Fountains of Wayne

I bought a car of couple of ladies way off state Took of the greenpeace sticker in the middle Hempshire plates My friends are saying that I may have made a mistake but I I tell'em to have a little faith now fellas just you wait Put in the new shocks and th...

It's you and me on a beach In 1998 Leaning into the breeze From the willows And rhythm and grace are reborn in this place I'm assured the procedure is painless The taxicab with no brakes Around the mountain pass Keep your head in your hands If anybody asks Wh...

Mrs. Carver says she's sorry She knows enough not to worry But what does she know about crime? Believes the town is sinking The price of forward thinking You stay up all night half the time Racking your mind Alone in the night While all your neighbors sleep t...

We're still in Wisconsin as far as I know Today was Green Bay and tomorrow Chicago Wish I was lying, but there isn't much to report My phone is dying, so I've got to keep it short I just wanted to say hey I've been writing you a road song It's a cliché, but h...

There's a train on a track Painted silver, blue and black Heading to Massachusetts And then it's coming back And it's entertaining by New Haven Once you've had yourself a drink or two, ooh ooh All alone on the Acela Tell me baby, where the hell are you? (Acel...

Sometime after sunset He is on his hands and knees He is searching for his keys At a small Vietnamese place On East 11th Street His daughters both at once say Can we just get going please? As his wife begins to sneeze And his son is throwing peas And eating...

The clock's running down The team's losing ground To the opposing defense The young quarterback Waits for the snap When suddenly it all starts to make sense He's got all kinds of time He's got all kinds of time All kinds of time He's got all kinds of time All...

Angel broke her wing Oh, you poor thing The hum of the motor gave way to The tick tick ticking of the clock And the rattle of springs The Buick's in the drive It's good to be alive And if you knew now what you knew then You wouldn't want to go home Wouldn't w...

She used to love me She don't love me no more I stepped over the line Too many times And she stepped out the door Well Baby I've Changed Won't you come back home 'Cause I've changed my wicked ways And I'll never throw your mail away And I won't tell you that...

Oh baby baby, how was I supposed to know That something wasn't right here Oh baby baby, I shouldn't have let you go And now you're out of sight, yeah Show me how you want it to be Tell me baby cuz I need to know, because My loneliness is killin' me I must con...

For a small girl Barbara sure has got a big crush The kind that makes you want to break stuff And blame it on a man you don't know She came down to New York City in a big bus Nine hours driving and you can't just stay home So it doesn't matter which way you g...

Come on, now get your ass out of bed You heard what the man said The crew is already gone We were all kinda high, but man what were you on? Tried to take a shuttle to Spain They kicked me off the plane I guess I'll go to Japan It all looks the same when you s...

Hey now baby dont be shy I saw you with another guy He was short but his hair was long He had your sunglasses on Ba bada ba ba baah Ba bada ba ba baah Picked you up in a German car He took you out to an Irish bar You drank bar from a plastic cup Till you wer...

Sleeping on a planter at the Port Authority Waiting for my bus to come Seven scotch-and-sodas at the office party Now I don't remember where I'm from I think I had a black wallet In my back pocket With a bus ticket And a picture of my baby inside And if I mak...

I'm going coast to coast I'm going nation-wide I've got my hand on the trigger Got my girl by my side I've got the looks that kill I've got a license to love I've got a german shepard And his name is Doug I'm heading for the sun I'm gunna become A California...

Midnight, on the water I saw the ocean's daughter Walking on a wave she came Staring as she called my name. And I can't get it out of my head No, I can't get it out of my head Now my whole world is gone for dead 'Cos I can't get it out of my head. Breakdown,...

Elizabeth That thundercloud is creeping up the Empire Hill There's shadows on the overpass And puddles in the old dirt path Peoria Lay silent still in the belly of the overgrown All quiet on the open plain Footprints to the family plot Where evermore will re...

Peace sign on the window Japanese car You will remember the pap on the radio Big blue policeman says stay where you are Surrender your Chinese arms Rock show Romeo Black and white shoes Strawberry haircut, in fist-pumping prime Scrape off the dross, k...

In for the weekend Out for the night She gets caught in the curtain And lost in the lights But she's wearing a turban And feeling alright And she's hoping to God That there coming tonight There's a man in the corner Sipping a drink He says I seen them all and...

I know this girl named Denise She makes me weak at the knees She drives a lavender Lexus She lives in Queens but her dad lives in Texas (sha la la la la la la) When she holds me (sha la la la la la la) I can't help myself (sha la la la la la la) Won't you tel...

Slim and tall behind me Spinnin' me off of my feet Headin' for the D We're taking our act to the street Roll around the city, leavin' our tracks on the ground Elevator up Baby I don't wanna come down Hangin' with sinners The undesirable crowd Tokin' on the t...

Slow down There's gonna be trouble You're gonna forget What you're doing One false move, baby Suddenly everything's ruined Hold on You're gonna be sorry You're gonna regret What you're doing One false move, baby Suddenly everything's ruined And you ought t...

There's fire in the canyon Rain on the plain And an eerie kind of sadness On the highway today Was it driving together That drove us apart Or did we change direction Chasing arrows and hearts We've been wandering alone such a long time Lose our way as we go t...

Driving on the lawn Sleeping on the roof Drinking all the alcohol All the kids from school Will be naked in the pool While our parents are on Fire Island Cranking up the tunes 'Til the windows break Feeding chocolate to the dog Jumping on the couch 'Til the f...

All the hard-drinking stiffs Are asleep on their cots And fog's in barrels on Totten Pond Road And the sots who remain Strike matches and crane Cause they can't make their way in the dark It's a hard parlor game Playing miscues and pratfalls for laughs...

Go, hippie Skip down the old road Don't even see me, do you at all Some days you get so tired of hanging Trying to deep-fry all your boredom Big hippie This day was so slow And i can see you feel it too Sometimes you wish you knew karate Oh, the things that y...

I used to know you when we were young You were in all my dreams We sat together in period one Fridays at 8:15 Now I see face in the strangest places Movies and magazines I saw you talkin' to Christopher Walken On my TV screen BUt I will wait for you...

They called him Great Scott Because he was great They called her Great Susan Cause she was his date She climbed in a box He cut her in two And when he was through She was just half a woman And he'd tie her up Set her on fire He'd douce her with oil The crowd...

Halley's waitress never comes around She's hiding in the kitchen She's nowhere to be found I just want some coffee Is that too much to ask? Halley's waitress is not up to the task And when she finally appears It's like she's been away for years It's been so...

I'm just a hat and feet That's all that's left of me A spot on the sidewalk A mark on the street I'm just a hat and feet I'm just a hat and feet You dropped a bomb on me I didn't even see Like a falling piano From out of a window Now I'm just a hat and feet I...

Come on girl You're not even trying Your place is a mess And all your plants are dying You're lying around in those sweatpants You're staring off into the distance Come on give me a kiss I hate to see you like this I hate to see you like this Ah ah ah ah I ha...

Help, I need somebody, Help, not just anybody, Help, you know I need someone, help. When I was younger, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody's help in any way. But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured, Now I find I've changed my mind...

Working all day for a mean little man With a clip-on tie and a rub-on tan He's got me running 'round the office like a dog around a track But when I get back home, You're always there to rub my back Hey Julie, Look what they're doing to me Trying to tr...

Wake up boys, we're in the dump again Can't get a taxi, it's bucketing rain Heading downtown with nothing in my brain Trying to catch my breath Tired legume in a smoke-filled room The high school guys are making noise outside Walking the hall with my shoes un...

While I down Kentucky bourbon I am waiting for a call And the moon and stars tonight Are playing shadows on the wall With the moon the way it is, dear Would you answer out of spite Or are you feeling lonely tonight Cause I remember last time We were out unde...

This morning under awaking glow The sun filled our room like December snow Like morning through an old window There's a place in your head I will always know To the same world born two of a kind If it's on your mind, it'll be on mine 'cause I know you well L...

This year for Christmas There's something I'd really like So if you're up there somewhere Santa Please don't bring me another bike I don't need any ugly sweaters And I don't play much basketball But there's something kinda special That I want most of all......

[VERSE 1] On this day, I'm walking a fine line Imagining my minds fine, ok Tougher than nylon Safe as a house on the way My little darling Don't you cry, it makes you look older C'mon now hey, don't you be down I want you around (x3) [VERSE 2] Here's my pl...

She knows nothing at all about nothing The moment I saw her was something I found alarming That certain nothing behind her eyes TV, she finds intoxicating Shows about cops and dating She has a soft spot For cops who are robots And I don't know where this is...

I've got a flair For pulling your hair And making you crazy Oh yeah, oh yeah It's something I do well I've got a flair For making you care You know you should hate me Oh yeah, oh yeah It's something I do well Well you know I never meant to hurt no one But I...

They sell posters of girls washing cars And unicorns and stars And Guns N' Roses album covers They've got most of the Barney DVDs Coffee mugs and tees That say Virginia Is For Lovers But it's not Round here it's just for truckers who forgot To fill up on gasol...

The day you drew your final breath And parted from the Earth Is carved into the stone that bears your name And date of birth Oooooooooo...Imperia Oooooooooo...Imperia He was leaning over you with flowers in his hand Trying through the years to see th...

It must be summer Cause the days are long And I dial your number But you're gone, gone, gone I'd set out searching But the car won't start And it must be summer Cause I'm falling apart I try your sister On the Jersey Shore She said you might be stopping by Bu...

Bah bah bah bah bah da da da da Bah bah bah da da da Bah bah bah bah bah da da da da Bah bah bah da da da Welcome friends to Janice's Party The kind that others have tried Smoking is permitted inside We have faith in Janice's Party With friends who can not s...

Joe Rey came from Spain Across the ocean in the frozen rain And he loves Point point pointing the finger Joe Rey is stoned all day With two hairdressers in a Chevrolet For a while I think Joe Rey's gonna linger Joe Rey is not so pretty I can't understand why...

Gold sun-glasses and a wandering eye He looks like he's wearing a cheap disguise But it's real Don't you know how it feels He goes to work and he scares the hell Out of all the girls down in Oradell What a deal Don't you know how it feels Lay it down, lay it...

She's wearing kid gloves Will handle me carefully Cause I've got a history, cracked up and fragile And bound to break easy And if she could talk to me What good would it do me It's no secret where I've been and I have worn so thin And she can see through me...

As the city asleep Shares its dreams and desires Every wish that we keep Will trace a line to other times, other places Though the song of the proud Howls and dies, never fall for defeat Take a trip to reprieve Every hour they leave From Killermont Street Dri...

Oh yeah we're going to the laser show Oh yeah we're going to the laser show Come on baby now don't you know We're going down to the laser show They come from Bridgeport, Westport, Darien Down to the Hayden Planetarium We're gonna space out to our favorite tun...

Seems the further from town I go The more I hate this place He's got leather and big tattoos, And scars all over his face And I wonder if he ever has cried Cause he couldn't get a date for the prom He's got his arms around every man's dream And crumbs in his...

Sitting in traffic on the Tappan Zee Fifty million people out in front of me Trying to cross the water but it just might be a while Rain's coming down I can't see a thing Radio's broken so I'm whistling New York to Nyack feels like a hundred miles It's not ri...

Have you seen that girl With the strange look on her face? She's a pretty little thing but she's lost lost in space She's in another world Yeah she's off in adistant place She's a pretty little thing but she's lost Yeah she's lost in space Yeah she's lost in...

I pick her up outside the station She's telling me about her spring vacation She's not leaving much to the imagination She's giving me way too much information Maureen You don't know what you do to me I know you won't be true to me The least that you can do f...

He was killed by a cellular phone explosion They scattered his ashes across the ocean The water was used to make baby lotion The wheels of promotion were set into motion But the sun still shines in the summer time I'll be yours if you'll be mine I tried to ch...

Michael and Heather at the baggage claim Tired of playing the waiting game Every bag has got a different name Michael and Heather may never get home again Michael and Heather at the lost and found Looking for luggage that's soft and brown Sir, I'm so sorry, i...

Two men sit in the corner of a diner Both of them look quite a bit like Carl Reiner One of them is smoking even though the sign says not to The waitress says to stop, he says sorry but I've got to They tell each other jokes that they both know that they bo...

Oh whoa Leave your nightlight on You don't have far to go Oh whoa Leave your nightlight on You don't have far to go Out the door, down the hall That is all Down the hall, down the stairs Pretty soon you'll be there Oh whoa Leave your nightlight on You don't...

Is that supposed to be your poker face Or was someone run over by a train And you were minding your own business But you're begging for forgiveness just the same And it's running back and forth inside your mind Just how that town defined you Dressed you up, p...

Peace and love Peace and love That's all I'm thinking of baby Peace and love Riding around in a Volkswagen van Thinking 'bout the people upside-down in Japan Staring at the stars in a distant galaxy Wondering if there's someone out there staring back at me si...

Places We move in and out of watching Faces Float around the hotel lobby like Fishes They're all blowing air We know it must mean something But we just stare We stood On Primrose Hill like statues we were So good Walked along the locks and into Camden Tried o...

I've got everything I need Here on the Planet of Weed There's not much going on But it's just my speed There's no hatred and no greed Here on the Planet of Weed Everyone gets along It's quite pleasant indeed Oh baby baby Won't you come with me Set your mind a...

I was ready when the big day came My shoes were good and polished And you know how bad I wished I had somebody special to blame But you know I never care to lay A blame on for my hairdo You know it isn't easy to do When the DJ isn't humming A part of me suffe...

Here we are at last The moment soon will pass We'll go our seperate ways We'll vanish in the haze We'll never be the same We'll forget each other's names We'll grow old and lose our hair It's all downhill from there But tonight we'll reach for the stars We'll...

Are you alone now Did you lose the monkey He gave you backaches And now you slouch He didn't mean it He's just a dumb ape Reading Playboy On your couch And now it's time to say What I forgot to say Baby,baby,baby Come on, what's wrong? It's a radiation vibe...

We used to sit in the corner Listening to The Joker They were playing it over and over Every night at the Radio Bar Hey Wendy what are you thinking? Hey Jason you know what I'm drinking We were sinking lower and lower Every night at the Radio Bar Oh oh oh...

Monday gonna take a ride on The N train down to Coney Island With the money I saved Gonna get me engraved Drink down a lot of Basil Hayden Get kicked out when I can't see straight and What an island to be on Under the neon Red dragon tattoo Is just about on m...

Oh yeah Revolving Dora Hits the floor alone again See her spinning, see her grinning at her imaginary friends She's in her own rotating world There's something blurry about that girl Oh yeah And she's turning out to be Immune to gravity She's a lot like you...

They opened up a bar called Living Hell Right from the start it didn't go too well They didn't have the vibe or quite the right clientele They bought a velvet rope and the doorman laughed They got robbed blind by half the wait staff Six short weeks and th...

Seatbacks and traytables up Stow your newspapers and cups We're about to touch down Midwestern town through the haze Customs a massive expanse And I'm digging into my pants Is this Oklahoma I remember this place Trade one town for another Delayed No...

Hockey teams have playoff dreams Teenage girls red magazines No one hears the despirate screams of the techno DJ What does he say? He say Sha la la la la la He say Sha la la la la la I'm floating away On oceans of grey-blue water I'm rising above I'm falling...

I know a girl who should never be alone (Ahhh ahhh ahhh) I know a girl who should never be alone (Ahhh ahhh ahhh) She's a danger to herself And I'm worried about her health She's got a problem And she's gonna do something dumb I know a girl who you've got to...

Check out the girl in the Harbor Tunnel Crawling to work six feet under And the day has barely begun They're all chewing gum And laughing at the voice on the crackling radio station Lead us not into Penn Station Cause the best part's just begun We're all beco...

I wanna sink to the bottom with you I wanna sink to the bottom with you The ocean is big and blue I just wanna sink to the bottom with you Cars on the highway, planes in the air Everyone else is going somewhere But I'm going nowhere, getting there soon I migh...

I have to sit you down Let me tell you what it’s all about Cause I’ve been carrying a torch around And I’ve forgotten how to snuff it out And you have been unkind And that’s a matter I cannot ignore You have to skirt around the truth sometimes But it’s time I...

Seth Shapiro got his law degree He moved to Brooklyn from Schenectady, '93 Got some clients in the food industry He says it's not the money, it's the recipes He calls his mom, says he's doing fine She's got somebody on the other line Puts Coldplay on, pours a...

Staring at the sun With no pants on High round and rosy She thinks she knows me Fighting off a cold Murdering a campfire song Spitting in the wind From out a fast train Or on a causeway Trying to catch a bus Swear I gotta move Sufferin' the radio c...

The rivers run and none shall know How long their waters yet may flow We read the record of the past While time withholds the future cast Yet in their flowing to the sea The rivers fill their destiny And to the measure of their lays Run on and on through endl...

Stacy's mom has got it goin' on Stacy's mom has got it goin' on Stacy's mom has got it goin' on Stacy's mom has got it goin' on Stacy, can i come over after school? (after school) We can hang around by the pool (hang by the pool) Did your mom get back from he...

Well it was Saturday night, I was sitting in the kitchen Checking out the women on Spanish television Got a call from Paul who was just let out of prison He said hey listen, there's something I'm missing I said I'm on it, honest, it's on its way You're gonna g...

Multi-colored microbus Plowing over rugged terrain We're jacking the radio Passing the afternoon train Around the roses she showed us Hyacinths and sage Gold plated garden tools Sunlamps and it's all the rage Stay low to the ground or they'll sniff you out Yo...

Don't you wanna ride in my Survival car We can take the long way home Through Central Park Funny how the ground can find my wheels I'm going where the road ain't there And only riding on the path we made To Union Square Doing like the young folks do In west...

I'm a very busy man So please don't waste my time kid (Time kid) Don't tell me what you're gonna do or what you wanna do Tell me what you already did (Tell me what you already did) (What you already did, what you already did) Tell me what you already did (Tel...

Well, she picked me up in a German car And she took me out to an Irish bar Where I drank some beer in a plastic cup Till I had some trouble standing up And then she drove downtown to a strobe-lit place Where all wore the guys wore chains and the thumping bass...

At the KOC Local 313 There's a fat man standing by the soda machine And he knows, he knows, he knows Life can be funny He calls the hair salon says put Loretta on Cause the mall just called and said the last guy's gone And I know, I know, God knows We need th...

I've been thinking about our fortune And I've decided that we're really not to blame For the love that's deep inside us now Is still the same And the sounds we make together Is the music to the story in your eyes It's been shining down upon me now I realize...

She's been afraid of the Cuisinart since 1977 Now when she opens up the house Well, she won't set foot in the kitchen Her brother's dating an architect They're coming up for the weekend He never gave her the proper respect But she still meets the ferry t...

The King of Araby is coming home It's bumper touching bumper on the motorway The sun is in the sky just now But the road is grey They drive in Winnebagos from the Everglades Pulled over by the troopers in the mirror shades The Caravan is sorry The driver has a...

Well I've been out walking I don't do too much talking these days These days These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do for you And all the times I had a chance to And I had a lover But it's so hard to risk another these days These...

I saw you holding hands With some guy wearing light blue Dockers pants And I thought that I might just give you a chance to explain What the hell is in your brain You know you pretend you're going to Sea Bright For the long weekend but something don't seem rig...

Today's teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows And tomorrow's rainbows I will share Share with you So dry your eyes little girl, dry your eyes We're gunna see skies of blue Had a tough time gettin' started Maybe just a little downhearted All you gotta do is count...

He walks alone Under the big city lights He always knows Just when the time is right He never shows what he's thinking He keeps it inside Because he's Too Cool for School He comes alive Oh, when the sun goes down He gets it right You know he's always down He k...

5:40 Channel Six news team Breaking story bout a get-rich-quick scheme One anchor turns and faces the other Says it's time that I made you my lover Oooh we belong together Like traffic and weather Like traffic and weather Oooh we belong together Like traffic...

Trains and boats and planes are passing by They mean a trip to Paris or Rome To someone else but not for me The trains and boats and planes Took you away, away from me We were so in love, and high above We had a star to wish upon. Wish And dreams come true, b...

When you think you've found something worth holding onto Wer reaching for attention, hoping she would notice you Collecting bottles and thrown-away cans Like she was returnable One day would fill your hands ow she loved you, all you imagined Fit so well into y...

Well I've been saving for a custom van And I've been playing for a cover band And my baby doesn't understand Why I never turned from boy to man I got it made I got it down I am the king of this island town I'm on my own I'm on my way Down Utopia Parkway And...

Hey Sweet Annie Don't take it so bad You know the summer's coming soon Though the interstate is choking under salt and dirty sand And it seems the sun is hiding from the moon Your daddy told you When you were a girl The kind of things that come to those who w...

He can knock down the wall Build it up strong Set the flagstones in a path With a nail and a hammer Barrow and saw See about the hole in the roof And the gathered all breathe A sigh of relief At completion of a well-laid plan It's wearing the day lo...

Quarter to three At the DNV That's when I saw her She didn't see me Behind window bee Explaining patiently How she needs to see Six forms of ID Oh tell me now Who do you love Who do you love Who can you trust with your love these days Yolanda Hay...

They say you curse at girls Don't you know it isn't right You could get yourself in trouble You've been living in a different world Looking for another fight Sifting through emotional rubble Hey boy, don't you get it One day, you're gonna regret it when she'...

If you love me why do you hurt me? Come on baby don't desert me I was there when you were in trouble Now you're fine but I guess you changed your mind 'Cause you're never satisfied God only know why I try to please you You're just never satisfied I don't min...

In about an hour The sunlight's gonna fade And you and me will divvy up the wine Like everything else here Yours and mine Picking up the paper Coffee's been made It's Book Review and Face the Nation Time Two in the same mind Yours and Mine