Ben Kweller

Ann Disaster make it better, Make this whole thing come together With your false alarmin'. I know what you want, You want a piece of me. So we're waiting and not frustrating, You made a comeback and now you're ready To attack with our eyes wide open. I know...

When you're hurt you heal others. When you're in need you give. Because of you I am living the most that I can live. Oh, sweet darling girl I'm so glad you found me. Oh, sweet darling girl Your power surrounds me. Remember me, don't forget me, I have somethi...

Throw it into the air Take that last yellow Ride downtown anywhere Go so fast Still come in last always comin' in last Me I don't know where I'd be without someone to see this thing through I'm such a mess even at my best I'm better with you...

i got a bad flavor i got dirty clothes i got a strange neighbor who doesn't have curtains on her windows i got a pet hedgehog drinkin' jaeger all day you got me crate combo and a baby on the way but it's ok it's gonna take a lot of time before i can cross th...

Darling come here i need to talk to you My mama's ill so i'm going back to texas We can only afford but one bus ticket You know i might be gone for some time Debbie don't worry doll cause you'll always be mine Cry on my tummy and be understanding (understand...

There's no time to phone home when you're Racing your own time. We contemplate, you gotta wait your own turn. Up the noise, with some poison with great poise. You can't compare it to... Or let it scare you through... If every thing you do is not as smoothly as...

I am empty and I'm tired And I'm homesick and inspired. I can't know everything that you know 'cause I'm learning as I go. I wanna see your love. When I wake up I'm the same 'cause I sleep well when I dream away. Bluebird house on fire like an only child. I w...

Wind is cold alright back in Dallas. The neon light from the building lets you know you're home. You'd go way back when if you wanted to be my friend or you'd call me. I'd understand, it's true. I don't feel like I'm falling. No, I don't feel like I'm falling...

Bop bop. Care about the moonlight and holding you tight and asking my questions. Everyone loves a situation. Long walks on the beach. The press will impeach. Lately I'm finding I am the book and you are the binding. I guess they'll read everything about you...

I don't stand a chance in this fucked-up world. New school took romance and messed it up real bad. But your brand new eyes shrink me to a size. Make it hard to see my reality. You say I'm blind. I think you're wrong. Harriet's got a song. When we combine Noth...

Breaking the Rubik's cube. Making me lose the beat. Blue jean-baby girl, We are an apogee Down in the Christmas tree. Hear me out, You don't know I'm here. I want it all too soon, Faster than laser beams. Come on people now, Take your depressed friends out T...

Please take away my pain and fear Please take away my pain and fear Try to sleep but the flame keeps burnin' hotter Take me to the holy water The dirt below my feet sayin' my name The dirt below my feet yellin' my name I'll try to prepare myself for this...

La la la la la. We are jus ta sexual making me an alcoholic relation. Words hit much harder than bullets from a gun, a shovel to the skull, a stab in the spine. Be my valentine, you don't have to say much. This machine is so mature, it's so much your type. (b...

when i was a movie star, an asteroid had hit the earth and prematurely ended my career. i thought out loud, but no one heard me saying: "nothing isn't nothing, nothing's something that's important to me. that's right. and everyone's a little nothing, that's o...

Check me out. Im losing control. I wanna rock and roll. But everything I planed just sliped right through my hand. I dont know why. Im a nice guy. I wanna take it easy baby But every time I start my world falls apart. I dont know why. The world is feelin' li...

I gotta move, While the streets ahead are sunny Fall in love with some honey. Oohh mama, I gotta move. I just can't sit still, In this small town, There's nothin more here I hit the ceiling, So in the morning I'll hit the highway. Ooohh, I just can't stay I...

Take me back when you think that it's good. It feels worse than they said it would. You're gone but not forever. When I know I'm never wanted I tuck away in my turtle shell. I've standed on this hex forever. I need you back, I need you have, to take away all...

Talk to the people with your hands Come prize new mountains with your friends The fireflies out ahead They want it now They want it dead Look across the land At your mountains through the fence If i can't be where i am I wanna quit Oh let me tell you bout it...

Another night slips away In other words i should say There are no words he should say There are no words In his eyes i see the fear That only time could disappear If only time could re-appear Now's the time Somethin' to take it away to take it away to take i...

Go! Tack giant mushrooms to all of the bedrooms Go yo, to the streets Impedence with selection I survey nocturnal thought As we drive home Hey, she won Do do do, do do do Hey, she won Do do do, do do do You're just a vacuum tube down in the basement Thats of...

The greenest trees you'll ever see Are the ones in your mind. And all the answers and the dreams Will come to you in time. Yeah, you are living life The way you feel. I know the world around you, Everyone shares the sky. You never see darkness, You are the d...

sign me up, i volunteer votes are in for lifeguard of the year her feline past lives are plain to see their similarities are shown in this life again like mama said, dontcha let it go to your head when ya know you're being fed i'm so proud to know you lizzy,...

Half moon Crossed eyes Fear is disguised She carries sadness in her lung I can hear her I can run She'll never be in second place She'll never be in second place I see it in her I hear it in I feel it in her I know it's in her She's magic Always Trusting Ev...

I need a new direction to get me around. You don't have protection as you're coming down. Light my white candle keep me safe. It'll put that smile back on my face, ya. Have you made up your mind? It's the only way. Have you made it up? Have you made it up? I...

Sometimes I wish I had a farm Where the only pollution is your cigarettes Where your mind is clear. But I like it here in my small space. New York's the place where the sidewalks know my face As I walk to My apartment, the home where I hide Away from all the...

Let me get lost. I'll drive you around 'till I run out of gas. Find me a boss. There are ripples in my tea cause an earthquake's coming. And there's people meeting on Mars. And people driving in their cars. And kids are laughing under the stars today. Let me...

Like sun though the night Just to get it right A battle ground at my feet An unwinable fight The words we say won't matter anyhow Let's focus on tomorrow Instead of right now Nothing happening It's all illusion It's all illusion Nothing happening It's all con...

I want to kill this man but he turned around and ran. I'll kill him with karate that I learned in Japan. He wouldn't see my face. I wouldn't leave a trace. I wouldn't use a bullet cause a bullet's a disgrace. Aw, mom, I never thought that I was a murdering ma...

Out the Door by Ben Kweller “You’ll never believe this.” It happened today baby, my final revelation I was sittin’ there, he said, “y’all don’t care, You’re the reason for this broken nation” Broken dreams don’t die Here I go out the door I don’t need...

I'm just a penny on the train track Waitin' for my judgement day Come on baby girl let me see those legs Before I get flattened away I wait Yeah, I wait For something good, for something great Stoppin' in somebody's old home town Gotta get that midnight meal...

I'm losing speed Trying to keep up with you I'm losing speed Worrying about you How long will it take 'Til I can have your heart to break? Red eye I'm asking you Your beautiful fear Is the Holy Ghost town Let's close in the road We used to drive down How lo...

Over hill Over dams I run with you If it works If it fails I run with you Since fifteen I have ran Everywhere You can run But together is much better So let's run let's run let's run Empty hands Tired feet I run with you On the sand Over concrete I run with...

Everybody's trying to be the best What about the girl with loneliness I like your sundress I like your sundress What about the girl with loneliness From the inside out You're so beautiful I want to hold you in my hand I do everything you want me to I do every...

Years ago I lost my guard. Ever since it's been hard Standing up like a man, like a father, Understand that all I do Is not enough for myself. I am tough on myself. I need to freeze, I need direction, aw please... Show me all the rules girl, I just want to ge...

We've been in the rain We've been on the mountain We've been round the fire In fancy hotels Drank water from farm wells We sang with the choir I kissed your dry lips We jumped off the high cliffs And splashed down below Skin to skin In the salty river Made...

I'm a soldier on a battlefield Got an army on the battlefield Outnumbered like the Alamo I don't even want to go This is war Yeah yeah yeah This is war Always stuck in a daydream Can't focus on the other team Hunted you all day and night Now I'm ready for a...

Tylenol I need some Tylenol Give me some Tylenol To kill that headache you gave me To kill that headache you gave me To kill that headache you gave me To kill that headache in me Rohypnol I need some Rohypnol Give me some Rohypnol To slow that heartache you...

I'm so sorry I'm so paranoid It's something in my head That I can't avoid And I want to be with you And always will Until I die Until I die Until I die I'm so sorry that I've been like this You're the one thing in this world I don't want to miss And I want to...

Force field super shield AA. Junior high love affair is OK. Jump on the big wagon cause I'm so Cal. I'm big in every way. I'm running as fast as I can. She goes above and beyond her call of duty. She is a slut but X thinks it's sexy. Sex reminds her of eating...