Last Man Dancing

The First Year of The Distractions




Crystal Palace


Distractions


Goodbye Michelle


Lonely Worlds


American Gossip


Flashlight Love


Can’t Live Forever


Hang On Sloopy


Big Town


My Revolution


A Very Merry Christmas


Crystal Palace Strings






















































































Crystal Palace


Let’s have a drink together at the crystal palace
when the war is over

Let’s shoot the moon with a smile
through the smoke and the fire
when the gun’s have fallen

What do you think about it
yeah do you think about it

Do you think you’ll see me again
even though we’re fighting my friend
Do you think you’ll see me again
sitting in the crystal palace

Now the battle is over but the war is beginning
I don’t think i can dream again
when the nighttime comes and the star’s are out
all I see is you again
What do you think about it
yeah do you think about it

Do you think you’ll see me again
even though we’re fighting my friend
Do you think you’ll see me again
sitting in the crystal palace

I’ve been thinking about you so long
I’ve been thinking it’s time
for you to come home

What do you think about it
yeah do you think about it

Do you think you’ll see me again
even though we’re fighting my friend
Do you think you’ll see me again
sitting in the crystal palace




Distractions


Friday night and I’m feeling uptight
I’ve got my best suit on but I don’t know
where I’m going
It’s been a week since it all went down
I’ve got a smile on my face
but way deep down I am drowning

So i’m gonna call my friends tonight
They will make it all alright
I feel like getting drunk again
That’s the only way I can forget
about you

I need some distractions
I wanna go dancin
I’m gonna turn it way up loud tonight
I’m gonna spend my money
even though I haven’t got any
But that’s okay because tomorrow
I’ll be free

Monday morning and the weekend’s gone
I stagger in like a jobless man to work
with eyes half open
But come lunch they will open wide
and that vision to go back in time will be
all you see now

So you better call your friend’s tonight
They will make it all alright
I feel like getting drunk again
That’s the only way I can forget
about you

I need some distractions
I wanna go dancin
I’m gonna turn it way up loud tonight
I’m gonna spend my money
even though I haven’t got any
But that’s okay because tomorrow
I’ll be free




Goodbye Michelle


Eye to eye but we never talk about it
I know there’s something wrong and I can’t see
around it
We used to kiss like fire but now your cold and tired
Cmon and tell me baby will we ever dance
like that again

I don’t know
and I don’t care
I’m not gonna try and fix a broken affair

So Goodbye michelle
you’ll never see me again
Goodbye michelle
go ahead and walk in the rain
Goodbye michelle
good love ain’t easy to find
when you have’nt got the time

Michelle’s a little tired
she don’t wanna talk about it
she takes it out on me
I can’t see around it
she says she hates her job
her boss is such an asshole
well I got news for her
I’ve been working hard to

She don’t notice
she don’t care
she ain’t gonna try and fix a broken affair

So Goodbye michelle
you’ll never see me again
Goodbye michelle
go ahead and walk in the rain
Goodbye michelle
good love ain’t easy to find
when you have’nt got the time

Oh Michelle are you leaving again
Oh Michelle where will you go
where will you stay

So Goodbye michelle
you’ll never see me again
Goodbye michelle
go ahead and walk in the rain
Goodbye michelle
good love ain’t easy to find
when you have’nt got the time




Lonely Worlds


He knows what to do
to make me feel blue
he thinks that I am just
part of his gang

I’m not what you think
I know it sounds mean
but I care about one thing
and baby that’s me

Then why late at night
when I’m lying awake
the moon is bright but it’s
dark without you

That’s just the curse
of loving too much
but you won’t find that out
until you hate me

But no matter what happens
I’ll be ok
and as the year’s pass by
I know I’ll still miss you someday

I’m a bad boy
she’s a good girl
and we live in our
lonely worlds

I’m a bad girl
he’s a good boy
and we live in our
lonely worlds

I saw her last night
under the light of the sky
she looked like the devil
through my angel eyes

That’s who I am
my blood is cold
your not the kind of boy
who can warm it up
Baby give me a chance
baby give me this dance
I promise tonight
i can make you happy

That’s just the curse
of loving too much
but you won’t find that out
until you hate me

But no matter what happens
I’ll be ok
and as the year’s pass by
I know I’ll still miss you someday

I’m a bad boy
she’s a good girl
and we live in our
lonely worlds

I’m a bad girl
he’s a good boy
and we live in our
lonely worlds




American Gossip


The light’s go out and the T.V. get’s brighter
everybody crowd around for american gossip
now your only seventeen and the world’s about to begin
In the light of the T.V. screen we’re all gonna fade away

You got your demands but you ain’t got no offers
and the money in your pocket goes right to the problem
the world keeps turning around
but you feel like your standing still
in the light of the T.V. screen we’re all gonna fade away

It’s on my radio(On my radio)
It’s on my T.V. screen(On my T.V. screen)
It’s in the magazines(In the magazines)
It’s everywhere I see(everywhere I see)

This world is falling down around me
This world will break me out tonight

Now you get where your going with a push of a button
you don’t need perfection all you need is the money
I’m going out to a picture show
I’ll let the darkness calm me down
outside the world is a mess
I want to run and hide

It’s on my radio(On my radio)
It’s on my T.V. screen(On my T.V. screen)
It’s in the magazines(In the magazines)
It’s everywhere I see(everywhere I see)

This world is falling down around me
This world will break me out tonight




Flashlight Love


I can’t see my baby cause her parents are home
her daddy don’t like me cause of what I done
he don’t jive with me cause I rock and roll
and I’ve been kicked out of every school

I hit her with that flashlight love
under the covers when the lights go out
I hit her with that flashlight love
flashlight love

I get off work and I drive to you house
I park outside until the sun goes down
small towns like this don’t miss a thing
so we tiptoe around while thier all asleep

A rock at the window got me caught last time
I told your dad I’d never do it again but
I do it anyway
I do it anyway
I do it anyway

I hit her with that flashlight love
under the covers when the lights go out
I hit her with that flashlight love
flashlight love




Can’t Live Forever


Chances can be taken everyday
cause giving up ain’t the way to win
oh fight like a rebel and die in the sun
yeah the life we chose sometimes it means dying

You can’t live forever
if your gonna live fast
can’t live forever
if your gonna live fast
so break down the walls
and jump right out
can’t live forever
if your gonna live fast

Catch a break then ride it out again
life is unforgiving so they say
but I won’t settle down for little things
I’m gonna shine like a fire and burnout
in the end

You can’t live forever
if your gonna live fast
can’t live forever
if your gonna live fast
so break down the walls
and jump right out
can’t live forever
if your gonna live fast

This is the only life for me
I wanna sing, sing, sing
till the night comes
and the streets are quiet
that’s when the world cvan hear
hear this rebel song

Catch a break then ride it out again
life is unforgiving so they say
but I won’t settle down for little things
I’m gonna shine like a fire and burnout
in the end

You can’t live forever
if your gonna live fast
can’t live forever
if your gonna live fast
so break down the walls
and jump right out
can’t live forever
if your gonna live fast




Big Town


There ain’t no time like the time we got now
your either livin, your dyin or you don’t
do nothing at all, sit around and stall
barstool’s and taxicab’s and drinkin all night
long

That’s my little rock n roll queen
on the outside she looks like a dream
but a nightmare lies inside
just a little girl trying to fill a pair of
these big town shoes

So I asked her why she moved to hollywood
this is what that little girl said to me

She said,
when you live in a small town
you die in a small town
when you love in a small town
there ain’t nowhere to go but down

So now she’s just another girl
livin in a big town
just another girl
trying to make the rounds
steppin on stones of boys like me

There ain’t no time like the time we’ve got now
your always sittin and thinkin bout how
everything goes down, up and all around, until
your head is spinning and your lying on the ground

That’s my little rock n roll dream
we’ve all got one you know what I mean
staying up all night, drinkin till the light.
trying to fight off everything that holds you
down in sight.

So I asked myself why I stay in hollywood
and this is what I said to me

I said,
when you live in a small town
you die in a small town
when you love in a small town
there ain’t nowhere to go but down

So now i’m just another boy
living in a big town
just another boy trying to make the rounds
steppin on hearts of girls like you

So I asked her why she moved to hollywood
this is what that little girl said to me

She said,
when you live in a small town
you die in a small town
when you love in a small town
there ain’t nowhere to go but down

So now she’s just another girl
livin in a big town
just another girl
trying to make the rounds
steppin on stones of boys like me
I’m steppin on hearts of girls like her
were ruining lives of people like us
somewhere in a big town




My Revolution


This is my revolution
this is my revolution
this is my revolution

they look at me funny
when I walk down the street
I can tell that they think I didn’t
pay for my shoes
I’ve given up on the whole damn world
no teacher’s or girlfriends can understand
me

In the hallways i get stares
but I stare right back
have you ever met a boy who
doesn’t care about it
you break me to pieces but I
pick them back up cause I’m not
prepared to go falling down now

This is my revolution
this is my revolution
this is my revolution
doing what we want is
what we’re doing

They talk about living while
they all die away
talk don’t mean nothing till you
get on the street
then you see the poorman do the
rich man’s will
talk is cheap but it get’s expensive

I should be at work but I’m lying in bed
my phone has been ringing right off of
the hook.
don’t be mad cause i’m hanging out with me
sometimes my company is better than yours
yeah

This is my revolution
this is my revolution
this is my revolution
doing what we want is
what we’re doing




A Very Merry Christmas


Christmas time is here again
Drinkin starts in the middle of the week
I hope your drunk or drunk as me
Cause I’ve got nothing under my tree
I just wanna have some fun
Get real high like santa does
Snowman out in the middle of the yard
Smokin that pipe and winkin his eye
It’s a very merry christmas
A verry merry christmas
I’ts a very merry christmas
A verry merry christmas
Open up your presents and sing
I’ts a merry christmas
Merry christmas
I’ts a merry christmas
Merry christmas
I’ts a very merry christmas this year
Hey there’s mom she’s cookin it up
Where is daddy he’s drunk again
Grandpa drank all the eggnog clean
It’s time for the family fight to begin
I just wanna have some fun
Get real high like santa does
Snowman out in the middle of the yard
Smokin that pipe and winkin his eye
I’ts a very merry christmas
A very merry christmas
I’ts a very merry christmas
A very merry christmas
Open up your presents and sing
I’ts a merry christmas
Merry christmas
I’ts a merry christmas
Merry christmas
I’ts a very merry christmas this year

Rudolph with your nose so bright
Don’t crash into my house tonight
last year I wasnt quite this nice
So im hopin this year I make the list
I just wanna have some fun
Get real high like santa does
Snowman out in the middle of the yard
Tippin his hat and winkin that eye

I’ts a very merry christmas
A very merry christmas
I’ts a very merry christmas
A very merry christmas
Open up your presents and sing
I’ts a merry christmas
Merry christmas
I’ts a merry christmas
Merry christmas
I’ts a very merry christmas this year
This year
This year
This year
This year…..