A Boy Named Goo lyrics

Flat top intervention
Bringin' home the new invention
See it there in pieces on the ground

A television war between the cynics and the saints
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
A-sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing
Just look at all the washed out Hippie dreams

And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us

Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know
I drag her around wherever I go
This little woman drives me insane
She's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain

For sixteen years, she's been hangin' around
Tryin' to bury me in a hole in the ground
Well, I think it's time that I even the score
There's only room for one in this cage of yours

Don't save me when I startin' to drown

Said you're burnin' up inside and no one seems to tell
You're living from a personalized manual from hell

Life is pretty easy when it's from my easy chair
And you're burnin' up inside and no one cares

Said you had enough this time cuz time don't treat you well
You always cried coincidence, while I drew parallels

Life, it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair

I'm a fortunate son of a fortunate son
Livin' large on the wrong side of town
Too many friends and the fun never ends
Drinkin' and hangin' around

I wanna rule the world, wanna swallow it whole
At least I could kick it all down
I wanna kick it all down

Eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see

Could you talk to me
Honestly
Cuz I never heard a word you said now
And I ain't just being mean

Cuz all we are is what we're told
And most of that's been lies
It's like a made-for-TV movie
And I just blew my line

Someday you never made it Maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
Now, ain't that unusual

Now I feel unknown
And it's safe that way

I'll open up my head awhile
Its been dead for years
Must've been a victim of my peers
One is for my happiness
The other for my health
The last is something bigger than myself

I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say

I'm talkin' to myself again
I'll just start a fight
And nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right
Anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse

When I was three feet tall
I loved the mall
And lived life for myself
Fallin' down for laughs
Your photograph
Some puppets made of felt

Watching life in Oz Thanksgivin' Eve on Grandma's old TV
Dancing roundabout, I'd twist and shout for everyone to see

Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me

Mama's in a shop
Watching little sister by myself
Robbed a wishing pond
In a fleeting bond

Yeah I'm fadin' and I call out
No one hears me
Never been, never felt, never thought I'd say a word

Weighed down
Safe now

You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
And shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone

Yeah I'm hiding in the fallout
Now I'm wasted
They don't need me, don't want me, don't hear a word I say

I don't remember
It doesn't ring a bell
And when you call me everything is swell

I tend to forget about the times we had
And now it doesn't matter cuz I feel so sad

I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh, you're so distant
Nothing's come along, yeah

We've paid the price and now we're both alone
And if you call me, you'll find me home

Oh, here you are
There's nothing left to say
You're not supposed to be that way
Did they push you out
Did they throw you away

Touch me now and I don't care
When you take me, I'm not there
Almost human, but I'll never be the same

Long way down
I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down
I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down
I don't think I'll make it on my own

Don't take much lookin' back to know I took my coffee black then
Nothing's different now, but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
Your optimistic views, your hundred dollar running shoes and
Carpel tunnel syndrome, we all had a laugh about it

I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
So long
Oh so long
Oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long

Well, they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
And they're holding up for cheaper Chinese food
If I'm old then I would have a tainted attitude
Why'd those neon lights all lose their common blue

And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah, but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change

And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
Cuz all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
Got tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Got lost or thrown away

And now we're grown up orphans
And never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame
But you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell no one your name

Oh, here you are
There's nothing left to say
You're not supposed to be that way
Did they push you out
Did they throw you away

Touch me now and I don't care
When you take me, I'm not there
Almost human, but I'll never be the same

Long way down
I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down
I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down
I don't think I'll make it on my own

I don't remember
It doesn't ring a bell
And when you call me everything is swell

I tend to forget about the times we had
And now it doesn't matter cuz I feel so sad

I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh, you're so distant
Nothing's come along, yeah

We've paid the price and now we're both alone
And if you call me, you'll find me home

Yeah I'm fadin'
And I call out
No one hears me
Never been, never felt, never thought I'd say a word

Weighed down
Safe now

You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone

Yeah I'm hiding
in the fallout
Now I'm wasted
They don't need me, don't want me, don't hear a word I say

When I was three feet tall
I loved the mall
And lived life for myself
Fallin' down for laughs
Your photograph
Some puppets made of felt

Watching life in Oz Thanksgivin' Eve on Grandma's old TV
Dancing roundabout, I'd twist and shout for everyone to see

Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me

Mama's in a shop
Watching little sister by myself
Robbed a wishing pond
In a fleeting bond

I'll open up my head awhile
Its been dead for years
Must've been a victim of my peers
One is for my happiness
The other for my health
The last is something bigger than myself

I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say

I'm talkin' to myself again
I'll just start a fight
And nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right
Anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse

Could you talk to me
Honestly
Cuz I never heard a word you said now
And I ain't just being mean

Cuz all we are is what we're told
And most of that's been lies
It's like a made-for-TV movie
And I just blew my line

Someday you never made it Maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
Now, ain't that unusual

Now I feel unknown
And it's safe that way

I'm a fortunate son of a fortunate son
Livin' large on the wrong side of town
Too many friends and the fun never ends
Drinkin' and hangin' around

I wanna rule the world, wanna swallow it whole
At least I could kick it all down
I wanna kick it all down

Eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see

Said you're burnin' up inside and no one seems to tell
You're living from a personalized manual from hell

Life is pretty easy when it's from my easy chair
And you're burnin' up inside and no one cares

Said you had enough this time cuz time don't treat you well
You always cried coincidence, while I drew parallels

Life, it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair

Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know
I drag her around wherever I go
This little woman drives me insane
She's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain

For sixteen years, she's been hangin' around
Tryin' to bury me in a hole in the ground
Well, I think it's time that I even the score
There's only room for one in this cage of yours

Don't save me when I startin' to drown

Flat top intervention
Bringin' home the new invention
See it there in pieces on the ground

A television war between the cynics and the saints
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
A-sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing
Just look at all the washed out Hippie dreams

And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us

And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
Cuz all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
Got tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Got lost or thrown away

And now we're grown up orphans
And never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame
But you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell no one your name

Well, they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
And they're holding up for cheaper Chinese food
If I'm old then I would have a tainted attitude
Why'd those neon lights all lose their common blue

And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah, but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change

Don't take much lookin' back to know I took my coffee black then
Nothing's different now, but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
Your optimistic views, your hundred dollar running shoes and
Carpel tunnel syndrome, we all had a laugh about it

I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
So long
Oh so long
Oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long