John Sealander's Songbooks: original music from a forgotten band

John Sealander's Songbooks

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(verse)

Indecision is my malady
I can't decide what life should bring to me.
I'm bored with Porsches,
Mercedes aren't right for me.
I'm a Peter Pan,
Spoiled rotten child of the 80's

Indecision is my malady
I can't decide what life should bring to me.
I love to go shopping with a credit card.
But don't ask me to pay. I think work's too hard.
I'm a Peter Pan,
Spoiled rotten child of the 80's

Some opt for toughness
Other's flattery.
I'm so good at
Synthetic sincerity.

Opportunity
Before integrity.
I know you're pretty, but
Won't you look at me.
I'm a Peter Pan
Spoiled rotten child of the 80's

(chorus)

Please give me a little bit more
Please give me a little bit more

(verse)

Indecision is my malady
I can't decide what life should bring to me.
Should I be famous?
Or will money do?
And how much interest will my funds accrue?

I'm a Peter Pan
Spoiled rotten child of the 80's

(chorus)

Please give me a little bit more.
Please give me a little bit more.

(repeat song from the beginning)

(verse)

Emotional wasteland.
Valium skies.
I never laugh.
He never cries.

Emotional wasteland.
Eventless nights.
We share our silence.
We never fight.

(chorus)

We're too exhausted to relive the past.
We can't trust feelings that weren't meant to last.

(verse)

Emotional wasteland.
Convenient lies.
The body still lives.
It's the spirit that dies.

Emotional wasteland.
Watching TV.
We look at risk ,
Like a fatal disease.

Emotional wasteland.
Day after day.
While looking for wisdom.
We forgot how to play.

(chorus)

We're too exhausted to relive the past.
We can't trust feelings that weren't meant to last.

(verse)

Emotional wasteland.
Valium skies.
I never laugh.
He never cries.
He never, never cries.
Emotional wasteland. (fade)

(verse)

All the good men are taken.
They're all outside mowing the grass.
They've got three little kids,
And a big brown dog.
And they never say anything crass.
They've got a two story house,
And a four door sedan,
And they wear a suit and tie with class.

(chorus)

Why is it so hard to find,
A man who's honest, strong and kind.
Who knows how to talk about,
What's on his mind.
Someone a little bit like me,
Who laughs a lot, and has a lot to give.

(verse)

I don't think I'm being too picky.
I can't believe that I'm out of line.
To be looking for a good man,
With plenty of time.
Someone I really know is mine.
All the good man are taken.
It's so hard to find one of my own.
I'm tired of being a decorative
Dinner date,
For guys I'd just as soon disown.

(chorus)

Why is it so hard to find,
A man who's honest, strong and kind.
Who knows how to talk about,
What's on his mind.
Someone a little bit like me,
Who laughs a lot, and has a lot to give.

(verse)

All the good men are taken.
They're all outside mowing the grass.
They've got three little kids,
And a big brown dog,
And they never say anything crass.

(refrain)

All the good men are taken.
All the good men are taken.
All the good, good men are taken.

(repeat to close)

(verse 1)

What's the matter,
just turned on the ten o-clock news.
Couldn't tell the Arabs from the Irish or Jews.
Everyone was fighting. Everyone was mad.
What's the matter?
Have things really gotten all that bad?
I'm going to change the channel,
if things don't improve.
What's all this bad news trying to prove.
All I wanted was my MTV.

(verse 2)

Another jet airplane fell into the sea.
They've found a new disease,
but the medicine's free.
If an earthquake don't get you,
then the Sandinista's will.
Not quite sure I'm ready for the life of Mr. Bill.
They're rioting in England.
They're burning cars in France.
What's the matter?
Have they all. . . forgotten how to dance?
I'm going to change the channel,
if things don't improve.
What's all this bad news trying to prove?
All I wanted was my MTV.

(verse 3)

If it don't give you cancer,
it will probably gives you AIDS.
If you're riding in the subway,
take along a few gernades.
If you still drink the water,
it'll probably make you ill.
It's been contaminated
by gunmen from Brazil.
What's the matter?
Did someone shoot the Pope?
Is it time for David Letterman?
Is there still any hope?
I'm going to change the channel,
if things don't improve.
What's all this bad news trying to prove?
All I wanted was my MTV.

(verse 4)

What's the matter,
just turned on the ten o-clock news.
Congress can't decide
which bombs are best to use.
The Russians hate the Chinese,
New Zealand hates the French.
And the KKK's unhappy
'cause there's no one left to lynch.
What's the matter?
Is something wrong with my TV?
Or could it be that what I'm seeing is reality?
I'm going to change the channel,
if things don't improve.
What's all this bad news trying to prove.
All I wanted was my MTV.

(refrain)

What's the matter? (with the ten o-clock news)
What's the matter? (with the ten o-clock news)
What's the matter? (with the ten o-clock news) repeat & fade.

I don't need you
To fall in love again.
I don't need you
To fall in love again.

I thought you were special
But you're just like all the rest.
You promised me the moon
But you said it all in jest.

I don't need you
To fall in love again.
I don't need you
To fall in love again.

You were the first and probably won't be the last
To get hung up on the future while living in the past.
If your lovers were that great, well where are they now?
They've probably got tired of what I'm hearing now.

I thought you were special
But you're just like all the rest.
You promised me the moon
But you said it all in jest.

I don't need you
To fall in love again.
I don't need you
To fall in love again.

I know I liked your body. I might have liked your mind.
If you hadn't left me feeling I was all that you could find.
You wispered me sweet nothings. And nothing's what I got.
You said I was the one for you. But mostly we just fought.

I thought you were special
But you're just like all the rest.
You promised me the moon
But you said it all in jest.

I don't need you
To fall in love again.
I don't need you
To fall in love again.

(verse)

We were the perfect couple.
That's what they said.
In-love, ambitious,
With our future ahead.
It never mattered to you.
But it matters to me. . .

Why did you let our dreams
Go right down the drain?
When I saw Rainbows,
All you saw was rain.
You don't even realize
That you're causing me pain.
It never mattered to you.
But it matters to me. . .

(chorus)

I'm tired of living this lie.
There's hope, so why can't you try?
Let's get started. I know we can do it again.
After all this, I'm still your best friend.

(verse)

Sure there were problems,
But we had a head start.
I was so optimistic.
You were so smart.
I laughed at failure,
While you've turned it into an art.
It never mattered to you.
But it matters to me. . .

We were the perfect couple.
That's what they said.
In-love, ambitious,
With our future ahead.
I guess they never heard
The things that you said.
It never mattered to you.
But it matters to me. . .

(chorus)

I'm tired of living this lie.
There's hope, so why can't you try?
Let's get started. I know we can do it again.
After all this, I'm still your best friend.

(verse 1)
I got up late this morning and I took a Tylenol.
I was feeling pretty puny, I was headed for a fall.
There were dishes on the sofa,
There were roaches in the sink,
I haven't done my laundry, and the TV's on the blink.
I think I've lost my car keys,
But I guess I'm not surprised.
Today I just can't seem to get it organized.

(verse 2)
I did my make-up in the car.
Half the house is in my purse.
Sometimes I like the freedom,
But sometimes it's like a curse.
I spend Monday nights with Larry.
Wednesday nights with Bill.
If I don't come home home on weekends,
They both start to make me ill.
I'm living in the fast lane, but my battery is dead.
Why'd I even bother to get up out of bed.

(verse 3)
If you saw me after midnight, you'd try to take me home.
But you couldn't keep me very long
If I'm in the mood to roam.
I've had so many boyfriends,
I can't remember all their names,
But all the new arrivals still try to stake their claims.
They think I'm so desirable.
They want me in their bed.
Don't they hear this hammer pounding in my head.

(verse 4)
I got up late this morning and I took a Tylenol.
I tried to get my bearings by looking down the hall.
The sofa looks like Steven.
But aren't those Harry's clothes?
Just let me get some coffee and I'll know which place I chose.
The bed looks so familiar. . .
And isn't that my comb?
I've got this funny feeling that I'm not too far from home.

(verse 5)
I got up late this morning and I took a Tylenol.
I was feeling pretty puny, I was headed for a fall.
There were dishes on the sofa,
There were roaches in the sink,
I haven't done my laundry, and the TV's on the blink.
I think I've lost my car keys,
But I guess I'm not surprised.
Today I just can't seem to get it organized.

(verse 1)
Someday I knew, I'd find someone like you.
Who'd set me up, then leave. . .without a clue.
I lost my heart. . . lost my heart over you.
Don't try to explain.
Sometimes when it rains. . .
Sometimes when it rains
It just pours.

(verse 2)
I can't say. . .that you strung me along.
You always said, you'd be moving along. (still)
I lost my heart. . .lost my heart over you.
I lost my heart. . .lost my heart over you.
Don't try to explain.
Sometimes when it rains. . .
Sometimes when it rains
It just pours.

(bridge)
Break my heart.
I had so many hopes for you.
So many dreams.
So many. . .things to do.

(verse 3)
Don't think you realized quite what you'd done.
After all, it was just harmless fun. (but)
I lost my heart. . .lost my heart over you.
I lost my heart. . .lost my heart over you.
Don't try to explain.
Sometimes when it rains.
Sometimes when it rains
It just pours.

(verse 4)
Girls like me can never be just friends.
Our hearts are torn, when the romance ends.
I lost my heart. . .lost my heart over you.
I lost my heart. . .lost my heart over you.
Don't try to explain.
Sometimes when it rains.
Sometimes when it rains
It just pours.
(bridge)
Break my heart.
I had so many hopes for you.
So many dreams.
So many. . .things to do.

I lost my heart. . .lost my heart over you.
(repeat till end of song)

(verse)

I met you in the summer of my favorite year.
I still remember those days so well.
We were so naive,
We never could conceive
That we were caught up in a magic spell.

(chorus)

One summer in sixty-nine,
Our future was bright and so benign.
I was with you at Woodstock.
We watched men land on the moon.
It seemed like we could do anything,
But it was over all too soon.
All to soon.

(verse)

The Beatles were still together.
We were getting out of Viet-Nam.
We weren't making all that much money,
And we really didn't give a damn.
The future looked so rosy,
That we both went on the lam.

Well, we soon got wise,
Put on a new disguise,
And each went our own separate ways.
I got cynical, you got clinical,
It was time to re-appraise.
We were a big success.
We learned how to dress,
But I remember there were better days.

(chorus)

One summer in sixty-nine,
Our future was bright and so benign.
I was with you at Woodstock.
We watched men land on the moon.
It seemed like we could do anything,
But it was over all too soon.
All to soon.

(verse)

I never went to your wedding.
You never made it to my divorce.
And worst of all, our callousness
Was just a matter of course.
There were times when I almost forgot the days
When friendship was our best resource.

(chorus)

One summer in sixty-nine,
Our future was bright and so benign.
I was with you at Woodstock.
We watched men land on the moon.
It seemed like we could do anything,
But it was over all too soon.
All to soon.

(repeat verse #1)

Is there time for one more dance?
You don't know me yet. . .
My name's romance.

I'll always catch you by surprise.
You might think we're friends,
But that's my disguise.

I might be the girl behind you in red.
Or I might be a green-eyed beauty instead.
Just say I love you. (say I love you)
And I'll be there.
I'll turn your life right upside down.
Have you acting like a clown,
But you won't care.

Is there time for one more dance?
You don't know me yet. . .
My name's romance.

Your life's about to take a turn.
Your heart's still got
A few things to learn.

I might be the blond who's light on her feet.
I might be the redhead you're dying to meet.
Just say I love you. (say I love you)
And I'll be there.
I'll turn your life right upside down.
Have you acting like a clown,
But you won't care.

Is there time for one more dance?
You don't know me yet,
My name's romance.
Is there time for one more dance?
You don't know me yet,
My name's romance.

(repeat and fade)

Verse 1:
Just you and me.
Why don't we give it a try?
You may think I'm bold,
But you sure caught my eye.
Just you and me.
You know we'd make quite a pair.
A sensible meal.
And a chocolate eclair.

Chorus:
If we were the same,
Then there'd be no romance.
You're so different from me.
That's why we've got such a chance.

Verse 2:
You're so precise.
Or am I mislead?
I'll bet that you've neverÉnever had breakfast in bed.
Show me your secrets.
And I'll show you mine.
We'll laugh at our differences over some wine.

Chorus:
If we were the same, then there'd be no romance.
You're so different from me.
That's why we've got such a chance.

Bridge:
Do you. . .see what I see?
Another world that's outside of me.
Opposite days.
Opposite ways
Opposites still attract me

Verse 3:
Just you and me.
Both sides of the coin.
We're much richer when our differences join.
You're impeccable logic.
My spontaneous wit.
Put them together
And we'll see if they fit.

Chorus:
If we were the same,
Then there'd be no romance.
You're so different from me.
That's why we've got such a chance.

Bridge:
Do you see what I see?
Another world that's outside of me.
Opposite days.
Opposite ways.
Opposites still attract me.

Refrain:
Just you and me.
Why don't we give it a try.
You may think I'm bold,
But you sure caught my eye.
Just you and Me.
We'd make quite a pair.
Just you and me.
We'd make quite a pair. (fade)

Verse 1:
It's just an illusion.
It's just an illusion.
It's not as simple as it seems
It may be all a dream. . .
An illusion.

Verse 2:
Look around you carefully.
Are you sure of what you see?
Such confusion.

Bridge:
Life. . .life is a masquerade.
But please don't be afraid.
It will be over soon.

Verse 3:
It's all innocent you say.
Little games that people play.
They say. . .everything's O.K.

Verse 4:
It's just an illusion.
It's just an illusion.
Learn to read between the lines.
Are you part of their designs?
Another tragedy.

Verse 5:
Where, where are your friends today?
Have they all gone out to play
With your destiny?

Bridge:
Life. . .life is a masquerade.
But please don't be afraid.
It will be over soon.

Verse 6:
It's all innocent you say.
Life's a stage. We're in the play.
They say. . .everything's O.K.

Refrain:
It's just an illusion. (repeat till end)

(verse)

You were the first to wear a leisure suit.
You were the first with Pukka shells.
You still wear purple paisley ties,
And I'm scared to look at your lapels.

You're a trendsetter for the mobile home set.
You're a king of the discount store.
You'd like to take me to an airport motel,
But even girls like me think that you're a bore.

(chorus)

Who are you kidding
With that California smile?
You're just another redneck
Without an ounce of style.
Can't you see I'm busy;
I've got to go to work.
I've never been attracted
To a polyester jerk.

(verse)

I wonder if your wife likes your gold chains?
I don't know many women that do.
There's only one person you could possibly fool.
And that's another person like you.

I see you every day 'bout quarter after five.
You always order scotch on the rocks.
You're always trying to talk me into your bed,
But I'm certain that you'd keep on your socks.

(chorus)

Who are you kidding
With that California smile?
You're just another redneck
Without an ounce of style.
Can't you see I'm busy;
I've got to go to work.
I've never been attracted
To a polyester jerk.

(verse)

You were the first to wear a leisure suit.
You were the first with Pukka shells.
You still wear purple paisley ties.
And I'm scared to look at your lapels.

(repeat and fade)