Fountains Of Wayne Lyrics

Mexican Wine lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 change, but I changed my mind

Think I'll have another glass of Mexican wine

She lived alone in a small apartment

Across the street from the health department

She left her pills in the glove compartment

That was the afternoon her heart went

And the sun still shines in the summer time

I'll be yours if you'll be mine

I tried to change, but I changed my mind

Think I'll have another glass of Mexican wine

I used to fly for United Airlines

Then I got fired for reading High Times

My license expired in almost no time

Now I'm retired and I think that's fine

Because the sun still shines in the summer time

I'll be yours if you'll be mine

I tried to change, but I changed my mind

Think I'll have another glass of Mexican wine

Won't you have another glass of Mexican wine?

Bright Future In Sales lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 make it home alive

I'm gonna get my shit together

'Cause I can't live like this forever

You know I've come too far

And I don't want to fail

I got a new computer

And a birght future in sales

Yeah, yeah

A bright future in sales

Yeah, yeah

Heading for the airport on a misty morning

Gonna catch a flight to Baltimore

Try to kill an hour with a whiskey sour

If there's time I might have just one more

I gotta do some quick reading

For the big meeting

But my head is spinning

And I can't quite open my eyes

As long as I don't have to drive

I'm gonna get my shit together

'Cause I can't live like this forever

You know I've come too far

And I don't want to fail

I got a new computer

And a bright future in sales

Yeah, yeah

A bright future in sales

Yeah, yeah

I had a line on a brand new account

But now I can't semm to find

Where I wrote that number down

I try to focus, I'm staring at the screen

Pretending like I know

What all these little flashing lights mean

I gotta do some quick reading

For the big meeting

But my head is spinning

And I can't quite open my eyes

I gotta get my shit together

'Cause I can't live like this forever

You know I've come too far

And I don't want to fail

I got a new computer

And a bright future in sales

Yeah, yeah

A bright future in sales

Yeah, yeah

Stacy's Mom lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

Stacy's mom has got it goin' on [4x]

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 her business trip? (business trip)

Is she there, or is she trying to give me the slip? (give me the slip)

You know, I'm not the little boy that I used to be

I'm all grown up now, baby can't you see

Stacy's mom has got it goin' on

She's all I want and I've waited for so long

Stacy, can't you see you're just not the girl for me

I know it might be wrong, but I'm in love with Stacy's mom

Stacy's mom has got it goin' on [2x]

Stacy, do you remember when I mowed your lawn? (mowed your lawn)

Your mom came out with just a towel on (towel on)

I could tell she liked me from the way she stared (the way she stared)

And the way she said, "You missed a spot over there." (a spot over there)

And I know that you think it's just a fantasy

But since your dad walked out, your mom could use a guy like me

Stacy's mom has got it goin' on

She's all I want, and I've waited for so long

Stacy, can't you see you're just not the girl for me

I know it might be wrong, but I'm in love with Stacy's mom

Stacy's mom has got it goin' on (she's got it goin' on)

She's all I want and I've waited for so long (waited and waited),

Stacy can't you see you're just not the girl for me,

I know it might be wrong...

I'm in love with Stacy's mom, oh, oh

I'm in love with Stacy's mom, oh, oh (wait a minute)

Stacy can't you see you're just not the girl for me,

I know it might be wrong, but I'm in love with Stacy's mom

Hackensack lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 your 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

As long as I need to

And if you ever get back to Hackensack

I'll be here for you

I used to work in a record store

Now I work for my dad

Scraping the paint off of hard wood floors

The hours are pretty bad

Sometimes I wonder where you are

Probably in L.A.

That seems to be where everybody else ends up these days

But I will wait for you

As long as I need to

And if you ever get back to Hackensack

I'll be here for you

And I will wait for you

As long as I need to

And if you ever get back to Hackensack

I'll be here for you

If you ever get back to Hackensack

I'll be here for you

No Better Place lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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, painted your face

And now you're leaving New York

For no better place

You're awake and trying not to be

Wrapped around your pillow like a prawn

And the nighttime's wrapped around you

Will be until it drops you on the dawn

>From the C train to the shiny tower

Kicked around til happy hour found you

Where you can drink that smirk right off your face

And now you're leaving New York

For no better place

And here is your reflection

In a building uptown

A ghost inside some Madison Avenue display

Like water under bridges

You're slowly passing by

As you sail between the rooftops and the sky

And the bourbon sits inside me

Right now I'm a puppet in its sway

And it may be the whiskey talking

But the whiskey says I miss you every day

So I taxi to an all-night party

Park me in the corner in an old chair

Sip my drink and stare out into space

And now you're leaving New York

For no better place

Valley Winter Song lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 wait

So give it a rest girl

Take a deep breath girl

And meet me at the Bay State tonight

And the snow is coming down

On our New England town

And it's been falling all day long

What else is new

What could I do

I wrote a valley winter song

To play for you

And late December

Can drag a man down

You feel it deep in your gut

Short days and afternoons spent pottering around

In a dark house with the windows painted shut

Remember New York

Staring outside

As reckless winter made its way

From Staton Island to the Upper West Side

Whiting out our streets along the way

And the snow is coming down

On our New England town

And it's been falling all day long

What else is new

What can I do

But sing this valley winter song

I wrote for you

All Kinds Of Time lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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

All kinds of time

He's got all kinds of time

All kinds of time

He takes a step back

He's under attack

But he knows that no one can touch him now

He seems so at ease

A strange inner peace

Is all that he's feeling somehow

He's got all kinds of time

All kinds of time

He's got all kinds of time

All kinds of time

[Bridge]

He thinks of his mother

He thinks of his bride-to-be

He thinks of his father

His two younger brothers

Gathered around the widescreen TV

He looks to the left

He looks to the right

And there in a golden ray of light

Is his open man

Just as he planned

The whole world is his tonight

Little Red Light lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 right

It's not fair

I'm still a mess

And you still don't care

I go to work

I come back home

But you're still gone

And I'm still alone

And the little red light's not blinking

No, no the little red light's not blinking

On my big black plastic Japanese cordless phone

Oh no

Stuck in a meeting on Monday night

Trying to get the numbers to come out right

I'm getting tired, I think I just might need a drink

And as I'm reaching in the bottom drawer

I'm dreaming 'bout the way it was before

Life was so easy I never really had to think

It's not right

It's not fair

I'm still a mess

And you still don't care

I go to sleep

When I wake up

The pain sets in

And it never stops

And the little red light's not blinking

No, no the little red light's not blinking

On the desktop mailbox of my big black laptop

Oh no

It's not right

It's not fair

I'm still a mess

And you still don't care

I go to work

I come back home

But you're still gone

And I'm still alone

And the little red light's not blinking

No, no the little red light's not blinking

On my big black Radio Shack digital portable phone

Oh no

Hey Julie lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 trip me up

Trying to wear me down

Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it

And I'd never make it through without you around

Hours on the phone making pointless calls

I got a desk full of papers that means nothing at all

Sometimes I catch myself staring into space

Counting down the hours 'til I get to see your face

Hey Julie,

Look what they're doing to me

Trying to trip me up

Trying to wear me down

Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it

And I'd never make it through without you around

No, I'd never make it through without you around

[Bridge]

How did it come to be

That you and I must be

Far away from each other every day?

Why must I spend my time

Filling up my mind

With facts and figures that never add up anyway?

They never add up anyway

Working all day for a mean little guy

With a bad toupee and a soup-stained tie

He's got me running 'round the office

Like a gerbil on a wheel

He can tell me what to do

But he can't tell me what to feel

Hey Julie,

Look what they're doing to me

Trying to trip me up

Trying to wear me down

Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it

And I'd never make it through without you around

No, I'd never make it through without you around

Halley's Waitress lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 long

So long

Darling don't you know

We miss you when you're gone

So long

Darling don't you know

We miss you when you're gone

Ahhh

Halley's waitress

Has vanished once again

She's talking to her agent

She's calling all her friends

Forget about the coffee

I'll just take a check

Halley's waitress

You know you'll get yours yet

It's been so long

So long

Darling don't you know

We miss you when you're gone

So long

Darling don't you know

We miss you when you're gone

Ahhh

Hung Up On You lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 under the stars

Driving crooked down the highway

Drinking beer in roadside bars

And now and then I wonder

Why this painful memory

Can never find its way to you from me

And I can't dial the phone just now

Even though I know your number

Can't bring my broken heart to be untrue

Like you did today

You'll say goodbye the same old way

Ever since you hung up on me

I'm hung up on you

Well the house I'm ringing up from

Is a half a mile from you

But with the reception I'm getting

Might as well be Timbuktu

And behind the door of your home

Is a strange and foreign land

Where you speak a language I don't understand

And I can't dial the phone just now

Even though I know your number

Can't bring my broken heart to be untrue

Like you did today

You'll say goodbye the same old way

Ever since you hung up on me

I'm hung up on you

Now I'm going down to Jimmy's bar

Like a thousand other times

With an appetite for poison

And a suitcase full of dimes

And I'll wait there by the payphone

With one hundred other guys

With those sorry hung-up teardrops in our eyes

And I can't dial the phone just now

Even though I know your number

Can't bring my broken heart to be untrue

Like you did today

You'll say goodbye the same old way

Ever since you hung up on me

I'm hung up on you

Fire Island lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 feathers all come out

While our parents are on Fire Island

We're old enough by now

To take care of each other

We don't need no babysitter

We don't need no father or mother

We're old enough by now

Don't worry 'bout a thing

Don't you remember

Last December

When you went to Steamboat Springs?

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

Peace And Love lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 singing

Peace and love

That's all I'm thinking of baby

Peace and love

Lying on the floor just playing my guitar

Trying to find the chords for "Just The Way You Are"

Plane crash flashing on my TV

Well it could have been you, baby

It could have been me

We'll never live forever

But baby things could be worse

Cause when we get together we are one with the Universe

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont

Open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant

Got crazy karma, never harmed a single soul

So if you want to join me then together we'll grow old singing

Peace and love

That's all I'm thinking of baby

Peace and love

Bought For A Song lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 stump for the man

And down in the valley we crawl in the alley

Who knew the 101 was so long?

Before you get sold, you get bought for a song

Sake in aluminum cans

It fell in the wrong hands

And now we're chewing the scene

Stumbling out of the Lexington Queen

Walking through a German hotel

And not walking very well

I gotta get to the van

Excuse me, I'm weaving as fast as I can

And Tom won't admit he got lost in the city

He's saying that the directions are wrong

Before you get sold, you get bought for a song

Supercollider lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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

You never know what you will find

When you go

Out of the blackness

Into the great big sky

Supercollider

Shooting inside your mind

Gather round the gas tower

Don't it kinda look like a bong

I heard it backwards

Hidden in a Pink Floyd song

Stella Radiata

It's got to set your mind at ease

Spinning on the tire swing

Flying like Tarzan through the trees

And back to the bus when the sun goes down

Try to aim it back into town

We're riding

Out of the blackness

Into the great big sky

Supercollider

Shooting inside your mind

And coriander grows along the banks where we go walking along at night

Creeping slowly over the ground

We tiptoe round the garden

Trying not to tramp it down

Stay low to the ground or they'll sniff you out

You never know what you will find

When you go

Out of the blackness

Into the great big sky

Supercollider

Shooting inside your mind

Yours And Mine lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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

Utopia Parkway lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 while I'm waiting for my time to come

I'm gonna get a little shopping done

I'll get some paper and a staple gun

And put my name in front of everyone

I got it made

I got it down

I am the king of this goddamn town

I'm on my own

I'm on my way

Down Utopia Parkway

Gonna let my hair grow down my back

Gonna brace myself for the big attack

And they'll never know what hit them when I'm gone

Red Dragon Tattoo lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 me

I got it for you

So now do you want me?

With nothing to prove

Will you be my honey?

oh yeah

In you I confide

Red dragon tattoo

I'm fit to be dyed

Am I fit to have you?

I hear the man say you want to see the others

A mermaid and a heart that says mother

But I don't know from maritime

And I never did hard time

I brought a .38 Special CD collection

Some bactine to prevent infection

And in case I get queasy

A photo of Easy Rider

Red dragon tattoo

Is just about on me

I got it for you

So now do you want me?

With nothing to prove

Will you be my honey?

oh yeah

In you I confide

Red dragon tattoo

I'm fit to be dyed

Am I fit to have you?

Now will you stop pretending I've never been born

Now I look a little more like that guy from KorN

If you came a little bit closer

You'd see it isn't painted on

Oh no no no

Red dragon tattoo

Is just about on me

I got it for you

So now do you want me?

With nothing to prove

Will you be my honey?

oh yeah

In you I confide

Red dragon tattoo

I'm fit to be dyed

Am I fit to have you?

In you I confide

Red dragon tattoo

I'm fit to be dyed

Am I fit to have you?

Denise lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 tell me

Do you love me Denise?

Whoa-oh

Do you love me Denise?

Oh baby tell me please

(do ya do ya ah-oh do ya do ya)

I heard she used to be married

She listens to Puff Daddy

She works at Liberty Travel

She got a heart made of gravel

(sha la la la la la la)

She controls me

(sha la la la la la la)

She can't help herself

(sha la la la la la la)

Won't you tell me

Do you love me Denise?

Whoa-oh

Do you love me Denise?

Oh baby tell me please

(do ya do ya ah-oh do ya do ya)

Hat And Feet lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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

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'm just a hat and feet

I'm just a sitting duck

That ran out of luck

I'm the unhappy guy

That didn't look up high

I started running when I saw it coming

It got faster and louder til I took a powder

Now

I'm just a hat and feet

That's what become of me

Flat on the sidewalk

Stuck to the street

I'm just a hat and feet

The Valley Of Malls lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 twenty and change

And we're leaving all the road for dead

We're getting tired of the twists and turns

You gotta go when human nature calls

We're driving, we're driving

Through the valley of malls

And God forgive the passengers if we should fail

To find a penny fountain of a half-off sale

I need a merchant

I've just started searching for the Holy Grail

Fighting for the freedom from a common bond

To be a barracuda in the guppy pond

So little time for so many things to try on

And we're leaving all the road for dead

We're getting tired of the twists and turns

You gotta go when human nature calls

We're driving, we're driving

Through the valley of malls

Troubled Times lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

When you think you've found something worth holding onto

Were you reaching for attention, hoping she would notice you

Collecting bottles and thrown-away cans

Like she was returnable

One day would refill your hands?

How she loved you, all you imagined

Fit so well into your plans

Maybe one day soon it'll all come out

How you dream about each other sometimes

With the memory of how you once gave up

But you made it through the troubled times

Pining away every hour in your room

Rolling with the motion, waiting til it's opportune

Sitting there watching time fly past you

Why do tomorrow

What you could never do?

How she loved you

All you imagined

All the shit you put her through

Maybe one day soon it'll all come out

How you dream about each other sometimes

With the memory of how you once gave up

But you made it through the troubled times

And it takes a lot of nerve to ask how she's doing

Start with a weak foundation, you will end in ruins

The way the days and hours pass you'll never understand

Falling like rain through your hands

Maybe one day soon it'll all come out

How you dream about each other sometimes

With the memory of how you once gave up

But you made it through the troubled times

Go, Hippie lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 you could do, like

Crossing in between the greens

Just because you want to

Not because you ought to

Oh, how can you ever explain

They can never feel your pain

Neither can you

Mr. crabtree

Sits in the window

He sees a lot, but he don't know

That was you across the yard

Throwing brownies at his car

Sweet hippie

Keeping your head low

Around the car park you swing low

Some days it all falls down around you

Some days you fall down in the snow while

Crossing in between the greens

Just because you want to

Not because you ought to

Oh, how can you ever explain

They can never feel your pain

Neither can you

A Fine Day For A Parade lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 tight

Years ago she lost her daughter

Off to a sacred order

Where they got stoned and worked the earth

Clears up her head with bourbon

Cause beer is so suburban

And declasse for what it's worth

She drinks it down down down

For all the old old days

She's thinking of it now

It's nice to get away

But what a fine day for a parade

She stays up mending curtains

Until her fingers hurt, and

You can get so bored of it all

No one can say for certain

She'll never safely know when

An asteroid will kill us all

She drinks it down down down

For all the old old days

She's thinking of it now

It's nice to get away

But what a fine day for a parade

Amity Gardens lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 want to go

If you knew now what you knew then

You wouldn't want to go to Amity Gardens again

It isn't very much, but

for now it's home

A room in the shadow of a funny-looking man

On the phone to the bank about a default loan

I thank you very much

Ta ta we'll be in touch

And if you knew now what you knew then

You wouldn't want to go home

Wouldn't want to go

If you knew now what you knew then

You wouldn't want to go to Amity Gardens again

Where you came from

And act like you tried

Cause somethings are better kept

Deep down inside

But you'rs not driving

You're along for the ride

Just checking out the scene

And taking in the green

Laser Show lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 tunes

We're going straight to the dark side of the moon

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

We're gonna sit back, relax, watch the stars

James and Jason, Kirk and Lars

We're gonna make our way across the galaxy

And then we'll head home back on the L.I.E.

Lost In Space lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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

And I can't understand a word she says

And I don't know why she's such a mess

And I can't get through no matter what I do

But I love her anyway

And she walks the earth

But she's not from the human race

She's a pretty little thing but she's lost

Yeah she's lost in space

And I can't understand a word she says

And I don't know why she's such a mess

And I can't get through no matter what I do

But I love her anyway

I'd try to talk to her

But it seems like such a waste

Cause she's a pretty little thing but she's lost

Yeah she's lost in space

Prom Theme lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 rent expensive cars

And dream our dreams

Of a perfect night

And we'll sing our prom theme

Here we are at last

We're running out of gas

The air is getting thick

The girls are feeling sick

We'll pass out on the beach

Our keys just out of reach

And soon we'll say goodbye

Then we'll work until we die

But tonight we feel like stars

We'll play our air guitars

Cause we're eighteen

It's a perfect night

To sing our prom theme

It Must Be Summer lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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

But she's not sure

So I call your mother

On Long Island Sound

She said it must be summer

Cause you're never around

And the sun is beating me senseless

I feel defenseless like a dying lamb

I don't wan't to lie by the oceanside

Don't want to play in the sand

Can't you understand?

It must be summer

Cause the streets are bare

And I try your number

But you're just not therer

And the sun keeps shining

'Til it's dead and gone

And it must be summer

Cause I can't go on

And the sun is beating me senseless

I feel defenseless like a dying lamb

I don't wan't to lie by the oceanside

Don't want to play in the sand

Can't you understand?

Senator's Daughter lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 in love with the senator's daughter

I'm floating away

On oceans of grey-blue water

I'm rising above

I'm falling in love with the senator's daughter

Crossing gaurds star traffic jams

Soccer moms drive minivans

No one sees the anchor man on the instant replay

What does she say?

She say

Sha la la la la la

She say

Sha la la la la la

I'm floating away

On oceans of grey-blue water

I'm rising above

I'm falling in love with the senator's daughter

I'm floating away

On oceans of grey-blue water

I'm rising above

I'm falling in love with the senator's daughter

Radiation Vibe lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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

I'm groovin on

Don't it make you want to get some sun?

Shine on, shine on, shine on

I went to Pittsburgh

And joined a pro team

Talk about a bad dream

I broke a knee

But I can still croon

And make the girls swoon

Isn't that the way life's

Supposed to be?

But now it's time to say

What I forgot to say

Baby, baby, baby

Come on, what's wrong?

It's a radiation vibe

I'm groovin on

Don't it make you want to get some sun?

Shine on, shine on, shine on

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

I'm groovin'

Don't it make you want to get some sun?

Shine on, shine on, shine on

Baby, baby, baby

Come on, what's wrong?

It's a radiation vibe

I'm groovin on

Don't it make you want to get some sun?

Shine on, shine on, shine on

Sink To The Bottom lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 might as well just sink down 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

I just wanna

Out on the highway,

up in the air

Everyone else is going somewhere

They're going nowhere,

and I'll be there too

I might as well go under 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

The ocean is big and blue

I just wanna sink to the bottom with you

I just wanna

Joe Rey lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 he's so in demand

He stays out late in the city sometimes, sometimes

Joey Rey smokes at three

Barks like a pigeon

And watches TV

He's cool, cool, cool, cooler

than I am

He knows what I don't know

Got seventeen different words for snow that he signs

Signs to a deaf girl named Diane

Joe Rey is not so pretty

I can't understand why he's so in demand

He stays out late in the city sometimes, sometimes

Joe Rey is not so pretty

I can't understand why he's so in demand

He stays out late in the city sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes

Joe Rey came from Spain

Across the ocean in the frozen rain

And he loves

Point point pointing the finger

Joe Rey loves

Point point pointing the finger

Joe Rey loves

Point point pointing the finger

Joe Rey loves

Point point pointing the finger

She's Got A Problem lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 keep an eye on (Ahhh ahhh ahhh)

Every time she goes outside

She barely gets home alive

She's got a problem

And she's gonna do something dumb

Oh yeah (oh yeah)

And I can see the signs

Oh yeah (oh yeah)

Cause she's only killing time

Oh yeah (oh yeah)

And she's not long for this world

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

She's got a problem

And she's gonna do something dumb

Survival Car lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 coast towns

Plowing like a banshee through

The overground

Funny how the ground can find my wheels

I'm going where the road won't dare

And only riding on the path we made

To Union Square

Everybody hit the ground

I think I might have missed my calling

Everybody turn around

The light's about to change

You better stand aside

Why you wanna walk

Don't you want to ride ride ride ride

Don't you wanna ride in my

Survival car

We can take the long way home

Funny how the ground can find my wheels

I'm going where the road won't there

And only riding on the path we made

To Union Square

And only riding on the path we made

Riding on the path we made

To Union Square

Don't you wanna ride in my

Survival car

We can take the long way home

Barbara H. lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 go

And now all day the radio's been playing the same song

Can't shake that tune but it's ok

Maybe the world isn't so small

Barbara knows it doesn't matter at all

And each day Barbara wakes up in a bad way

Tells me quietly she has absolutely nothing to say

But I don't seem to mind

She says she won't listen to the band play

She hates songs that never seem to go away

Now neither will mine

And now all day the radio's been playing the same song

Can't shake that tune but it's ok

Maybe the world isn't so small

Barbara knows it doesn't matter at all

And now all day the radio's been playing the same song

Can't shake that tune but it's ok

Maybe the world isn't so small,

Barbara knows it doesn't matter at all

Barbara knows

it doesn't matter at all

Sick Day lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 becoming one again

And she's making the scene

With the coffee and cream

And the copy machine's not working

She's a hell of a girl

She's alone in the world

And she likes to say hey good lookin'

She's on her way

She's taking a sick day..soon

And here is the man pushing paper past her

Thinks up ways to make the day go faster

But the day goes on and on

He dreams of his lawn

And all about

the pretty careerist

the next cube over

The fat secretary,

the lunchtime lovers

'Til the path train finally comes

The platform's full of bums again

And she's making the scene

With the coffee and cream

And the copy machine's not working

She's a hell of a girl

She's alone in the world

And she likes to say hey good lookin'

She's on her way

She's taking a sick day..soon

And she's taking her time

As she's tossing a dime

At the man in the cardboard coffin

It doesn't have to be fine

She's ahead of the line

And doesn't have to be here too often

She's making a play

She's taking a sick day..soon

I've Got A Flair lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 got a knack for getting things undone

And I got a way of ruining your fun

All the time

I've got a flair

For holding a stare

And holding you downtown

Oh yeah, oh yeah

It's something I can tell

Well you know I never meant to hurt no one

But I got a knack for getting things undone

And I got a way of ruining your fun

All the time

I've got a flair

For getting in your hair

And making you crazy

Oh yeah, oh yeah

It's something I do well

Leave The Biker lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 beard from the seafood special

Oh can't you see my world is falling apart?

Baby please, leave the biker

Leave the biker, break his heart

Baby please, leave the biker

Leave the biker, break his heart

Now his friend leans over and says

Looks like we got us a fag

I wonder if that guy's read one word

That wasn't in a porno mag

And I wonder if he ever has cried

Cause his kitten got run over and died

He's got his arms around every man's dream

And crumbs in his beard from the seafood special

Oh can't you see my world is falling apart

Baby please leave the biker

Leave the biker, break his heart

Baby please leave the biker

Leave the biker, break his heart

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

He crumbs in his beard from the seafood special

Oh can't you see my world is falling apart

Baby please leave the biker

Leave the biker, break his heart

Baby please leave the biker

Leave the biker, break his heart

You Curse At Girls lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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's gone

Hey boy, you can bet it

You'll be blue

Each time you curse at girls

You curse a little at yourself

Don't you know a girl gets angry

Hey boy, don't you get it

One day, you're gonna regret it when she's gone

Hey boy, you can bet it

You'll be blue

They say you curse at girls

Don't you know it isn't right

Please Don't Rock Me Tonight lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 suffers too

Baby, please don't rock me tonight

Please don't rock me tonight

I'm not in the mood

I didn't mean to make the trendy guy mad

But the feeling I'm immersed in now

Can only turn a good party bad

Somehow, somehow

You know it isn't easy to do

When the DJ isn't humming

A part of me suffers too

Baby, please don't rock me tonight

Please don't rock me tonight

I'm not in the mood

And you know it isn't easy to do

When the DJ isn't humming

A part of me suffers too

Baby, please don't rock me tonight

Please don't rock me tonight

I'm not in the mood

Please don't rock me tonight

I'm not in the mood

Please don't rock me tonight

I'm not in the mood

Everything's Ruined lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

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 to know

You ought to know

There's only one way this can go

You ought to know

All of the ups and downs,

the highs and lows

Slow down

There's gonna be trouble

You're gonna forget

What you're doing

One false move, baby

Suddenly everything's ruined

One false move, baby

Suddenly everything's ruined

Fountains Of Wayne other songs:

Tell Me What You Already Did lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

(from "Robots: The Movie" soundtrack)

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

(Tell me what you already did)

(What you already did, what you already did)

Tell me to hear about your plans

Just give me the bottom line kid

(Line kid)

Don't tell me what you could've done or what you should've done

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

(Tell me what you already did)

(What you already did, what you already did)

I need results, I need straight answers

If I wanna fancy fool, look I would've hired a dancer, oh

I don't think you understand

A break like this is hard to find kid

(Find 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

(Tell me what you already did)

(What you already did, what you already did)

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

(Tell me what you already did)

(What you already did, what you already did)

Tell me what you already did

Trucks lyrics - Fountains Of Wayne

This next song is about trucks

It's called "Trucks"

I'm sittin' in this living room just playin' my guitar

And now there comes a rumblin' sound from I dunno how far

I go right to the window 'til she comes into view

There's no one, nowhere, anyhow loves trucks the way I do

(Get rollin')

Big trucks and little trucks and long trucks and tall

Old trucks and new trucks, delivery or long haul

Silver trucks and rusty trucks and every truck you see

As long as it's a truck, well it's just fine by me

(Downshift, gin' uphill)

Far back as I remember, it's always been this way

Whenever I see most any truck it makes a better day

In every size and color, for anything you need

And oh, I like the music when they're shiftin' up to speed

(Skip change)

Big trucks and little trucks and long trucks and tall

Old trucks and new trucks, delivery or long haul

Silver trucks and rusty trucks and every truck you see

As long as it's a truck, well it's just fine by me

(Roll it into fifth)

There's nothin' like a pickup truck for winding dusty roads

And you can't beat a trailer truck for any heavy load

And if I had a firetruck then you could clang the bell

I'd be just fine with any truck as anyone can tell

(Open it up)

Big trucks and little trucks and long trucks and tall

Old trucks and new trucks, delivery or long haul

Silver trucks and rusty trucks and every truck you see

As long as it's a truck, well it's just fine by me

(One mile to go)

I dream about the open road and travellin' many days

And meetin' many people and all their many ways

I dream about forgotten roads and finding where they go

Tonight I'll sleep inside my truck, this is what I know

(Bring it home)

Big trucks and little trucks and long trucks and tall

Old trucks and new trucks, delivery or long haul

Silver trucks and rusty trucks and every truck you see

As long as it's a truck, well it's just fine by me

Too Cool For School lyrics - Fountains of Wayne

[from "Scary Movie" soundtrack]

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 got one eye open and his ear to the ground
And he's too cool for school

He's an operator
He's a real player
And if you mess with him
You know you'll never win
He's an instigator
Enemy eliminator
And when he knocks you better
You better let him in

He's got his own way of getting things done
He's always looking out for number one
Don't try to beat him cause he's already won
And he's too cool for school

He's an operator
he's a real player
And if you mess with him
You know you'll never win
He's an instigator
Enemy eliminator
And when he knocks you better
You better let him in

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

Because he's too cool for school

Because he's too cool for school

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