Am am am am am I, am I, am I wasting your time?
Lemon, lemon, lemon, tasting your lime
Shoe shine, shoe shine, shoe shine, making shoes shine
I was taking out the garbage when I saw a piece of cabbage
And he was telling me to get a real life
Imagine that, a piece of cabbage can substitute for a head of lettuce
But never give good advice

So watch me, watch me, watch me while I watch you
Thinking, thinking, thinking what should I do?
Shoe shine, shoe shine, shoe shine, making shoes new
I was cleaning out my trashcan when I swear I heard the sandman
And he was telling me to get a real life
Imagine that, I heard the sandman, who doesn't even exist
And he was offering me, offering me advice

Well, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a mountain you climb
Take me, take me, take me I'm mine
It feels, it feels like I'm wasting your time

Worlds of possibility are open to me presently
Except the world where I get along with everybody else
And books and books could be written about the time that I spent sitting
Wondering when I'm gonna stand up for myself, self, self

Am I, am am I, am I, am I wasting your time?
Lemon, lemon, lemon, tasting your lime
Shoe shine, shoe shine, shoe shine, making shoes shine
I was watching DNA genes when I saw Mr. Green Jeans
And he was telling me to get a real life
Imagine that, Mr. Green Jeans, doesn't even have his own TV show
And he was offering me, offering me advice

So confess, confess, confess to me your crime
Is it, is it, is it awful like mine?
It feels, it feels like I'm wasting your time

So, so, so, so confess, confess, confess to me your crime
Is it, is it, is it awful like mine?
It feels, it feels like I'm wasting your time

Speaking of the truth, I like to hear that once in a while
And I'll even listen to all your vanity
Utter lies are like butterflies
They just both die in a couple of days

Yeah, show me all your proof, put it right in front of my eyes
And I'll even listen to all your vanity
Utter lies are like butterflies
They just both die in a couple of days

And what's in me and what's in you?  We're just bricks on the floor
Solid ground for standing when we kick down the door
And it leaves my heart room for expanding on you
It gets to me, but you don't have to wait for me
Because I'm already yours

Tell me about your life, I'd like to hear that story again
Especially the part about your vanity
Honest words are like august thirds
They just both come maybe once in a year

And keeping your opinions to a quiet little hush
It's like brushing your teeth with a razor, shaving with a toothbrush
Just leaves your heart room for exploding all over me
And then it gets to you, but you don't have to wait for me
Because I'm already yours

Yeah, tell me about your life, I'd like to hear that story once time
Especially the part about your vanity
Utter lies are like butterflies
They just both die in a couple of days
Utter lies are like butterflies
They just both die in a couple of days (x3)

Goodbye to all this anger
Can't let it stay
It eats me up inside 
To watch the powers that be collide
I'm void of all your anger of yesterday
And that space is unoccupied
To let the powers that be collide
We're gettin' in over our head
And it's threatening us with retread
And a fear and a rush inside
To let the powers that be collide

Ooh, I can never trust spirituality
Ooh, I can never trust all this hostility

Rollercoaster withdrawal
Avalanche of the teardrops fall
Feel dizzy at the end of the ride
But I let the powers that be collide
No good to stifle passion of yesterday
No good just to let it subside
Gotta let them powers that be collide
And it's not just lust left over from yesterday
This feeling is bonafide
Wanna let them powers that be collide

Ooh, I can never trust this insecurity
Ooh, I can never trust all this hostility

The war is getting bloodier
More vicious every day
The weak get brushed aside
To let the powers that be collide

Just one bite it won't kill ya
She promised me yesterday
The apple of suicide is gonna 
Let the powers that be collide
Just one drink it won't kill ya
She promised me yesterday
So I drank her poison pride
And I let the powers that be collide

Ooh, I can never trust this insecurity
Ooh, I can never trust all this hostility

I'm sick of all this anger every day
It eats me up inside
I wanna watch them powers that be collide

They broke up a week ago
Since then his life's been so so
When he hears her name, he starts to think about the flame, the forest fire in her eyes
And when she looks at him, the scars get ripped up open again

They decided to be friends
But they have yet to make amends
He thinks of all the laughs, the little muscles in her calves
And it comes as no surprise
When she looks at him, the stitches break up open again

The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
They got a little problem
Communication
The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
They got a little problem
Communication

She gives back the ring her bought her
Friend and lover, oil and water
But every now and then he thinks that maybe they could blend
No matter how he tries
When she looks at him, the Band-Aid breaks up open again

The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
They got a little problem
Communication
The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
They got a little problem
Communication, yeah

They broke up a week ago
Since then his life's been so so
He feels the price he paid
She knows he thinks about the blaze, the forest fire in her eyes
But every now and then he finds one of her long, brown strands of hair under his pillow
And he calls her house just to hear her say...  Hello?...  Hello?
He puts on a good disguise, but she can tell it's him
The stigmata breaks open again, yeah

The more he talks about her, the more she talks about him
They got a little problem
Communication
The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
They got a little problem
Communa, communa, communa, communa...

The more he thinks about her, the more she thinks about him
Yeah, they got a little problem
Communication
Yeah, they got a little problem
Communication
Yeah, they got a little problem
Communication

Dancing frog on the side of the road, no worry in the world
He's playing his trumpet and he's watching the cars go by
Won't you look there and see the fearless little frog
As he dodges the arrows, and laughs at the arrows
And he gets up and dances again on the side of the road

Now who said you had the right? 
Devour, devour
To eat everything in sight?  
Devour, devour
Who said that you were free to impose your gluttony on me?
Devour, devour, devour, devour

Big pink house on the side of the road of 32nd street
Everyone points at it when they are passing by
If I were a burglar I'd break in and play their piano
Drink all their coffee and then leave a tip
Just a hop and a skip from the side of the road

Now who said you had the right? 
Devour, devour
To break in in broad daylight?  
Devour, devour
Steal all the sunlight, fill up your soul
Drink it in one gulp, swallow it whole
Devour, devour, devour, devour

My body greets the things you do, though jealousy is never far
My spirit meets you where you are and I follow you
The hungry day eats up the night, the starving wrong eats up the right
No jealousy is near in sight, I swallow you, yeah
Old restaurant on the side of the road, the generations come and go
Burgers and fries and murders and lies, and pecan pies
The waitress must like me cuz she calls me sugar and honey
And refills my water at least 20 times
So I kiss her goodbye from the side of the road

Now who said you had the right? 
Devour, devour
To eat everything in sight?  
Devour, devour
Who said that you were free to impose your gluttony on me?
Devour, devour, devour, devour

I am not responsible
I wash my hands of you
I shoulda known it
When you asked me not to be so serious
Love was flying everywhere
Where did all your sweetness go?
Why I ever trusted you I just don't know

Your far away hands
Never reach for me
Never look my way
Your far away hands
Are folded in your chest
I never second-guessed
Your far away hands

Tell me all the truth you have
Not just what sounds good
I need to know now
I grew up believing every word you said
You got longer hair and thicker skin
Why can't we be one?
Only two things always keep you out of reach

Your far away hands
Never reach for me
Never look my way
Your far away hands
Your far away hands
Two little magic wands
You count your blessings on
Your far away hands

My rock, my home, my friend
You're the one who left me all alone
My rock, my home, my friend
You're the one who left me all alone

Your far away hands
They never reach for me
They never look my way
Your far away hands
Your far away hands
Are frozen in your chest
I never second-guess 
Your far away hands (x4)

Goodbye, thanks for listening to the tape
Thanks, homey, home style, home base
Home plate, and home gravy, home cut fries
Homework, home... home... homeostasis
Home powder, home stain, home allegiance
Home front, home y, what else?  What else is there?
Home, home, home, home on the range
Home, home, home improvement loan
Home mortgage loan

Oooh lalala oooh lalala oooh lalala oooh (x2)
I wish I had a way to say my mind
I'd tell you everything I feel inside
I'd pour out my emotions make my eyelashes wet
I know I'm not a child, but I'm not all grown up yet

I wish I had a heart to call my home
But lately I'm in limbo all alone
The pages that I'm turning, the wages that I'm earning
Are all so uneventful as well as nonessential to the redemption of my soul

I'm only human
A life without you is unbearable
I'm only human
All good without you turns to terrible
I'm only human
I'm like the bad seed in the parable
'Cause I'm only human

I wish I had a tale to tell to you
Explaining all the wrong things that I do
With you near I glide without you dear I stumble
With you I stand with pride without you dear I crumble

I wish I had a home to call my heart
A place to lay my head while we're apart
The flying hawk above you protects you faithfully
The road I walk to love you is longer than the sea

All the while I'm unaware of the sudden wear and tear
on the redemption of my soul

I'm only human
My life without you is unbearable
I'm only human
All good without you turns to terrible
I'm only human
I'm like the bad seed in the parable
'Cause I'm only human

Ohhhhh, I'm only human
Oooh lalala oooh lalala oooh lalala oooh (x4)

Life is not buildings, life is not roads
Life is not a job that everybody has to do
Life is not concrete, life is not TV
Life isn't a bad movie that everybody has to see

But if you don't accept me as your lover
At least accept my love like a sister or a brother
You tell me that life just isn't fair
And your love is full of chemicals
And I can't breathe your air

So will you help me in my search for true happiness?
Help me cleanse myself of all, all bitterness
Sadness is a drag, a flagpole without a flag
Gladness is a drug, just say love
Just say love

Time is not ruthless, time is not mean
Time is not the reason the world is so unclean
Time is biodegradable, time is not our friend
Time is our worst enemy until we reach the end

And if you don't want our lips to run into each other
At least accept my love like a sister or a brother
When you say why can't you be more like him
And your love is full of water
And I don't want to swim

But will you help me in my search for happiness?
Help me cleanse myself of all, all bitterness
sadness is a drag, a flagpole without a flag
Gladness is a drug, just say love
Just say love (x3)

19 years old, she leaves her family
Says she needs to find her identity
Nothing's in the way, not even finances
Before she gets too old she wants to take her chances

20 years old, she dates a big jock
She screams at everybody cause she don't know how to talk
Color contacts can't hide her brown eyes
Tight bicycle shorts can't hide her fat thighs

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

21 years old, and she is with child
Her man skips town and the bills are getting piled
She doesn't want anything out of proportion
She doesn't tell a soul about her abortion

Now she can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

22 years old, her man gets a porsche
And when she wasn't looking her parents got divorced
Her mom wasn't bad, her father wasn't either
They had their loving moments, I guess you had to be there

Now what's to become of my sister?
What's to become of my sister? (x3)

23 years old, she drops out of school
Her heart is like a big car, runs out of fuel
Now she wants a kid, and so she gets married
Her wedding's like a funeral, everything is buried

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

24 years old, she settles out of court
Her ex doesn't pay any child support
She smokes a lot, drinks a lot, tries to kill the pain
Of watching her marriage go down the drain

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

25 years old, she calls me up again
We talk about our childhood way back when
Our mom wasn't so bad, our father wasn't either
They had their loving moments, I guess you had to be there

Now what's to become of my sister?
What's to become of my sister? (x3)

She was a feminist, now she's a man hater
The bite of bad love has teeth like an alligator

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

My Sweetheart is the Sun
I'm convinced the two are one
She goes out when the night is done
Comes inside about seven

And no one is confused my sweetheart and the sun are fused
When kids see rain pour my sweetheart's who they pray for
And no one is to blame my sweetheart and the sun are one in the same
When kids see rain fall my sweetheart's who the call

Shining bright on everyone
Oh, my sweetheart is the sun

Oooooooooh, oooooooooh

And no one is confused my sweetheart and the sun are fused
When kids see rain pour my sweetheart's who they pray for
And no one is to blame my sweetheart and the sun are one in the same
When kids see rain fall my sweetheart's who the call

Shining bright on everyone
Oh, my sweetheart is the sun

My sweetheart (repeat)

Slowly but surely, I will be fine, slowly but surely
Wake me up early, sleep until sunshine
Black will love white and white will love black
Hopefully in my lifetime we'll negotiate instead of attack, yeah

Slowly but surely, peace will be king, slowly but surely
Wake me up early, so I can hear the birds sing
Brown will love yellow and yellow will love brown
Hopefully in my lifetime we'll all smile instead of frown
Slowly but surely

Oh, don't leave me here to wait for you
'Cause that's my least favorite thing to do, yeah
Oh, if you leave me here
I'll probably start crying, but
Slowly but surely I'll be fine
Hoo yeah

Slowly but surely, the world will be one, slowly but surely
Wake me up early, I gotta clean up my pollution
Now some things in life are inevitable
If you get cut you'll probably get a scar
Yeah, but if you wear too much make up
You'll forget what color you are
Slowly but surely
Ooooooh yeah
Slowly but surely, yeah (repeat)

She's got lovely, luscious hair
Eyes that like to stare
Smiles everywhere
Her name is Tara
She's got a lovely British face
I'm a basket case
I can't keep up with her pace
Her sister is my girlfriend

She develops her own photographs
Football bruises on her calves
When I talk about her, everybody laughs
Her sister is my girlfriend

And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I won't forget the things I can't do and the things I can
And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I'd fall in love with you except for the fact, for the fact that I love your sister more
Tara, Tara, Tara

No makeup on her skin
Artificial is a sin
She makes my head spin
In a swivel
Her dad collects antiques
Her mom watches Twin Peaks
With an English accent she speaks
Her sister is my girlfriend

She develops her own photographs
Football bruises on her calves
When I talk about her, everybody laughs
Her sister is my girlfriend

And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I won't forget the things I can't do and the things I can
And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I'd fall in love with you except for the fact, for the fact that I love your sister more
Tara, Tara, Tara, oh

Her name is Tara, oh no
Her sister is my girlfriend, Tara, yeah, yeah

Tell me why you treat me so bad (x2)

If you only knew what you put me through
Whenever you laugh when I say "I love you"
And if you could see my heart breaking in me
When you fall in love with everybody but me
Do you know what's up when you stand me up
All day I go thirsty just to fill your cup
And I propose a toast to me and your ghost
All day I run empty while you just coast

Would your flowery eyes get wilty?
And would your proud conceit get guilty?

Tell me why you treat me so bad (x4)

And if you only knew every single clue
Of the mystery of why I'm laughed at by you
And if you could see the animosity
Of the walls around that won't let me free
Do you still believe that I wouldn't leave?
I used to be your boyfriend, now I'm just a pet peeve
I leave you all alone, I call you on the phone
You pick it up and tell my that you're not home

Would your soul control over me finish?
And would your hip-hop reputation diminish?

Tell me why you treat me so bad (x14)