Lyrics for songs appearing on Ten With Strangers' "WAKE UP CALL"
ANOTHER SIDE OF ME
She wants me so badly
I can’t get it through my head – I’ve gotta let it out
She found out that I want out
I can’t understand why she’s believing in me
So, look what happened to us now
And are you happier somehow?
I’m only laughing ‘cause you think you found another side of me
When she’s talking right to me
Might as well be talking right through me
I’m thinking ‘bout the Cubs and my eyes are glistening
Rambling about wedding cake – can’t hardly stay awake
I’m barely listenin’ to what she’s sayin’
Put on my shades, I just can’t take her glare penetrating
Obsessive love affair, she’s closing in, so suffocating
So, look what happened to us now
And are you happier somehow?
I’m only laughing ‘cause you think you found another side of me
But, look what happened to us now
And still you think I’m such a clown
I only act this way to make you want me – Do you want me?
I’ve been runnin’ round in circles in my head and now I can’t stop
No, no I can’t stop with your love
Should I stay or should I go away instead?
I can’t figure out, it’s so frustrating
She wants me so badly
I can’t get it through my head – I’ve gotta let it out
She found out that I want out
She can’t understand why
So, look what happened to us now
And are you happier somehow?
I’m only laughing ‘cause you think you found another side of me
But, look what happened to us now
And still you think I’m such a clown
I only act this way to make you want me – Do you want me?
Do you want me? Do you want me? Do you want me?
SO LONG, GOODBYE
Here comes another break up song where everything is going wrong
I know, you’ve heard it all before
You tried to have it all your way, now I just need the guts to say
So long, it’s all become a bore
You made me walk on air every time you came around
Now I pull out my hair and I wear a permanent frown
Chorus
So long, goodbye – I never wanted you
Can’t waste my life – there’s nothing I can do
I want you far away from here – let’s make this absolutely clear
So long, goodbye
You thought you had control of me, indentured in your slavery
Just like the way it’s always been
Can’t take another day of your lies, so when that fake teardrop dries
You’ll know, I’ll never break again
And now that I’ve been burned, I’m lettin’ you down hard
I‘ll write these seven words on your happy birthday card
So long, goodbye – I never wanted you
Can’t waste my life – there’s nothing I can do
I want you far away from here – let’s make this absolutely clear
So long, goodbye
And now that I’ve been burned, I’m lettin’ you down hard
I‘ll write these seven words on your happy birthday card
So long, goodbye – I never wanted you
Can’t waste my life – there’s nothing I can do
I want you far away from here – let’s make this absolutely clear
So long, goodbye
I want you far away from here – let’s make this absolutely clear
I want you far away from here – let’s make this absolutely clear
I want you far away from here – let’s make this absolutely clear
I want you far away from here – let’s make this absolutely clear
So long, goodbye
GOTTA GET HOME
On the road and frozen over – A million miles from anywhere I know
It’s gettin’ kind of old
Got no sleep, it seems for ages – Highway nights and concert stages
Oh oh oh – Sometimes you wanna go
Back to where nobody really cares who you date and how you cut your hair
Disappear in anonymity – Oh oh oh oh oh
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
Time flies by and nothing changes
Spend my life with perfect strangers day to day
They’re quoting every word I say
Marquee lights and tabloid stories - I’d trade it all for plain and boring
Just get away – I need to take a holiday
Back where everybody knows your name
People treat you like you’re still the same geek who couldn’t get a prom date
Oh oh oh oh oh
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
Back to Fridays at the football game – Yearbook pictures that you hide in shame
Take me back to all the memories – Oh oh oh oh oh
I gotta, gotta get home
Back to where nobody really cares who you date and how you cut your hair
Disappear in anonymity – Oh oh oh oh oh
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
I gotta, gotta get home (gotta gotta get)
I gotta, gotta get home
DYING YOUNG
Something happened on our way to growing up
The truth was sold for a lousy couple of bucks
Does it matter if we don’t believe its right?
Does it matter if another soldier dies?
Well I say Yeah! Oh Yeah!
I pledge allegiance to my home
One nation out of control
We’re all just goin’ crazy
We’re all just dyin’ young
On the news everyday is tragedy
I’m sick of seein’ the fall of society
I got a feelin’ all the hate we carry around
Is gonna put us all six feet underground
We all scream Yeah! Oh Yeah!
I pledge allegiance to my home
One nation out of control
We’re all just goin’ crazy
We’re all just dyin’ young
I pledge allegiance to my home
One nation out of control
We’re all just goin’ crazy
We’re all just dyin’ young
A generation lost its soul
And revolution’s much too slow
We’re all just goin’ crazy
We’re all just dyin’ young
WAKE UP CALL
Our perfect world is made of ruin
We ruin the Earth – it’s counting down
And these perfect trees are made of sorrow
A sorrow they share for all that live and breathe
We are the enemy
Our future is black and white
Do damage or do what’s right
One chance at redemption for us all
This is our wake up call
The seasons will change, but the world gets warmer
There’s more hurricanes and the rising of the sea
The glaciers are talking, saying “Why don’t you want me?”
Before it’s too late, we must avert this tragedy
Open your eyes and see
Our future is black and white
Do damage or do what’s right
One chance at redemption for us all
This is our wake up call
One people by strength we’re bound
Stand up and make our children proud
One moment can define it for us all
This is our wake up call
Marine life in despair – Oil flowing everywhere
A way of life is gone – what the hell is going on?
Addictive energy - Will we ever learn to see?
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Our future is black and white
Do damage or do what’s right
One chance at redemption for us all
This is our wake up call
One people by strength we’re bound
Stand up and make our children proud
One moment can define it for us all
This is a wake up call
Our wake up call
Our wake up call
This is our wake up call everyone
Our chance to take action
To stand up and do what’s right!
OUT OF CONTROL
Walking backward toward the end of time - Reality blurred
Close my eyes – Haunting me every night, my visions of her
I can see blood – I can see trouble – Now, it’s only double
I’m out of control - I can’t control it - out of control
I’m out of control - I can’t control it
But you’ll never know it – ‘cause I’ll never show it
I’m out of control - I can’t control it
But you’ll never know it – ‘cause I’ll never show it
I’m out of control – out of control – oh!
On the edge, fall to the other side – Heart beatin’ slow
Waking up bathed in eternal light – Losin’ my soul
Try to hold on, but I only struggle – An infinite puzzle
I’m out of control - I can’t control it - out of control
I’m out of control - I can’t control it
But you’ll never know it – ‘cause I’ll never show it
I’m out of control - I can’t control it
But you’ll never know it – ‘cause I’ll never show it
I’m out of control – out of control – oh!
SOMETIMES
Paint a picture of my soul – fill in every little hole
All the stories left untold – am I really growin’ old?
Heal the scar left on my heart – try to make a brand new start
Everything just falls apart – when reality hits home
Well, I tried to fake it, but I’ve lost control
‘Cause sometimes life gets the best of me
And all my dreams seem to shatter
Yeah sometimes life gets the best of me
And nothing really seems to matter…no!
Look into my bloodshot eyes – life’ll cut you down to size
Am I sounding very wise? - you can help me if you try
Climb inside my weary head – let me crawl back into bed
Sleep away the day instead – maybe I’m bet-ter off dead
Well, I tried to make it, but I’ve lost my nerve
‘Cause sometimes life gets the best of me
And all my dreams seem to shatter
Yeah sometimes life gets the best of me
And nothing really seems to matter…no!
I tried to fake it, but I’ve lost control…
Sometimes life gets the best of me
And all my dreams seem to shatter
Yeah sometimes life gets the best of me
And nothing really seems to matter…no!
LETTER TO JENNIFER
Jennifer on my TV and every cover of a magazine
Jennifer your hair so fine – Smile like the sun and your lips divine
I see your picture and it almost hurts - Drivin’ me crazy in your mini-skirts
Oh, Jennifer, yeah, you’re on my mind – Got my libido workin’ overtime
This is my letter to Jennifer – Oh, I gotta have you in my world
It’s Jennifer and me K-I-S-S-I-N-G in my letter to Jennifer
Oh, Jennifer
Jennifer, you give me chills when you descend from your Hollywood Hills
Oh, Jennifer, I write for thee – Just like Eddie and Valerie
Who am I kidding? This could never go far – You’re used to dating all those movie stars
Oh, Jennifer what am I to do? No other woman is as perfect as you
This is my letter to Jennifer – Oh, I gotta have you in my world
It’s Jennifer and me K-I-S-S-I-N-G in my letter to Jennifer
(Oh, Jennifer) You wake up and it’s front page news
(Oh, Jennifer) Staring right at me with your baby blues
(Oh, Jennifer) Workin’ the carpet in your evening gown
(Oh, Jenny) Making me wait until your love comes down
This is my letter to Jennifer – Oh, I gotta have you in my world
It’s Jennifer and me K-I-S-S-I-N-G in my letter to Jennifer
Oh, it’s my letter to Jennifer – Yeah, I gotta have you in my world
It’s Jennifer and me dodging paparazzi in my letter to Jennifer
Oh, Jennifer
Jennifer…Jennifer
Jennifer…oh, Jennifer
Jennifer…Jennifer
Jennifer…oh, Jennifer
All songs written by and © 2009 - JAKE STRATTON &
TEN WITH STRANGERS
ON MY KNEES
I think of all the ways we’ve lost in love - and it only makes me sad
I think of all the time we’ve spent alone - and the memories we’ve had
You’re walkin’ on my heart tonight – I’m torn apart inside – These feelings never fade
If you could find a way to change your mind – ‘Cause you're drivin’ me insane
You promised me you’d stay but I want more
We let it slip away once before
If you could taste the pain I know
I won’t let you go
Let you go-oh-oh-oh-oh
Nobody here – Nobody home
Now I’m on my knees for you
Together we stand – divided we fall
Now I’m on my knees for you
When I look into your eyes when you cry – when you try to hold my hand
In the moon-light
I know I made mistakes old habits they’re so hard to break…I tried
To do what’s right
You promised me you’d stay but I want more
We let it slip away once before
If you could taste the pain I know
I won’t let you go
Let you go-oh-oh-oh-oh
Nobody here – No one to call
Now I’m on my knees for you
Together we stand – divided we fall
Now I’m on my knees for you
I’m sorry for the never ending lies
I see the truth with one look in your eyes
Just take another chance I know
I won’t let you go
Let you go-oh-oh-oh-oh
You promised me you’d stay but I want more
We let it slip away once before
If you could taste the pain I know
I won’t let you go
Let you go-oh-oh-oh-oh
Nobody here – No one to call
Now I’m on my knees for you
Together we stand – divided we fall
Now I’m on my knees for you
Nobody here – No one to call
Now I’m on my knees for you
Together we stand – divided we fall
Now I’m on my knees for you
Now I’m on my knees for you
Now I’m on my knees for you
THE SURVIVAL
The time has come – the word is out
(This is the uprising – Long live the uprising)
Along the way you’ll hear us shout
(This is the uprising – Long live the uprising)
Unfolding anger our blood begins to boil
Ignoring danger we’ll settle this old score
Riots in the streets – and we FIGHT for the survival
Accepting no defeat – and we FIGHT for the survival
We congregate on hallowed ground
(This is the uprising – Long live the uprising)
To overthrow the sovereign crown
(This is the uprising – Long live the uprising)
Oppressive forces imposing their demands
Aggressive actions – this time we make a stand
Riots in the streets – and we FIGHT for the survival
Accepting no defeat – and we FIGHT for the survival
We’ve suffered for so long – we’ve suffered for so long
But we won’t take it – take it any more
We’ve suffered for so long – we’ve suffered for so long
But we won’t take it – take it any more – ohhhhhhhhhhh
Riots in the streets – and we FIGHT for the survival
Accepting no defeat – and we FIGHT for the survival
FIGHT for honor – FIGHT for glory – FIGHT for freedom – FIGHT forever
FIGHT for honor – FIGHT for glory – FIGHT for freedom – FIGHT forever
FIGHT!