Tragic Kingdom
By No Doubt
 

Spiderwebs

You think that we connect 
That the chemistry's correct 
Your words walk right through my ears 
Presuming I like what I hear 

 And now I'm stuck in the web 
You're spinning 
You've got me for your prey... 

Sorry I'm not home right now 
I'm walking into spiderwebs 
So leave a message 
And I'll call you back 
A likely story, but leave a message 
And I'll call you back 

 You take advantage of what's mine 
You're taking up my time 
Don't have the courage inside me 
To tell you please just let me be 

Communication, telephonie invation 
I'm planning my escape...  

Chorus

And it's all your fault 
I screen my phone calls 
No matter who calls 
I gotta screen my phone calls 

Now it's gone too deep 
You wake me in my sleep 
My dreams become nightmares 
'Cause you're ringing in my ears  

Chorus

Excuse Me Mr

I'm like a beggar with no luck 
I'm holding signs up 
On your streetcorner stops 
Like most you try not to see me 
You stare straight ahead 
Ignore the responsibility 
Excuse me...excuse me Mr. 
I've been waiting in line 
And I'd like to buy some of your time 
I'm every anxioux, eager, willing. 
What's your billing? 

 So please excuse me Mr. 
You've got things all wrong 
You make it feel like a crime 
So don't comfuse me Mr. 
I've know you too long 
And I need is a little of your time 

 For most love comes for free 
They don't pay the high cost 
Of mental custody 
I'll pay bail for a guarantee 
Please make space for me 
In the time yet to be 
Excuse me...excuse me Mr. 
And I'd been saving up my life, 
What's your price? 

  

Chorus

What should I do 
I'm about to crack 
And there's a force 
That comes over for me 
It's almost as if I'm tied to the tracks 
And I'm waiting for him 
To rescue me 
The funny thing is 
He's not going to come 
He's not going to find me 
This a a matter of fact 
The desire you lack 
Thius is the way I guess it has to be... 
A little of your time 
Please, a little of your time 

  

Chorus

I'm in line to buy time 
I'm in line to buy time

Just A Girl

Take this pink ribbon off my eyes 
I'm exposed 
And it's no big surprise 
Don't you think I know 
Exactly where I stand 
This world is forcing me 
To hold your hand 

 'Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me 
Don't let me out of your sight 
I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite 
So don't let me have any rights 
Oh...I've had it up to here! 

 The moment that I step outside 
So many reasons 
For me to run and hide 
I can't do the little things 
I hold so dear 
'Cause it's all those little things 
That I fear 

 'Cause I'm just a girl. 
I'd rather not be 
'Cause they won't let me drive 
Late at night 
I'm just a girl, 
Guess I'm some kind of freak 
'Cause they all sit and stare 
With their eyes 
I'm just a girl. 
Take a good looks at me 
Just your typical prototype 
Oh...I've had it up to here! 
Oh...am I making myself clear? 

 I'm just a girl 
I'm just a girl in the world... 
That's all that you'll let me be! 

 I'm just a girl, living in captivity 
Your rule of thumb 
Make me worry some 
I'm just a girl, what's my destiny? 
What I've succumbed to 
Is making me numb 
I'm just a girl. my apologies 
What I've becocme is burdensome 
I'm just a girl. lucky me 
Twiddle-dum there's no camparison 

 Oh...I've had it up to! 
Oh...I've had it up to!! 
Oh...I've had it up to here.

Happy Now

You had the best 
But you gave her up 
'Cause dependency might interrupt 
Idealistic will so hard to please 
Put your indecisive mind at ease 
You broke the set 
Now there's only singles 
There's no looking back 
This time I mean it 

 Are you happy now? 
How is it now? 
Are you happy now? 
Are you happy? 

 The uncertainty you had of me 
Brought clouded shady company 
The tenderness habitual 
A seldom-fading ritual 
You killed the pair 
Now only one is breathing 
There's no looking back 
This time I mean it 

  

Chorus

No more leaning on your sholder 
I won't be there, no more bother 
If you feel you just might want me 
That's too bad, I'm not that easy 

 The contemplator all those years 
Now you must adhere 
To your new career of liberation 
You've been cast all by yourself 
You're free at last 
You broke the set 
Now there's only singles 
There's no looking back 
This time I mean it 

  

Chorus

You're by yourself, 
All by yourself 
You have no one else, 
You're by yourself

Different People

Things can be broken down 
In this world of ours 
You don't have to be a famous person 
Just to make your mark 
A mother can be an inspiration 
To here little son 
Change his thoughs, his mind, his life, 
Just with her gentle hum 

 So different, yet so the same 
Two sisters only have their parents to blame 
It's rare that two can get along 
But when they do, they're inseparable 
Such a blessing comes to few 

 The sky is full of clouds and 
My world's full of people 
All different kinds with different ways 
It would take a lifetime to explain 
No one's exactly the same 

 He and she, two different people 
With two separate lives 
Then you put the two together 
And get a spectacular surprise 
'Cause one can teach the other one 
What she doesn't know 
While still the other fills a place inside 
He never knew had room to grow 

  

Chorus

Once in a while I sit back 
And think about the planet 
Most of the time I trip on it 
To kick back and think about 
How massive it all is 
And how many others are one it 

 I often think about the world 
In which I live today, of animals and plants 
And nature's gift set on display 
But the most amazing thing 
That I've seen in my time 
Are all the different people 
And all their different minds 
And different ways 
It would take a lifetime to explain 
Not one's exactly the same 

 So many different people 
So many different kinds 
So many different people 
So many different kinds 
Look at me, I'm a person 
Look at me, I'm my own person 
So many different people 
So many different kinds 
For better or for worse, different people

Hey You

Hey you with the wedding dress on 
Made of white chiffon blowing in the wind 
Hey you with the dreams in your head 
You've been so mistead by your heart's pull 

 I know your waiting for your ship to come in 
You anxiously wait for such a long time 

 You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll 
You dress up and play the game 
You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll 
Your name will never change 

 Hey you with your eyes full of hope 
You think you can rope your desire 
Hey you, you naive thing 
Your patience in time will tire 

 I know you're waiting for your ide to roll in 
How did you ever get such high hopes? 

  

Chorus

You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll 
In a plastic world of make believe 
You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll 
You know he's just gonna leave

The Climb

Step by step I come closer to reaching the top 
Every step must be placed so that I don't fall off 
Looking down to see about how much higher I am 
Another cool wind comes through, brushes my skin 

 The harder I pust the tension does grow 
I gather my thoughts the further and further I go 
With some luck I just might keep on climbing 
So better to climb than to face a fall 

 So high the climb 
Can't turn back now 
Must keep climbing up to the clouds 
So high the climb 
Can't turn back now 
Must keep climbing up to the clouds 

 Pulling myself up by a rop I better my view 
The only thing in sight is what I must do 
As I turned I could see myself falling 
Which in teturn gave me strength for the climb 

  

Chorus

Although many failed 
I must now prevail with no question 
Have no time to stop 
Onward to the top of the mountain 
And I can't turn back now 
It's so very high but I can't turn back now 
If I keep it up, I'm gonna make it 
I'm so very close can't you see 

  

Chorus

I'm getting closer...

Sixteen

You've been a juvenile 
With a dolphin smile 
With no elbow room 
You've had in your little backyard 
Portected by big walls 
You didn't dare look over 
'Cause you've been too small 

 Now you're finally sixteen 
And you're feelin' old 
But they won't believe 
That you got a soul 
'Cause you're only sixteen 
And you're feeling real 
But you can't seem to cup a feel 

 Why do they have to force us 
Through this metamorphose 
Little butterfly 
No matter how you try 
You'll be segregated 
You're gonna be closed off 
You're callow and you're green 
'Cause you're caught between 

 You're only sixteen 
Try to cross the line 
But your little wings are interwined 
You're only sixteen 
And you're such a tease 
And there's nothing you can do 
That can really please 

 These children 
They're not really bad most of them 
They're just products 
Of rotten neighborhoods 
And bad family situations 

 You know you can't forsake it 
So sit back and take it 
You see you're just not ripe 
So don't try and fight that 

 You're only sixteen 
You wanna catch a peek 
But they look at you 
Like you're such a freak 
Well you're only sixteen 
With a lot to say 
But they won't give you 
The time of day 

 You're only sixteen! 
You're only sixteen!! 
You're just sixteen!!! 
You poor little thing

Sunday Morning

Sappy pathetic little me 
That was the girl I used to be 
You had me on my knees 

 I'd trade you places any day 
I'd never thought you could be that way 
But you looked like me on Sunday 

 You came in with the breeze 
On Sunday morning 
You sure had changed since yesterday 
Without any warning 
I thought I knew you 
I thought I knew you 
I thought I knew you well...so well 

 You're trying my shoes on for a change 
They look so good but fit so strange 
Out of fashion, so I can complain 

  

Chorus

I know who I am, but who are you? 
You're not looking like you used to 
You're on the other side of the mirror 
So nothing's looking quite as clear 
Thank you for turning on the lights 
Thank you, now you're the parasite 
I didn't think you had it in you 
And now you're looking like I used to! 

 You came in with the breeze 
On Sunday morning 
You sure have changed since yesterday 
Without any warning 
And you want me badly 
You cannot have me 
I thought I knew you 
But I've got a new view 
I thought I knew you well...oh well

Don't Speak

You and me 
We used to be together 
Every day together always 

 I really feel 
I'm losing my best friend 
I can't believe 
This could be the end 

 It looks as though you're letting go 
And if it's real, 
Well I don't want to know 

 Don't speak 
I know just what you're saying 
So please stop explaing 
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts 
Don't speak 
I know what you're thinking 
I don't need your reasons 
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts 

 Our memories 
They can be inviting 
But some are altogether 
Mighty brightening 

 As we die, both you and I 
With my head in my hands 
I sit and cry 

  

Chorus

It's all ending 
I gotta stop pretending who we are... 
You and me 
I can see us dying...are we? 

  

Chorus

You Can Do It

Since you've been gone 
Since you've been unglued 
It's hard to figure out 
You're next move 
One minute here 
The next you're gone 
Let's make an end 
To this sad, sad song 

 For you it's hard to take 
'Cause the pull has an awful taste 
Just open up and swallow down 
Once it his bottom 
Things may turn around 

 Unfortunately this is the case 
You've got to catch up 
And win the race 
Straighten yourself out... 
You can do it 

 One minute here 
The next you're gone 
Let's make an end 
To this sad, sad song 
They can't understand 
That you mean to do good 
I guess you could say 
You're musunderstood 

 I know you're meaning well 
But you're been shot to hell 
Just come back and join us now 
'Cause I know that you know how 

  

Chorus

I know it seems 
They're messing with your mind 
But you don't have to go 
Forward blind 
So let the bygones be hygone 
And let's make an end 
To this sad, sad song 

  

Chorus

World Go Round

In the quickness of our haste 
It seems we forget how to live 
The old blueprint 
No longer manifests itself 
As the correct way to exist 

 Wip the grime off the view hold 
And please take a closer look 
Enviromental bandits 
Up to their shenanigans 
Crooks disguised... 

 We've got to fid another way 
To make the world go 'round 

 Our individual roles we think 
Not so important to the plot 
The big pictures unseen 
Leaving life in between 
Destoryed and overwrought 

 There's no need to paint the finger 
We understand who takes the blame 
Deliquents caught 
Red-handed in the act 
Crooks disguised as you and I 

 We've got to find another way 
To make the world go 'round 

 You see there's many many many 
People in the world 
And I'm not sure if I like 
What I've heard 
I'm not sure if I like 
What I'm doing myself 
I'm not sure if I like how it turns 

 Degradation 
Violation 
Inexcusable exploitation 
It's the dawning of a new era 
People consciously don't care 
How unfair 

 We've got to find another way 
To make the world go 'round

End It On This

You see in the past I had a dream 
A fantasy 
I thought that we would last 
Become a little family 
Then one, two, three, four 
The years were flying by 
They soared 
And it's my gut feeling 
It's not happening for me, so... 

 Let's end it on this 
Geive me one last kiss 
Let's end it on this 
Let's end it on this 

 You see it's hard to face 
The addict that's inside of me 
I want to fill my glass up 
With you constantly 
I've been here before 
But I've never ever felt this sure 
But I've never ever felt this sure 
And now I know I've been dreaming 
And your actions 
Have inspired me, so... 

  

Chorus

I open up, you ignore me 
You're not the same at all 
And if I could turn back 
The pages of time 
I'd rewrite your point of view 

 Washed up on the shore 
Given one last chance 
To try somemore 
But I'm tired, I'v freezing 
Let's stop and call it history

Tragic Kingdom

Once was a magical place 
Over time it was lost 
Price increased the cost 
Now the fortune of the kingdom 
Is locked up in its dungeon vaults 
The castle floor ties in traps 
With coiled wires set back 
Decoyed by the old cheese 
Now the drawbridge has been lifted 
As the millions 
They drop to their knees 

 They pay homage to a king 
Whose dreams are burried 
In their minds 
His tears are frozen stiff 
Icicles drip from his eyes 

 The cold wind blows as it snows 
On those who fight to get in 
On heads that are small 
Disillusioned as they enter 
They're unaware what's 
Behind castle walls 
But now it's written in stone 
The king has been overthrown 
By jesterly fools 
And the power of the people 
Shall come to believe they do rule 

 They pay homage to a king 
Whose dreams are buried 
In their minds 
His tears are frozen stiff 
Icicles drip from his eyes 
Welcome to the tragic kingdom 
Cornfields of popcorn 
Have yet to spring open 

 Have they lost their heads 
Or are they just all blind mice 
We've heard all their stories 
One too many times 
Hypnotized by fireflies 
That glow in the dark 
Midgets that disguise themselves 
As tiny little dwarfs 
The parade that's electrical 
It serves no real purpose 
Just takes up a lot of juice 
Just to impress us 

 Welcome to the tragic kingdom 
Cornfields of popcorn 
Have yet to spring open
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