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The Good For Naughts

by James Murray and The Good For Naughts

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1.
Louder 03:29
We'll never do it with weapons Cause everybody knows that's absurd You come around we'll hunt you down When we do it we're gonna do it with words But I won't lie to you I get tired too When they turn the volume down to two We'll just yell louder than them We'll just hold out longer than them We'll just yell louder than them We'll just hold out Cause they tell us what to think And the can tell us what to feel But we'll just yell louder than them We'll just hold out It's gonna feel like an earthquake But that's just the sound of the boots Out in the street we stomp our feet You will see us we'll be all over the news But I won't lie to you I get discouraged too When they put the channels all on mute We'll just yell louder than them We'll just hold out longer than them We'll just yell louder than them We'll just hold out Cause they tell us what to think And the can tell us what to feel But we'll just yell louder than them We'll just hold out I hear them shouting We have you all so surrounded So come out, come out, come out But I dare you to come in We'll just yell louder than them We'll just hold out longer than them We'll just yell louder than them We'll just hold out Cause they tell us what to think And the can tell us what to feel But we'll just yell louder than them We'll just hold out
2.
It's a lie But everybody tells it Right before the ship goes down “We'll be fine” But you're spitting out the water And everybody knows you're gonna drown I wish you'd tell me the truth Cause I don't believe a word I wish you'd tell me the truth Cause you know I don't believe you so Shut up, shut up Cause things are always falling apart Shut up, shut up Cause things are always falling apart I can't believe we'll be fine, we'll be alright If the opposite appears to be true Shut up, shut up Cause things are always falling apart It' a lie But everybody tells it Right before the bomb goes off “There's still time” But you've cut the green wire And it doesn't look like it's gonna stop I wish you'd tell me the truth Cause I don't believe a word I wish you'd tell me the truth Cause you know I don't believe you so Shut up, shut up Cause things are always falling apart Shut up, shut up Cause things are always falling apart I can't believe we'll be fine, we'll be alright If the opposite appears to be true Shut up, shut up Cause things are always falling apart No one tells you when things aren't looking good No one tells you even though they swore they would No one tells you when everything's gone to hell No one says a thing as if you couldn't tell I wish you'd tell me the truth Cause I don't believe a word I wish you'd tell me the truth Cause you know I don't believe you so Shut up, shut up Cause things are always falling apart Shut up, shut up Cause things are always falling apart I can't believe we'll be fine, we'll be alright If the opposite appears to be true Shut up, shut up Cause things are always falling apart
3.
I was once told, that I could be king I was once told that I could do anything Then when I did, they asked me "what's next?" When I'd done that, they asked if that was my best Now they ask me they say What went wrong? You had it. You were so close. What went wrong? You had it. You were so close is my middle name. And it's nobody's fault So I'll take the blame Cause close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades So whatever I am, well I'm just a shame I was once told I didn't need luck I was once told that I was smarter than I looked I took her at her word every time she smiled I took her at her word every time she lied Now they ask me they say What went wrong? You had her. You were so close. What went wrong? You had her. You were so close is my middle name. And it's nobody's fault So I'll take the blame Cause close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades So whatever I am, well I'm just Ashamed of myself and there's nothing that I can do Ashamed of myself and there's nothing that I can say And I don't want your help, no, cause I'll always be this way I was once told, that I could be king I was once told that I could do anything I took her at her word every time she smiled I took her at her word every time she lied What went wrong? You had it. You were so close. What went wrong? You had her. You were so close is my middle name. And it's nobody's fault So I'll take the blame Cause close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades So whatever I am, well I'm just a shame
4.
Into Hell 04:26
I saw you from the stage Through a fog machine haze The cigarettes like fireflies Then I caught you afterward I said “Now this may sound absurd, but would you hear me out?” Now I've seen you So I love you I was hoping That you might love me too Cause I would follow you into hell and back again Yeah I would follow you into hell and back again If you asked me to I would follow you When we reach the end I'll go back again I'd follow you into hell and back again if you asked me to I would follow you She said “tell me who you've got standing in your corner” I said “me myself and I, we're not an army but we try” I said “tell me who you've got standing in your corner” She said me myself and you Cause I've heard you And I'll back you I was hoping That you might back me too Cause I would follow you into hell and back again Yeah I would follow you into hell and back again If you asked me to I would follow you When we reach the end I'll go back again I'd follow you into hell and back again if you asked me to I would follow you We used to dream about the day that we could make it out But I'm not so sure We used to run our mouths we talked some shit without a doubt But I'm not so sure The only thing I know for sure I would follow you into hell and back again Yeah I would follow you into hell and back again If you asked me to I would follow you When we reach the end I'll go back again I'd follow you into hell and back again if you asked me to I would follow you
5.
I've seen a ghost She looks like you and she pulled up in your car Then she marched in through the front door Like she'd never left at all And it hurts because she sounds like you when she says she'll never leave Through the window I could see the truth and I know what she really means Cause you, you didn't see me notice you You didn't see me notice you So take your records and Your cigarettes in hand And leave the lights out when you go Cause you can lie and say That you've come back to stay But if that's what your intentions are Then why did I see you Then why did I see you Put your suitcase in the car I've seen a ghost And I know it's you but it's easier to pretend Maybe this way it'll make more sense When you disappear again Cause I know that you don't love me like you loved me yesterday Through the window I could see the things that you would never say Cause you, you didn't see me notice you You didn't see me notice you So take your records and Your cigarettes in hand And leave the lights out when you go Cause you can lie and say That you've come back to stay But if that's what your intentions are Then why did I see you Then why did I see you Put your suitcase in the car Ghosts don't leave because they're scared Ghosts don't hide and ghosts don't care Cause ghosts aren't ever really there So take your records and Your cigarettes in hand And leave the lights out when you go Cause you can lie and say That you've come back to stay But if that's what your intentions are Then why did I see you Then why did I see you Put your suitcase in the car
6.
Just In Case 04:10
I was always a skeptical man When she told me she loved me I would roll my eyes and I'd laugh And say "you must be joking" So she left Most days I think she got tired Just got tired out So I lock all the windows And I lock all the doors But I leave this one window open a crack Just in case she comes back I'm in love with a skeptical girl But she doesn't believe me Every time that I tell her it's true She asks when I'm leaving So I left Most days I think I got tired Just got tired out So I lock all the windows And I lock all the doors But I leave this one window open a crack Just in case she comes back And I wake up and she'll be there But this time I'm not dreaming And we'll pretend that nothing has changed And we'll just go on living But she left Most days I think we got tired Just got tired out So I lock all the windows And I lock all the doors But I leave this one window open a crack Just in case she comes back
7.
I still remember the day when they pulled me aside Whispered don't set your sights too high son cause your difference is something to hide So on some nights I lie awake And on others I don't On the nights that I don't I sit up and I calculate time that I've lost But I never believed it No I never believed it I could be sick, I could be dying But I'd still make you admit that you're so full of it Cause I never believed it Not a word of it So there's two people I've become One named sick, one named tired When those two boys unite to be one His name is hope and desire On the day that that happens love That the first night I sleep On the day that that happens love I tell you I will be something to see But I never believed it No I never believed it I could be sick, I could be dying But I'd still make you admit that you're so full of it Cause I never believed it Not a word of it But It's only a matter of time 'til I make you admit it, you that you said it I never believed it No I never believed it I could be sick, I could be dying But I'd still make you admit that you're so full of shit Cause I never believed it Not a word of it
8.
Luck's Run 04:28
I faked my funeral last night for a joke But the joke was on me when you were the only one who showed You burst out laughing when I popped up and said "hello" I burst out crying cause I saw that I was alone I said please You and me makes me feel lucky So tell me that you'll never leave You and me makes me feel lucky But the only word she'd ever say No, no, no, no Her favourite word That and its synonyms Low, low, low, low Is how I feel She said my luck's run out again I took you dancing cause you always wanted to go But we didn't know how so we both just drank against the wall When we got fed up we did the only thing we know We put our drinks down, did the robot and then went home I said please You and me makes me feel lucky So tell me that you'll never leave You and me makes me feel lucky But the only word she'd ever say No, no, no, no Her favourite word That and its synonyms Low, low, low, low Is how I feel She said my luck's run out again I was just shred of a human being left when she pulled me up But she told me seven times that she could never stay She said "my life moves only one way and that way's away, away, away from you" I said please You and me makes me feel lucky So tell me that you'll never leave You and me makes me feel lucky But the only word she'd ever say No, no, no, no Her favourite word That and its synonyms Low, low, low, low Is how I feel She said my luck's run out again
9.
Ever since the age of three I felt the whole world watching me Every mirror was two way glass Behind which they all sit and laugh Until the day that I revealed the conspiracy The day they'd say "don't complain, you were better off this way" But you don't understand How it feels from where we stand So please don't pretend you do And you'll never realize What it looks like through our eyes So please don't pretend you can Understand Then one day in search of help I accidentally found them out There they were at the controls Watching my life on a video And not a person there saw fit to take a note Instead they say "don't complain, you were better off this way" But you don't understand How it feels from where we stand So please don't pretend you do And you'll never realize What it looks like through our eyes So please don't pretend you can Understand Now there's pictures of my face Plastered all around this place Captioned "have you seen this man?" "The one who dares to take a stand" "All of you should try and catch him if you can" Instead we say "don't complain, we're all better off this way" But you don't understand How it feels from where we stand So please don't pretend you do And you'll never realize What it looks like through our eyes So please don't pretend you can Understand You never will
10.
I know your secret and I'm gonna tell the world I know your secret and I'm gonna rat you out And when the world's done crying 'Cause you've let us down Then you will stand for nothing And we will stand for everything For everything that's good again If you keep my secret then I'm gonna be your friend If you keep my secret then I'll make it worth your while But if you think we're crazy Then you've lost your mind And you will stand for nothing And we will stand for everything For everything that's good again
11.
White Coats 04:05
I got news from the white coat today News you don't want to hear They brought word form the white coat today I guess it's true what we both feared As I lie here with tubes in my veins Angry questions abound As I lie here with breathing machines Your face is all that I've found My love I fear I'm not long for this world But I love you more than you'll ever know My love I fear I'm not long for this world But I love you more than I ever showed They brought word form the white coat today I guess they're shutting me down I got word from the white coat today Tomorrow I won't be around My love I fear I'm not long for this world But I love you more than you'll ever know My love I fear I'm not long for this world But I love you more than I ever showed I got news from the white coat today Seems they're shutting me down I made peace with the good lord today Cause tomorrow I won't be around My love I fear I'm not long for this world But I love you more than you'll ever know My love I fear I'm not long for this world But I love you more than I ever showed

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released May 1, 2011

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James Murray and The Good For Naughts Toronto, Ontario

James Murray and The Good For Naughts is a folk and alt-country band led by songwriter James Murray from Guelph, Kitchener and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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