Bad Attitude lyrics

They say you never come home
Boy you been driving too fast
When you gonna shape up
How long is this gonna last
You may be laughin' today
But listen to some good advice
Take a look at tomorrow in a workin' man's weary eyes
You gotta pick a career
Go for the gold
Smile for the camera
Do what you're told
Well you can take away the ladder cuz I ain't gonna climb it

It's getting cold, it's getting dark
The nights are longer everyday
The air is heavy and the clouds will never burn away
And we've been waiting here so long
That we've forgotten what it's like
To run into the fire lookin' straight into the
Straight into the light
Your soul is tryin' to run but all your body does is crawl
And if you don't have anywhere to go

Somewhere a red-eyed waitress glances
At another movie magazine
Down on the corner there's a grocery boy
Stuffin' boxes fulla hungry dreams
Someone is cleanin' up the offices
One window burnin' in the dark
Somebody's cryin' is there any way in hell
To light a comet from a single spark
Workin' so hard I can't remember much
About the freedom I been workin' for

You see me now as large as life
But underneath you knew all too well
The hollow shell no spark of life
Where once upon a time there beat a heart for you
And you knew it from the start
But you went and blew it all away

And you knew how, yeah you knew best
The strings to pull and the buttons to press
To wind me up and make me shake
You controlling every move I make

Long distance callin' in the middle of a rainy night
So much static hardly knew your voice
You've been cryin', want me to love you like I did before
Girl when it comes to you, you know I got no choice
You put a storm inside me
Oughta head for a safer harbor
They all tell me I should give you up
Well no man coulda tried any harder

Once a beautiful Miss America,
married Mr. Right.
Had a little baby girl,
born on a stormy night.

But that was once upon a time,
now it's a brand new world.
Gimmee the future, gimmee the future,
gimmee the future with a modern girl.

Somewhere just between the past
and somethin' dawnin' new.
There's a break in the chain,
there's a skip in the clock,
girl that's where I'm gonna find you.

The waves are poundin' on the sand tonight
I want to take your hand and make it feel so right
I know I'm ready and I'll never be like this again
And the sky is trembling and the moon is pale
We're on the edge of forever and we're never gonna fail
I know you're ready and we're runnin' on the back of the wind

And my body is burnin' like a naked wire

Heaven blesses those who wait
Patience is a virtue son
Keep your toe on the line
Keep your foot on the brake
No sense jumpin' the gun
Girl I'm tired of waitin' you know life's too short
Lemme kiss ya 'til the night is done
Ain't no doubt about it you're my favorite sport
God I wanna jump the gun

Feel like, jumpin' the gun
Tonight I'm gonna jump the gun
No crime in havin' some fun

Under your protective wing I walked into the light
And a thousand angry demons up and took flight
I went running through the fields with that fever in my veins
And the rain came crashing down and tried to clear my name
Above my head, all in red, I could see you
Leaning down on me you said you're not running out
You said you're leaving now, I will find you
There is no way out