Mighty Mighty Bosstones

They played something, they made something. Brand new, a baby blue machine. Brass tacks, duct tape, for the great escape. Packed in here like sardines. Back and forth, East, south, west, north. Shred the atlas, burn the map. Often lost and path criss-crossed....

It's gripping, I'm ripping, I haven't just been sipping. Stressing, no, messing, will I ever learn my lesson? I'm always amazed by what can take place Within the space of 300-365 days Been sinning, I'm spinning. In the beginning I was winning. I'm clinging, st...

Seven ways to Sunday Seven separate ways to Sunday But he did not know which one would save him So he had to try every code and combination On the road to his salvation There were no two ways about it He had seven ways to try With seven ways to test He vowed t...

I had a dollar I wanted to save. Safe in my pocket, I'll try to hold fast. Hey! It might be my last. I know what I've got folded safe in its spot. I earned a dollar, it's not here to share. I've got a dollar and that's all I've got. A million more is just a si...

Shortly after Evelyn was doused with gasoline And just a few miles off the avenue A lighter flashed into a puff of smoke For thirty years Walter worked right there Five days out of every week That's where he watched his hometown fade The last came fast and fur...

When it starts to kick in, I start to kick it out. When it comes a'calling, more and more each day. And a little bit ugly now, is what it's got to say. Little bit ugly now. Little bit ugly now. Little bit ugly now. Who? What? When? How? Little bit ugly now. Li...

How did this could this come to this? Helpless heartless loneliness A hand held out hope someone gives I'm a man without a place to live A man without a place to go And it just might be my fault I know Won't hold you up or bag your eyes But I'm a man please re...

I feel so disappointing more times than I don't. I feel like such a let down and I'm nervous that I won't Deliver when I'm called upon to step up when I'm needed. I feel like such a failure when I'm sure that I've succeeded. I call myself an outcast, more tha...

I'd like to open up by making a suggestion, One that I suggest you open too, And then I'll open up the floor and take a question, After that it's time to tilt a few to you and you and you, A reason to toast, A reason to cheer, A reason to celebrate, It's nice...

Two years and extra days, a block away he'd head to hang. Same corner, neighborhood, his friends, the gang Two years and extra days, a bigger kid would black his eye. No real reason, explaination, and every day no one knew why. The bigger kid was crazy, that m...

4:30 in the morning I'm tattered, tired and torn Trying to keep up with the pace This ain't my home, and it ain't my place The candle keeps on burning at this point there's no returning The policy is clear, anything goes when you are here Almost anything goes...

Gonna dive into a dive I've dove into before. Gonna aunt a haunt I've haunted like a million times or more. A familiar joint where getting drunk's the only point. To frequent this place with any frequency at all. Countin' on a remedy I've counted on before. Go...

I like noise that's why I'm livin' where I am. I like the noise and confusion of a traffic jam. I like the sound of a jet as it's shakin' my dwellin'. I like ragin', rampagin', and screamin' and yellin'. Sound of a fire engine headed for a fire, Emotions so hi...

Polka dots just don't go. Pointy shoes hurt my toes. Paisley makes me nauseous. When I'm down with plaid, be cautious. Fucked up stripes, I just don't feel right. When I'm chill with Joe late at night Money, cars, more money, no! Won't make me leave my plaid a...

You would break so easily, so fragile that it frighens me. A harsh sudden reality, a painful possibility. To see it's like the strangest dream to be it needs to still be seen. As loud as any noise you've heard, as quiet as a whispered word. Try to answer quest...

You're off base. Out of line and in my face. Brace yourself, I'm coming through. And before you know what's hit you, You'll have heard my point of view. Trash is trash. Have I got your attention? There's more that you should know. There's more I've got to ment...

Outside the sun rose you stayed inside You kept your eyes closed And pulled down the shades On your windows You decided to hideout from the sunlight It's too bright and it just doesn't sit right With the way you're feeling today You're cloudy and gray OK now y...

To put up with the output I don't think about it, Hold on and hold out Or I'd be left out without it Things better get better I gotta get Thing's should get good But they haven't yet While these things keep bringing And bringing me grief I've got that one some...

Woke up early on the tenth anniversary. GOOD MORNING. Fit in clips of it between food prep shorts, weather reports. Check the days' commute and a look at sports. I remember how the wind was knocked from me before it became footage. A footnote in history. Recen...

Remember that night? It seems so clear. Now he's back and I'm glad he's here. Three long years, millions of beers. But the devil is back, so girls, dry your tears. In his favorite club, in his favorite seat. I saw the Devil, wing tip shoes on his feet. Pork Pi...

Do something crazy for me again. Call me up, I need a friend. Lose your mind, just one more time. I wanna see you again. Hey! Hey! Please look at me. I haven't been crazy since we were we. And I wanna be, I wanna be, can't you see? I wanna be crazy like I used...

Don't mind when it happens. No problem when I am saying it. But when I lose my mind, kick my behind, 'Cause I hate when my mind keeps replaying it. I'm not bragging and I'm not proud. I hang around with a drunken crowd. We are happy, that I can say. And until...

I've heard all the stories The failures and glories I haven't had either Boast and toast I'm the best and I'm a mess I know I'm not neither Thought I was down as far as any man could go Thought my highs were giant size I know now that's not so I know you heard...

what happened up on Hemming's Way well we will never change you used to be a friend of mine the last 5 years went by so fast so fast I find it strange the beneficial medicine of time and I can hear your laughter it stays with me after all this time and I s...

Noise, noise, noise from down below. It's coming from the basement. It's underneath the house now. And it's rockin' the foundation. It's the noise we love to make, and for year's we have been making. While Doctor D watches TV his house is fucking shaking. He l...

Don't mind when it happens, no problem when I am sayin' it. But when I lose my mind kick my behind. 'Cause I hate when my mind keeps replayin' it. I'm not braggin' and I'm not proud. I hang around with a drunken crowd. We are happy, that I can say. And until w...

Everybody's better than I am I think everybody's better than me And everybody's swell I guess They're doing well some more or less Everybody's better than I am I think You know to be king you don't need a castle To row back to shore can sure be a hassle Why yo...

You made some of my favourite records The sweet sweet sounds that you cut will last Reflect back, I drop a needle on a track And I was able to Tough it through a very checkered past Thank you for the records I love the way you make your music You've got a...

Do you wanna go big? Do you wanna go back? Do you wanna get way ahead of yourself With your integrity intact? Do you wanna go on? Do you wanna go out? Kicking and screaming while they drag you Will you let them bind and gag you? Do you wanna go big or not? Giv...

(The End Is Near!) Graffiti worth reading rarely is written on walls that are worth writing on So if that is true, then believe me now you worth reading graffiti is gone While we're on it, get off it, The days of the prophet writing his words on the wall hav...

357 magnum. 9mm handgun. A-K 47 and an UZI sub machine gun. You see it on TV, you know it looks cool. All these actors going around killing thousands of people in two or three minutes. It builds up in your head and you say, "yo, I can do that." Just stand faci...

He was just about the baddest cat in Baghdad. I mean to tell you that this cat was so bad. He was a big as a tiger, mean as a snake. And when Haji got angry, the walls would shake. Haji, I'm the King of the Genies. Haji and shit. Haji, I'm the King of the Geni...

When he left, he showed up at my door, different than he was before. I was scared, and he was way off track. He told me, people were out after him. And talked of places that he'd never been, On a mission, and sworn to secrecy, different than he used to be. Bac...

That's a hell of a hat that you're wearing It goes real well with the earring Five through the nose, bold and daring. You've got to pardon me if I'm staring. Man, I really dig your shoes. Fat fade and fresh tattoos. Bet the females can't refuse. And if I'm sta...

You made your bed, that's where you'll lie No pearly gates when you die We tried to teach, you didn't learn You're going down, you're gonna burn Fast at passing judgement and your quick to cast a stone Hypocrite talking shit, leave me alone Thump the book and...

Never lose my wallet, it would put me in a spot. Never lose my sense, at least how much I've got. Never lose my family, never lose my friends. Never lose my youth, I hope it never ends. Hope I never lose my wallet. And hell I hope to hell and only time will te...

I used to talk to cab drivers, now I just don't bother. I'd empty out my pockets if someone asked me for a quarter. There was a time I'd give the time To the old, the weak, and the weird. I just don't know why this is so but I've never been so scared. Am i get...

Up around 95, sailing down Storrow Drive Left exit into Kenmore Square Slowed down when I got there And that's when it was crystal clear It wasn't there, it wasn't where I left it, when I left it I want my city back Back the way it used to be I want it back th...

I wrote it with a golf pencil I pulled out of my blazer A crest sewn on the chest read "Old Gold Rugby Football Club" Worn at one time by a man, that at one time went to Yale Then he worked a while on Wall Street, until the market collapsed I was in a barroom...

Standing stiff on a cliff, and I'm not gonna leap. Checked out the water, but it's much too deep. No going back, no turning around. I'll stay here and wait. God, I hope that I'm found. My thoughts were in knots, I couldn't get to sleep. Went up to the attic to...

Illegal left on Sunday morning On the corner I was warning Waving widly, wildy warning Don't take that turn on Sunday morning A motorcycle cop was waiting He had to fill his ticket book On his nerves I was grating Illegal left that no one took Maybe I should...

Where's the wizzler, where's the corn? Get jacuzzi on the horn Issachar! Issachar! Whatever happened to the mob? Issachar! He had to quit and get a job. Issachar! Road manager, security, Issachar! Hangin' shirts and makin' tea. Issachar! Where's the wizzler,...

You thought the idea was good, To hang around in my neighborhood. Thought it was a good idea, You even thought it might advance your career. Thought that time was on your side, And you can go along for the ride. Thought you wouldn't go too far, Your thoughts h...

You've been all but trampled now The hope is gone and you don't know how The love there was is lost and you're alone Words that shouldn't have were spoken Hearts are sadly badly broken Sorrow felt like none you've ever known It will be (oh) Wait and see It wi...

Wake up and shake myself out of bed again. Shaking the day down in my head again. It's up and out, rise and shine, on the double. No time to slack, attack, and tackle the trouble. Shake myself out of bed again. No time to stop and assess, can't let it grind to...

9 times out of 10. The times you'd pretend. Katie more times then not you're You're not my friend. So stop pretending while it's ending And it's time I start defending And protect myself from any more abuse The friendship was fictitious How could you be malic...

No time now for losing tempers Or filling up with rage or anger Flying off the handle could be detrimental Calmer hands are called for here A breath or two could be applied Count to ten and then decide A rash decision, crash collision Damage done beyond repair...

Step right up, gather round Greatest salesman in town Selling something seldom sold Step up, step up, step up behold Dead mice for sale, they're going fast Like hell...Last dead mouse now don't be shy There's never been a better time to buy Last dead mouse bu...

let me rant, let me ramble You're lookin' at lunatic in shambles I've got real issues I must wrestle I'm unfit to steer the vessel Somebody please take the wheel I can't cope now, no I can't deal To do so would be too great a gamble Let me rant and let me ramb...

It's so hard to face that in this day and age Somebody's race could trigger somebody's rage. And somebody's preference can drive some total stranger To make somebody, somehow feel the wrath of their anger. Why were we put here? What for? We're unsure. We sure...

I was under the boss when they made him And I was made a short time after that I was under oath when I testified I'm under government protection Now they're calling me a rat Mr. Moran, that's who I am Some call me Sal, some call me Sam Some call me when they'r...

[Chorus]: Nah Nah Nah - Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah - Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah I'd rather you didn't then did, I'd rather you didn't get rid Of me at that age, such a young awkward stage That is not...

He didn't hit me for a home or hit me up 'cause he was cold. He was addicted to drugs and I could see that in his eyes. What about me? Well I was only rolled, he didn't rob me for food. It wasn't hunger but a jonze. He needed a fix, someone will fix my broken...

Without any training it's pouring, it's raining. Training or a trade. Hey, you bet I'm afraid. Unequipped with a skill but I'm thrilled with the thrill. Underskilled, unprepared, hey, who wouldn't be scared. A dime for a dozen if that's what you're after. A m...

Tired taking it to the next When you got to talking to me Taken on out of context I guessed it I guess gradually Point-blank period punctuate Whatever which way you're at Trying to really relate It means less than little than that Not to me on that nig...

Familiar with his kind, he'll beat someone down just for fun. He's got an ax to grind and he'll target anyone. Brass knuckles in his pocket, steel-toed shoes. Life of the party when you factor in booze. Familiar with his kind, he'll target anyone. He's got a g...

Read the paper, things look grim Watch the news, the outlook's dim It's clear to see that there is something wrong Could be that we don't change a lot But we should give it our best shot Our only weapon is a song Maybe we're being too naive But this is someth...

I see my girl's been forced to hide A brand new emptiness inside. I wish that I could fill the space. It's not my place to take the place. She's been hurt and she's been lost before. This loss has her alone once more. Even though my girl's not alone She stays...

Well you insisted, the day you walked away, That we shared nothing, but I've got somethin' I'd still like to say. You're not here to listen and we were never good at that. Let's set the record straight, we shared something great, Even though now nothing's wher...

without the desire to serve and a love of the town, ignoring the tradition that had been handed down, he tore in the department and worked hard to advance, so heartless to the gutless unprepared to take a chance, providence is where they came to make a living...

Royal Oil, come on bubble and boil. Stabs like a dagger, makes you stagger on the hot tin foil. Mind your mind or it will surely spoil, then you sleep down in the soil. Nothing comes from nothing, come on Royal Oil. When you smoke or poke the poison you lose t...

Down the street, around the corner Over the bridge, that dirty water College campus, mighty minds and a reactor right behind Passed the candy factory, Salvation Army Fire station through the square I hate that place up the stairs Next the doors, they never wo...

Check the new car out in the mirror Here comes the fastest man in the traffic jam A major road rager with a bone to pick I'll take another quick look and I'm over it Right you're richer now weren't you happier When you were shit out of luck You've got so much...

There was a place and the name of the place escapes me When I can't remember it irritates me Could be I can't remember could be I choose to not Let's move along the song and try to find the plot There was a girl and I don't know her name either She gave me lov...

I couldn't be more confused, but more than that I'm upset. We once stood side by side, we were young when we met. We'd always stand together, that's how we had it planned. Now where do we stand? I can't stand the pain, I guess I don't understand. I just don't...

They'll talk about it after dinner over after dinner drinks Then tie it to the car's antenna and pray the sinking feeling shrinks And if they make it to see monkey time it's difficult without a spine Like the yellow bellied jelly fish, they'll try to sneak bac...

Originally by Aerosmith You talk about things that nobody cares You're wearing out things that nobody wears You're calling my name but you gotta make clear I can't say baby where I'll be in a year Some sweat hog mama with a face like a gent Said my get up a...

That bug bit me, I'll admit, Stunned - it took a while to hit. But when it hit me, I was hit. Shit, I came clean with it. No match, who am I so why try to deny it? Just a regular guy who won't even try it. The bug's been around since time began. It's bitten bi...

Thank you sir, can I have another? We've really grown to like each other. I like this beer, and your friendly face. I've really grown to like this place. NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! This can't be the case! What's this all about? After a couple, they usually th...

Just a bricklayer by trade a harder worker you won't find He was like fifty when I met him maybe fifteen years ago A Scottish American and a master with the trowel He swears that he's the urban legend you hear about on every job and site A lifetime lifting ci...

In a place where comfort shouldn't be I found comfort and tranquility. I've found friends that mean so much to me, In a place I never thought I'd be. The cave's never coming down on me. The cave really, means so much to me. The cave only gives. I 'm glad the c...

Death Valley Vipers! (Hoo, Hah) Death Valley Vipers! (Oh) Death Valley Vipers! (Hoo, Hah) Death Valley Vipers! Drove out to the furnace, but we pulled off out at the pass. Felt the valley start to burn us, we had half a tank of gas. Without cellular phone ser...

Have you ever been close to tragedy? Or been close to folks who have? Have you ever felt the pain so powerful, so heavy you collapse? I've never had to knock on wood, but I know someone who has. Which makes me wonder if I could. It makes me wonder if I've neve...

Is it better through the worst? Could it be worst in the better? And this scene is mediocre As all the fucking rest Is it a no-go and so-so Above average and labor loaders Come and show them all that That all you need to know is that You don’t have to know t...

Bring in the skins with the pins and the patches on their flights The rovers with the clovers who've spent far too many nights Out with us till closing time we hope we're not imposing on you Get the crew together- it's the old school off the bright Flush the b...

I guess that Hell has been freezing And yes there is a fat chance down there You give me one good reason Now let me make one thing, perfectly clear You brought us up to the altar (whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh) Had no business being up there I wanted to fuss fail or falte...

Sometimes, sometimes you've got to be the punch line Well and sometimes, sometimes you get to tell the joke There's no difference on the end that you end up on I've got a preference I'll defend right, right over wrong I won't wait till they say when Or wait fo...

Well he was fueled by a lack, drew inspiration from a need. So many problems to crack and mouths to feed. Crooked was the path, and brazen was the walk. A cocky swagger, up the ladder, and could he ever talk. The last hurrah? Nah! I'd do it again. The Rascal...

Without really knowing I took all the wrong routes The misguided monster in the Doc Marten boots In the wrong directions against all of the grains Got off at all the wrong stops, back onto all the wrong trains When holy hell just broke loose, to cut it out shu...

They came to Boston on their vacation, They came, they saw, they annoyed me. They saw it all, What! Fanueil Hall! It's best if they just avoid me. Rented a car to see the sights, They found the Hub confusing. Looked for the Swan Boats in Mattapan. Well, I find...

Look at everyone There are new one’s being listed close to telling everyone take a look look at the lives took so far this guy had a son a newborn that he never got to hold onto hold everything I hate this sight we’re not the ones that went to fight this war...

The bells, the bows, the flashing lights, the mistletoes and the 'Silent Nights'-- It's all for show, but that's all right. That's not why I love this time of year. This time of year, It gets me, and never lets me Act like I don't care. This time of year, Is...

He joined up to get a job, to show he wasn't scared All wrapped up in that army crowd, he thought he'd be prepared Well at the age of seventeen, he was forced to choose Now at the age of twenty-one, he's in Catch 22 GO! He joined up for just three years, it s...

Well he told me The highway called for him to hit it. So that's what he did. Now he regrets he ever did it now. To California. He said that's where he'd find his fortune. And where it's warmer The weather's warmer and the girls are scorching hot. He quit his...

Way too many stars Way too many stripes Far too many bagpipers bangin' on the pipes Too many glory! hallelujah! rattled battle cries Pass the ammunition! Telling way too many lies [Chorus:] Too many alone Too many aware Too many- it vainly goes on over there...

Queensbury Number Eight. Hell Hotel punk rock estate. Way way back in the day. One hundred years it seems that way. Just across from Wayne's Junk Store. Three floors up then straight ahead. If someone thought to lock the door, Use the fire escape instead. Some...

How do you like it in New York? How's every last and little thing? Going forward getting more than made your move and made a fortune Remind me where you got the ring They took you on than took you under A nice new haircut and a number Here comes another...

Don't touch that dial, don't click the clicker. We love to watch, they love to bicker. Don't turn the knob or change the channel. Hey! Where the hell did they get this panel? Where are they from? Where have they been? They air it out, we suck it in. Up on stag...

Do I really wanna step in here? I feel like my father at the horse track When he's down to his last sawbuck Do I really wanna step in here? I'm not as sure as I appear Tell me should we make this move And if it seems pathetic, pardon me I'm not as sure as I ap...

Stick that needle into your arm Do anything that does you harm See you lyin' there on the floor See you staggerin' out at the door [Refrain:] You try it and you like it And you know you can't take it Until you realize that you couldn't escape it Where you are...

Checked the clock when I got home and realized I was alone. Sat for hours by the window wonderin' where did ya go? Couldn't eat or sleep at all took the pictures off the wall. Paced the place as time moves slow and I'm wondering Where did ya go? Where'd ya go?...

It's the twentieth of December A cold rain is fallin' down Kenmore Square's deserted The college kids have left town [Chorus:] Sure don't feel like Christmas time Sure doesn't feel like Christmas time, [x2] To me Down in Filene's Basement Pretend I'm shop...

This won't be so hard to follow You must replace your common sense And then you won't find it's hard to swallow Its been based on real events You can only hear what you want to hear They're wide awake and they're well aware That they made you a promise that th...

I hadn't heard a word from you in how long You just dropped off the face You disappeared without a trace And no one knew what you were up to Or where your whereabouts were Or if you were alive That's why your call to me surprised me It came out of the blue You...

Sitting in the car with the engine off and I've got no where to go I need to be somewhere away from here to think I rake and rack will you be back? I've been trying not to crack - Yeah [Chorus:] Yeah you left right? Yeah you left right? Are you regretful? Are...

You were warned from the day you were born You were to young so you blew it off You were told you were gold but as you got old You discovered that you were to soft Delusions of greatness and grandeur Life can be hard just to live Demanding standards you'll ne...