
But look around
We worked too damn hard for this just to give it up now
If you don't swim, you'll drown
But don't move, honey
You look so perfect standing there
In my American Apparel underwear
And I know now, that I'm so down
Your lipstick stain is a work of art
I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
And I know now, that I'm so down
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
hey, hey
Hey, hey
Let's get out, let's get out
'Cause this deadbeat town's only here just to keep us down
While I was out, I found myself alone just thinking
If I showed up with a plane ticket
And a shiny diamond ring with your name on it
Would you wanna run away too
'Cause all I really want is you
You look so perfect standing there
In my American Apparel underwear
And I know now, that I'm so down
I made a mixtape straight out of '94
I've got your ripped skinny jeans lying on the floor
And I know now, that I'm so down
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey,
Hey, hey,
Hey,
Look so perfect standing there
In my American Apparel underwear
And I know now, that I'm so down
Your lipstick stain is a work of art
I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
And I know now, that I'm so down
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey,
Hey, hey,
Hey
You look so perfect standing there
In my American Apparel underwear
And I know now, that I'm so down
Your lipstick stain is a work of art (hey, hey)
I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart (hey, hey)
And I know now, that I'm so down (hey, hey)
2.
Don’t Stop
You're like perfection, some kind of holiday
You got me thinking that we could run away
You want I'll take you there,
You tell me when and where,
Oh oh oh oh
But then I asked for your number,
Said you don't have a phone
It's getting late now,
I gotta let you know
That everybody wants to take you home tonight
But I'm gonna find a way to make you mine
Don't stop doin' what you're doin'
Every time you move to the beat
It gets harder for me
And you know it, know it, know it
You're coming close now, swear I can taste it,
You got me tongue tied, I can't escape it
I'm loving what you got,
But then you push me off,
Oh oh oh oh
And everybody wants to take you home tonight
But I'm gonna find a way to make you mine
Don't stop doin' what you're doin'
Every time you move to the beat
It gets harder for me
And you know it, know it, know it
Don't stop 'cause you know that I like it
Every time you walk in the room
You got all eyes on you
And you know it, know it, know it
Every day it's the same, love and games that you play
Back and forth, round and round, kinda like it this way
Don't stop doin' what you're doin'
'Cause every time you move to the beat
It gets harder for me
And you know it, know it, know it
Don't stop doin' what you're doin'
'Cause every time you move to the beat
It gets harder for me
And you know it, know it, know it
Don't stop 'cause you know that I like it
Every time you walk in the room
You got all eyes on you
And you know it, know it, know it, know it
3.
Good Girls
She's a good girl, she's Daddy's favorite
He's saved for Harvard,
She's good at school, she's never truant
She can speak French,
'Cause every night she studies hard in her room
At least that's what her parents assume
But she sneaks out the window to meet with her boyfriend
Here's what she told me the time that I caught her...
She said to me, forget what you thought
'Cause good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught
So just turn around and forget what you saw
'Cause good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught
(Do, do do, do do, do do)
Good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught...
(Do, do do, do do, do do)
Good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught...
She's a good girl
A straight A-student
She's really into all that self-improvement
I swear she lives in that library
But if you ask her she'll say,
But if you're looking, you won't find her there
She may be clever but she just acts too square.
In the back of the room, where nobody looks,
She'll be with her boyfriend.. she's not reading books
She said to me, forget what you thought
'Cause good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught
So just turn around and forget what you saw
'Cause good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught
(Do, do do, do do, do do)
Good girls are bad girls and good girls are bad girls!
(Do, do do, do do, do do)
Good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught!
She's a good girl, hasn't been caught..
She's a good girl, hasn't been caught...
She said to me, forget what you thought
'Cause good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught
So just turn around and forget what you saw
'Cause good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught
She said to me, forget what you thought
'Cause good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught
So just turn around and forget what you saw
'Cause good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught
Whoa
Good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught...
Whoa
Good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught...
Whoa
Whoa
Good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught...
4.
Kiss Me Kiss Me
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh
Here's to teenage memories
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh
Here's to teenage
Can I call wake you up on a Sunday
Late night, I think we need to get away.
Head lights, hold tight turn the radio loud.
Let me know where to go and I'll get you there.
Tell the truth and I'll show you how to dare.
Flash lights held tight we could own this town.
Never say goodbye.
And so kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
And tell me that I'll see you again
'Cause I don't know,
If I can let you go
And so kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
I'm dying just to see you again
Let's make tonight
The best of our lives,
Yeah.
Here's to teenage memories
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh
Here's to teenage memories
Close your eyes you'll be mine and it's alright.
Take a breath no rest till the sunrise.
Heartbeat so sweet, when your lips touch mine.
We don't have to go home right now,
We're never gonna stop 'cause we're dreaming out loud.
We know what we want, we know we're going to get it somehow.
Never say goodbye
And so kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
And tell me that I'll see you again
'Cause I don't know,
If I can let you go
So kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
I'm dying just to see you again
Let's make tonight
The best of our lives,
Yeah.
Here's to teenage memories.
Here's to teenage memories.
And so kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
And tell me that I'll see you again
'Cause I don't know, if I can let you go
So kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
I'm dying just to see you again
Let's make tonight
The best of our lives,
Yeah.
Here's to teenage memories.
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh
Here's to teenage memories
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh
Here's to teenage, memories
5.
18
I wish that I was eighteen,
Do all the things,
You read in a magazine, you know
I’m not saying I wanna be Charlie Sheen.
She’s just a little bit older,
But I want to get to know her,
But she said it's already over.
So tell me what else can I do
I bought my fake ID for you.
She told me to meet her there,
I can’t afford the bus fare,
I’m not old enough for her,
I’m just waiting ‘til I’m eighteen.
I think she wants to get with me,
But she’s got a job in the city,
Says that she’s always too busy.
She’s got a naughty tattoo,
In a place that I want to get to,
But my mom still drives me to school.
So tell me what else can I do
I bought my fake ID for you.
She told me to meet her there,
I can’t afford the bus fare,
I’m not old enough for her,
I’m just waiting ‘til I’m eighteen.
You got me waiting in a queue,
For a bar I can’t get into,
I’m not old enough for you,
I’m just waiting ‘til I’m eighteen.
In my bedroom thinking of her,
Her pictures in my private folder,
I know one day that I will hold her,
I’ll make my move when I get older.
Make my move when I get older.
She told me to meet her there,
I can’t afford the bus fare,
I’m not old enough for her,
I'm just waiting 'til I'm eighteen.
You got me waiting in a queue,
For a bar I can’t get into,
I’m not old enough for you,
I’m just waiting ‘til I’m eighteen.
I'm so sick of waiting 'til I'm eighteen.
6.
Everything I Didn’t Say
This is everything I didn't say
Wait, don't tell me
Heaven is a place on earth
I wish I could rewind all
the times that I didn't
show you what you're really worth
(What you're really worth)
The way that you held me
I wish that I'd put you first
I was wrong I admit
Numb from your kiss
While you were slipping through my fingertips
Taking every breath away
With all of the mistakes I've made
From all the letters that I've saved
This is everything I didn't say
I wish I could've made you stay
And I'm the only one to blame
I know hat it's a little too late
This is everything I didn't say
This is everything I didn't say
Wake me up now
And tell me this is all a bad dream
All the songs that I wrote
All the wrongs hat I hoped would erase from your memory
Holding onto a broken and empty heart
Flowers I should've bought
All the hours I lost
Wish I could bring it back to the start
Taking every breath away
With all of the mistakes I've made
From all the letters that I've saved
This is everything I didn't say
I wish I could've made you stay
And I'm the only one to blame
I know that it's a little too late
This is everything I didn't say
I hope you know
For you I'd sacrifice
To make this right
Some day I'm sure
We'll pass each other by
Until that time
Taking every breath away
With all of the mistakes I've made
From all the letters that I've saved
This is everything I didn't say
I wish I could've made you stay
And I'm the only one to blame
I know that it's a little too late
This is everything I didn't say
This is everything I didn't say
7.
Beside You
Within a minute I was all packed up
I’ve got a ticket to another world
I don’t wanna go
I don’t wanna go
Suddenly words are hard to speak
When your thoughts are all I see
“Don’t ever leave,” she said to me
When we both fall asleep, underneath the same sky
To the beats of our hearts at the same time
So close but so far away
(Can you hear me )
She sleeps alone
My heart wants to come home
I wish I was, I wish I was
Beside you
She lies awake
Trying to find the words to say
I wish I was, I wish I was
Beside you
Another day, and I’m somewhere new
I made a promise that I’ll come home soon
Bring me back, bring me back to you
When we both wake up underneath the same sun
Time stops, I wish that I could rewind
So close
but so far away
She sleeps alone
My heart wants to come home
I wish I was, I wish I was
Beside you
She lies awake
Trying to find the words to say
I wish I was, I wish I was
Beside you
The pieces of us both
Under every city light
And the shining as we fade into the night
She sleeps alone
My heart wants to come home
I wish I was, I wish I was
She sleeps alone
My heart wants to come home
I wish I was, I wish I was
Beside you
She lies awake
Trying to find the words to say
I wish I was, I wish I was
Beside you
She lies awake
Beside you
I wish I was, I wish I was
She sleeps alone
My heart wants to come home
I wish I was, I wish I was
8.
End Up Here
You walked in
Everyone was asking for your name
You just smiled
and told them trouble
My head spins
I'm pressed against the wall
Just watching your every move
You're way too cool
And you're coming this way
Coming this way
How did we end up talking in the first place
You said you like my Cobain shirt
Now were walking back to your place
You're telling me how you love that song
About living on a prayer
I'm pretty sure that we're halfway there
And when I wake up next to you I wonder how
How did we end up here How did we end up here
Next day out
Everybody thought you were so insane
Cause you were so far out of my league
My friends say i should lock you down
Before you figure me out and you run away
But you don't and you wont as you kiss me
And you tell me that you're here to stay
How did we end up talking in the first place
You said you like my Cobain shirt
Now were walking back to your place
You're telling me how you love that song
About living on a prayer
I'm pretty sure that we're halfway there
And when I wake up next to you I wonder how
How did we end up here
Call me lucky 'cause in the end
I'm a 6 and she's a 10
She's so fit
I'm insecure
But she keeps coming back for more
How did we end up talking in the first place
You said you like my Cobain shirt
Now were walking back to your place
You're telling me how you love that song
About living on a prayer
I'm pretty sure that we're halfway there
And when I wake up next to you I wonder how
How did we end up here? How did we end up How did we end up here?
9.
Long Way Home
We're taking the long way home
(Taking the long way home)
Take me back to the middle of nowhere
Back to the place only you and I share
Remember all the memories
The fireflies and make believe
Kicking back at the old school yard
Singing songs on my guitar
This is our reality
Crazy stupid you and me
We know this is the way it's supposed to be
So we're taking the long way home (taking the long way home)
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone
I wanna get lost and drive forever waited to talk about nothing
Yeah whatever baby
So we're taking the long way home (taking the long way home)
Tonight
We're Taking the long way home
(Taking the long way home)
We're taking the long way home
Now we're stuck in the middle of nowhere
Yeah and we only took our time to get there
Hiding out in our dreams
Catching fire like kerosene (kerosene)
And you know I'd never let you down
Till the sun comes up
We can own this town
Something like make believe
Living in a movie scene
Know this is the way it's supposed to be
So we're taking the long way home (taking the long way home)
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone
I wanna get lost and drive forever waited to talk about nothing
Yeah whatever baby
So we're taking the long way home (taking the long way home)
Hitting every red light
Kissing at the stop signs darling
Green day's on the radio
And everything is alright
Now we're turning up the headlights darling
We're just taking it slow
So we're taking the long way home
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone
I wanna get lost and drive forever waited to talk about nothing
Yeah whatever baby
So we're taking the long way home
Hitting every red light
Kissing at the stop signs darling
Green day's on the radio
And everything is alright
Now we're turning up the headlights darling
We're just taking it slow
We're taking the long way home
We're taking the long way home
We're taking the long way home
10.
Heartbreak Girl
You call me up, it's like a broken record
saying that your heart hurts,
but you never get over him, getting over you
and you end up crying and I end up lying,
cause I'm just a sucker for anything that you do
And when the phone call finally ends,
you say 'thanks for being a friend'
and I'm going in circles again and again.
I dedicate this song to you,
the one, who never sees the truth,
that I could take away your hurt.
Heartbreak Girl.
Hold you tight straight to the daylight,
I'm right here, when you're going to realise,
that I'm your cure.
Heartbreak Girl.
I bite my tongue, but I want to scream out.
You could be with me now,
but I end up telling you what you want to hear,
but your not ready, and it's so frustrating.
He treats you so bad, and I'm so good to you it's not fair.
And when the phone call finally ends,
you say 'I'll call you tomorrow at ten'
and I'm stuck in the friend zone again and again.
I dedicate this song to you,
the one, who never sees the truth,
that I could take away your hurt.
Heartbreak Girl.
Hold you tight straight to the daylight,
I'm right here, when you're going to realise,
that I'm your cure.
Heartbreak Girl.
I know someday it's gonna happen,
and you'll finally forget the day you met him.
Sometimes it's so close to perfection.
I've gotta get it trough your head,
that you belong with me instead.
I dedicate this song to you,
the one, who never sees the truth,
that I could take away your hurt.
Heartbreak Girl.
Hold you tight straight to the daylight,
I'm right here, when you're going to realise,
that I'm your cure.
Heartbreak Girl.
I dedicate this song to you,
the one, who never sees the truth,
that I could take away your hurt.
Heartbreak Girl.
Hold you tight straight to the daylight,
I'm right here, when you're going to realise,
that I'm your cure.
Heartbreak Girl.
11.
English Love Affair
It started on a weekend in May
I was looking for attention
needed intervention
Felt somebody looking at me
With a powder white complexion
feeling the connection
The way she looked was so ridiculous
Every single step
Had me waitin for
the next
Before I knew it, it was serious
Dragged me out the bar
To the backseat of a car
When the lights go out,
she's all I ever think about
The picture burning in my brain
kissin in the rain
I can't forget my English love affair
Today, I'm seven thousand miles away
The movie playin in my head
Of her king size bed
Means I can't forget my
English love affair
My English love affair
Next thing we were back at
her place
A hideaway in Mayfair all
the great and good there
Drinking all the way to third
base
Princess getting naked
Falling on their faces
The story line was so ridiculous
Every single step had me beggin'
for the next
Before I knew it, it was serious
Dragged me up the stairs and it
wasn't ending there
When the lights go out,
she's all I ever think about
The picture burning in my brain
kissin in the rain
I can't forget my
English love affair
Today, I'm seven thousand miles
away
The movie playin in my head
of her king size bed
Means I can't forget my English
love affair
When I got out I knew that
nobody I knew would be
believing me
I look back now and know that
nobody could ever take the
memory
When the lights go out, she's
all I ever think about
The picture burning in my brain
kissin in the rain
I can't forget my
English love affair
Today, I'm seven thousand
miles away
The movie playin in my head
of her king size bed
Means I can't forget my
English love affair
My English love affair
My English love affair
12.
Amnesia
I drove by all the places
We used to hang out and get wasted
I thought about our last kiss
How it felt, the way you tasted
And even though your friends tell me
You're doing fine
And you're somewhere feeling lonely
Even though he's right beside you
When he says those words that hurt you
Do you read the ones I wrote you
Sometimes I start to wonder
Was it just a lie
If what we had was real
How could you be fine
'Cause I'm not fine at all
I remember the day you told me you were leaving
I remember the makeup running down your face
And the dreams you left behind you didn't need them
Like every single wish we ever made
I wish that I could wake up with amnesia
Forget about the stupid little things
Like the way it felt to fall asleep next to you
And the memories I never can escape
'Cause I'm not fine at all
The pictures that you sent me
They're still living in my phone
I admit I'd like to see them
I'll admit I feel alone
All my friends keep asking why I'm not around
It hurts to know you're happy
And it hurts that you've moved on
It's hard to hear your name
When I haven't seen you in so long
It's like we never happened, was it just a lie
If what we had was real how could you be fine
'Cause I'm not fine at all
I remember the day you told me you were leaving
I remember the makeup running down your face
And the dreams you left behind you didn't need them
Like every single wish we ever made
I wish that I could wake up with amnesia
Forget about the stupid little things
Like the way it felt to fall asleep next to you
And the memories I never can escape
If today I woke up with you right beside me
Like all of this was just some twisted dream
I'd hold you closer than I ever did before
And you'd never slip away
And you'd never hear me say
I remember the day you told me you were leaving
I remember the makeup running down your face
And the dreams you left behind you didn't need them
Like every single wish we ever made
I wish that I could wake up with amnesia
Forget about the stupid little things
Like the way it felt to fall asleep next to you
And the memories I never can escape
Cause I'm not fine at all, no I'm not fine at all, it's just a dream, cause I'm not fine at all