The Hives

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"You Think You're So Darn Special"

Frances she lost forty pounds, so what about me?
Well I don't know much about anything
But I know I've got to pay
They never feed me, never let me watch T-V
They're gonna wish they never fucked with me

Spotlight pointed in my face, what's going on?
They're about to punish me for something that all of us would have done
I managed to escape, but I wasn't gone for long
They're holding me down, twisting my arm saying "You're the one to blame"

Still I haven't got a clue what's really on my mind
If you just got off my back the truth will be easier to find

How can I say that it was I? how can I say that it was I who broke the chain?
So what's with me? i'm such a mess
Mr. Twistmyarm is forcing me to confess

Don't know what's come over me, don't know what popped out
But I think I'm beginning to sense what this is really all about
They're looking for someone like me
For someone to blame, to take a fall, to take a dive
For someone they can frame

Still I haven't got a clue what's really on my mind
If you just got off my back the truth will be easier to find

"Return The Favour"

Well we'd talk and talk and talk about it
But talk would do no good
We have little to next to nothing to talk about

And we'd talk and talk and talk around it
But talk would do no good
We have little to next to nothing to talk about

So nothing went from nothing then
And then back to the nothing I expected when
I return the favour
Is it time to go home?

Ooh ooh

Now we can talk and talk and talk about it
Talk until we're blue
It's just a big jug full of stupid passing thru

It's like a boxer's goodbye, I'll see you Cassius Clayter
In French Muhammed ¡ Oui
Yeah we have little to next to nothing to talk about

So nothing went from nothing then
And then back to the nothing I expected when
I return the favour
Is it time to go home?

It's a waste of time and a waste of space
It's just taproom talk through a drunken haze
I return the favour
Guess it's time to go home

Ooh ooh

I got my mind made up and it's getting clear
There's better things to go than staying here
I return the favour
and leave on my own

Ooh ooh

"Square One Here I Come"

Well don't have no money cause I don't have a job
Don't have a job cause I ain't got no skills
Ain't got no skills 'cause I was not trained
I was not trained 'cause I didn't go to school
Didn't go to school 'cause nobody told me
Nobody told me 'cause nobody knew shit
Nobody knew shit 'cause nobody knows nothing
Nobody knows nothing and that's just it

What can you do? You get what's given to you
Square one, here I come, here I come square one
You get what's given to you
Square one, here I come, here I come square one

Don't have a home 'cause I don't pay no bills
Don't pay no bills 'cause nobody pays me
Nobody pays me 'cause I don't go to no work
Don't go to no work and that's just it

What can you do? You get what's given to you
Square one, here I come, here I come square one
You get what's given to you
Square one, here I come, here I come square one

I know what you say to me, but baby it can wait
I just stop, take a look around and realize it's too late

No job, no skills, no money, no nothing
No nothing 'cause I want it for free - Dirt cheap!
Want it for free, all that is coming to me

So I look real hard for somebody to blame
Someone to blame!
Somebody to blame or an easy way out
Easy way out!
An easy way out 'cause it ain't much fun
No fun!
The place that starts with a square and ends with a one

What can you do? You get what's given to you
Square one, here I come, here I come square one
You get what's given to you
Square one, here I come, here I come square one

Let down
You feel stupid
Don't cry
Can't do it
You can't win
Don't you forget it
You missed out
You get what's given to you

Square one here I come, here I come square one! [x4]
You get what's given to youuuuuuu...

"T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S."

I know that it has been a long time coming
You bought your tickets, you waited in line
You were walking and now you find yourself running
To get closer to the giant neon sign

Allow me to
Give you a clue

You're looking at a black and white
Seeing our name in lights
Gonna make me feel all right
Cause baby we're here all night

We rule the world, this is our world [x2]
T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S. [x4]

You hold your breath and now it's silent
The humming of the amps is all you hear
Introducing for the fourth time running
Cause if you don't know we'll make it very clear

oooooohhhh
You know it's true

You're looking at a black and white
Seeing our name in lights
Gonna make me feel all right
Cause baby we're here all night

We rule the world, this is our world [x2]
T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S. [x4]

When you're all ripped up around a quarter to ten
Gonna piece yo back together by eleven and then
When you sweated it out and you're all soakin wet
The we'll do it again
And when you're all ripped up around a quarter to ten
Gonna piece yo back together by eleven and then
When you sweated it out and you're all soakin wet
The we'll do it again

We rule the world, this is our world [x2]
T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S. [x4]

"Won't Be Long"

No bright lights, no big city went to my head
So I won't stick around in this town
No I'm getting out instead

'Cause I can't find a thing here to get it done
to race my heart and ring my ears
So I won't stick around in this town
And that's true ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

'Cause I won't and I can't and I don't understand
You became what you hate or you hate what you become

Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin'
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin' away

So I make my way through the quagmire
Of boomers glorifying their youth
And all the peacocks in this city
So if I may be excused

'Cause I won't and I can't and I don't understand
You became what you hate or you hate what you become

Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin' [x3]
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin' away

Well I won't be around for the good times
Won't be around for the bad
And I won't stick around in this town
No I'm getting out instead

I won't
And I can't
And I'll leave
'Cause I can
And I won't be back again!

Well I

Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin' [x3]
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin' away

And I gotta get gone away
Cuz I gotta get gone away
Gotta get gone away

"You Dress Up For Armageddon"

Hey believe me, I have seen your sort before
You're all over history like dust on the kitchen floor
(Tell me more)
Your lips are moving, you go on and on and on and on and on
You swing your rod, rod baby rod, rod but don't swing it at me

Cuz it's not for me, no I disagree

Cuz I heard you before when you said
There is a hole in your heart and it's bleeding
You dress up for Armageddon
I dress up for summer
Yeah!

Hey and now you got their attention
You know, you gotta keep 'em believing
but as a matter of fact, what they believe you're not
Believing no more (Tell tell tell tell tell tell me more)
I hear you're one in a million (tell me more)
But there's a million of you (tell, tell me more)
You swing your rod, rod baby rod, rod but don't swing it at me

It's not for me, no I disagree

Cuz I heard you before when you said
There is a hole in your heart and it's bleeding
You dress up for Armageddon
I dress up for summer

Who is the man with the microphone?
Today he is here but tomorrow he is gone

But I disagree

And I heard you before when you said
There is a hole in your heart and it's bleeding
You dress up for Armageddon
I dress up for summer

You feel tortured and filled with regret
You say life is void of meaning
Are they not sick of you yet?
Man that's such, man that's such a bummer

"Fall Is Just Something Grownups Invented"

They say our summer vacation
Has come to an end
And that we simply have no more holiday to spend

They say no more barefoot
No playing around in the pool
They say now it's time for us to go back to school

Got all my friends, a teacher, okay
But why do we really have to study all day
Well see I'm on to your scam and I'll tell you how
We ended up with a Fall that we know of now

A time was invented to keep the kids in the hall
They gave it a name and we all know it as Fall
The line of the story that I have presented
Fall is just something that grown-ups invented.

Though some things in Fall are just too good to pass
Jumping in leaves and Halloween is a gas
But I'd rather see to it that the truth be told
So I better do it now before I grow old

They wanted a break after the summer disarray
To rest up then handle the stress of Christmas day
So the grown-ups got together and made up the rule
That kids shouldn't be playing
No they should be in school

A time was invented to keep the kids in the hall
They gave it a name and we all know it as Fall
The line of the story that I have presented
Fall is just something that grown-ups invented.

Break

A time was invented to keep the kids in the hall
They gave it a name and we all know it as Fall
The line of the story that I have presented
Fall is just something that grown-ups invented.

Fall is just something that grown-ups invented
Fall is just something that grown-ups invented
Fall is just something that grown-ups invented
Fall is just something that grown-ups invented

"Bigger Hole To Fill"

Look out!

I pet the cat along the whiskers
And always go along the grain
You'll never see me in the deep end
If I ain't got nothing to gain
Don't serve the fool or act the donkey
If you allow me to explain

A man who fights for causes worthy of a fool
Is a fool to fight for causes that's the golden rule
I take it to the table know all know fix know how
But if I'm gonna do it I ain't gonna do it now

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
Got a bigger hole to fill

You see I have a proper education
I use enough to get me by
I got the answers to all my problems
But I ain't even gonna try

Work hard and be honest
Take chances and stay true
Just add it to the list of things that I ain't gonna do
Wherever there is a question a blurry answer's here to find
I say I'm gonna help you but I'm gonna change my mind

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
Got a bigger hole to fill

Got a bigger hole to fill [x3]
I got no time to spill ohohoh

He's got no time to spill
He's got a bigger hole to fill -
I got a bigger hole to fill
No he's got no time to spill
'Cause I got a bigger hole to fill

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill

"Puppet On A String"

Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight
You hold on tight like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight
You hold on tight, you hold on tight

Got your education from just hangin' around
You got your brain from a hole in the ground
You come up, look around, for a will of your own
But you're mine yeahhhhh

Like a puppet on a string [x4]

With porcelain eyes and the mind of a monkey
Rode into town on the back of what looked like a dead donkey
So I do, to you, what a puppet master would do
Can you tell? Yeahhhh!!!

Like a pupper on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Just like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string

Got your education from just hangin' around
You got your brain from a hole in the ground
You come up, look around, for a will of your own
But you're mine yeahhhhh

Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight
You hold on tight like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight
You hold on tight, you hold on tight
Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight
You hold on tight like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight
You hold on tight, you hold on tight

"A Christmas Duel"
(with Cyndi Lauper)

[Pelle]
I bought no gifts this year
and I slept with your sister
I know I should have thought twice
Before I kissed her
But with the year we had last
And the dress that she wore
I just went along for the ride
And I came back for more

And I'm sorry baby.....

[Cyndi]
That's all ok honey cause see...

I bought no tree this year
And I slept with your brother
I wrecked your Daddy's car
And went down on your Mother.
I set your record collection on fire
And said I never knew
Felt kind of bad about that
And I know you did too

[pre chorus 1 (both)]
So whatever you say, it's all fine by me
Who the fuck anyway wants a Christmas tree
Cause the snow keeps on fallin' even though we were bad
It'll cover the filth, we should both just be glad

[Chorus 1 (both)]
And spend this Christmas together

[verse 2]
[Pelle]
I married you last year
Bet you thought I was sober, right?
But I was drunk as a skunk and I made a mistake
This could all have been over

[Cyndi]
Ah honey please don't
Excuse your behaviour
Cause I hired a hitman and changed your will
It's now all in my favour

[pre chorus 2 (both)]
So whatever you say, it's all fine by me
Who the fuck anyway wants a Christmas tree
Cause the snow keeps on fallin' even though we were bad
It'll cover the filth, we should both just be glad

[Chorus 2 (both)]
And spend this Christmas together
[repeats]

[Pelle]
Holding on without any reason
Cause something's strong this holiday season

[pre chorus 3 (both)]
So whatever you say, it's all fine by me
And who the fuck anyway wants a Christmas tree
Cause the snow keeps on fallin' even though we were bad
It'll cover the filth, we should both just be glad

[Chorus 3 (both)]
And spend this Christmas together
[repeats]

"Numbers"

[Originally by The Adicts]

I don't wanna be a number
Just like being a prisoner
I just wanna stay free
Don't wanna be a number three
O I don't wanna be a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Signing on the dot
Got my name on a form
Thought I had it made
They treat you just insane
You are just a number
And I ain't got a name
You are just a number
And I ain't got a name
Sitting in a prison cell
Numbers on my chest
Age is just a number
Mummy does know best

"Lost And Found"

[Originally by The Saints]

Ain't nobody tells me what to do now
I've heard all the lies and been promised the world
No business man is going to use or confuse me
'Cause I ain't no puppet for his capital gain

And what do you get but exploitation?
From creeps who are going to ignore your situation
Too many people getting pushed around
Going to end up down the lost and found

They say I got to respect the system
But there ain't no respect in that system for me
You got to be satisfied and show no resistance
If you want to get to the top of that tree

And what do you get but exploitation?
From creeps who are going to ignore your situation
Too many people getting pushed around
Going to end up down the lost and found

They give you media minds to keep you satisfied
Then take you brain away to appease and make you smile
No more!

Ain't nobody tells me what to do now
I've heard all the lies and been promised the world
No business man is going to use or confuse me
'Cause I ain't no puppet for his capital gain

And what do you get but exploitation?
From creeps who are going to ignore your situation
Too many people getting pushed around
Going to end up in the lost and found

And that ain't me, babe.
Down down down
Down down down
Down down down

"Back In Black"

Back in black
I hit the sack
I've been too long I'm glad to be back (I bet you know I'm...)
Yes, I'm let loose
From the noose
That's kept me hanging about
I've been looking at the sky
'Cause it's gettin' me high
Forget the hearse 'cause I never die
I got nine lives
Cat's Eyes
Abusin' every one of them and running wild

[Chorus:]
'Cause I'm back
Yes, I'm back
Well, I'm back
Yes, I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
(Well) I'm back in black
Yes, I'm back in black

Back in the back
Of a Cadillac
Number one with a bullet, I'm a power pack
Yes, I'm in a bang
With a gang
They've got to catch me if they want me to hang
Cause I'm back on the track
And I'm beatin' the flack
Nobody's gonna get me on another rap
So look at me now
I'm just makin' my play
Don't try to push your luck, just get out of my way

[Chorus]

Well, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
Well I'm back in black
Yes I'm back in black

hooo yeah
Ohh yeah
Yes I am
Oooh yeah, yeah Oh yeah
Back in now
Well I'm back, I'm back
Back, I'm back
Back, I'm back
Back, I'm back
Back, I'm back
Back
Back in black
Yes I'm back in black