American Pie
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die...
This'll be the day that I die...

Angie
But Angie, Angie
Ain't it time we said goodbye...yeah...

With no loving in our souls
And no money in our coats
Oh, you can't say we're satisfied...

But Angie, I still love you baby
Everywhere I look I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
Come on, baby, dry your eyes...

Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
We don't need no education...
We don't need no thought patrol...
No dark sarcasms in the classroom...
Teachers leave those kids alone...
Hey, teachers, leave those kids alone!
All in all you're just another brick in the wall...

Baba O'Riley
Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals
I get my back into my livin'
I don't need to fight to prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Don't cry, don't brace your eye
It's only teenage wasteland...yeah...

Sally take my hand, we'll travel south cross land
Put out the fire, and don't look past my shoulder
The exodus is here, the happy ones are near
Let's get together, before we get much older

Teenage wasteland, on the teenage wasteland    }
Teenage wasteland, oh yeah, teenage wasteland  }  (2x)
They're all wasted                             }

Be a Star, Boy
Executive with his pants down...
Sittin' behind a desk...
How bad do you wanna be a star, boy? Be a star, boy?

The mansion on the hill could be yours...
Fancy cash and girls...
How bad do you wanna be a star, boy? Be a star, boy?

Finish me off unto yourself...
Put this heroin in your arms...you're on your way...

I think we could do business boy...
It's a crazy business, but it's worth it...
How bad do you wanna be a star, boy? Be a star, boy?

Beast of Burden
I will be the least of your burdens
My back is broken, my feet are hurtin'
All I want is to drink, please fuckin' leave me alone

I'll never be your beast of learning
I'm a stupid fuck, I don't know nothin' at all
All I want is to drink, maybe with just one other person

Am I hard enough...am I tough enough...
I don't give a fuck
I just wanna live life and be dumb and happy like an American
All I want is for you to make love to me
Hey hey oh...hey oh oh...
Ooh...ooh...

No time like the present to get ripped apart
Got this burnin' desire coming straight from my heart
Suck you dry...suck...suck you dry...suck you dry...
Suck me dry...suck this dry...

Bee Girl
Bee girl, you're gonna die
You don't wanna be famous, you wanna be shy
Do your dances alone in your room
Becoming a star will become your doom
Bee Girl, be a girl... (2x)

You know time is long, and life is short, begin to live while you still can
Believe in nothing, believe me, those who can be trusted can change their mind
The anxious is the present, unwrap your gifts, take your time
Everything you imagined, needn't be stuck in your mind
Bee Girl, be a girl (2x)

Brother
Be happy with what you got
You should be hard to be a brother
You should be happy with what we can do...

Oooh...hand over my face
I am related to my enemy...
Oooh...my house on fire
And my big brother come put the blame on me, yeah...

Oh, he's a pushin'
I'm being pushed from above
Oh, and a brother
Back to back back, better back off of him

You should not question at all his authority... 

Oooh...use a flag as a bandaid
A-Stick 'em up, show us your pocket hypocrasy, yeah...
Oooh, in the closet, my pleasures
'Cause my big brother don't want to just let me be

Oh...oh, and I'm pushin'
Or if I could get above
Oh, and a brother 
Back to back back, a-keep your back off...
Oh, and I'm pushin'
I'm being pushed from above
Oh, and a brother
Back to back a-back, a-better back off of him...
Yeah yeah yeah...oh...
Face down...brother...
Face down...yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Face down...yeah...  (2x)

Oh...ooh...ah...
In my mind there's a clearing
Black clouds flow through grey still skies
And the birds don't even whisper...yeah...
I'm flying out...mmm...I'm flying...

Whoa...
Oh, back to back back, a-better back off 
Back to back a-back, a better, better, better...
Back to back a-back, back a-back back...brother... 
Face down...brother...
Face down...yeah yeah yeah a-yeah...
Face down...brother...oh...
Face down...almost...fired...
Face down...whoa...I got a gun... 
Face down...
I got a gun...  (2x)
Face down...I got a gun...
Whoa...face down...

Aah, fuck it, I'm just gonna go home, turn on the fuckin' TV...
...and watch the nightly news and drink a beer...
...like I could even change the world, yeah right...

Dock Of The Bay
Sittin' in the mornin' sun, I'll be sittin' till the evening's done
Watchin' the ships roll in, then I watch 'em roll away again
Sittin' on the dock of the bay, watchin' the tide roll away
Sittin' on the dock of the bay wastin' time...

I left my home in Georgia, headed for the 'Frisco Bay
I've got nothin' to live for, looks like nothing's gonna come my way, yeah...
Sittin' on the dock of the bay, watchin' the tide roll away
Sittin on the dock of the bay wastin' time...

Looks like nothing's ever gonna change, everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people want me to, so I guess I'll remain the same
Oh, sittin' on a roll in my bones, this loneliness won't leave me alone
Two thousand miles I've roamed, just to make this dock my home, yeah...
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, watchin' the tide roll away
Sittin on the dock of the bay wastin' time...
I left my home in Georgia, headed for the 'Frisco Bay
Sittin' here restin' my bones, this loneliness won't leave me alone, yeah...
Two thousand miles I've roamed, just to make this dock my home, yeah...
Sittin' on the dock of the bay, watchin' the tide roll away
Sittin on the dock of the bay wastin' time...

Driven To Tears
How can you say that you're not responsible
What does it have to do with me
What is my reaction, what should it be
Confronted by this latest atrocity

To tears...
Driven to tears  (3x)
Oh yeah...

Hide my face in my hands, shame wells in my throat
A comfortable existence is reduced to a shallow, meaningless party
Seems that when some innocent die
All we can offer them is a page in a fuckin' magazine
Too many cameras and not enough food, and this is what we've seen

Driven to tears  (3x)
Oh yeah...

Ohh...  (4x)

Protest is futile, nothing seems to get through
What's to become of our world, and who know's what to do

Driven to tears  (6x)

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