Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Compilation - 2002 - Debaser id 153132

Baby we can talk all night
But that ain't getting us nowhere
I told you everything I possibly can
There's nothing left inside of here

And maybe you can cry all night
But that'll never change the way that I feel
The snow is really piling up outside
I wish you wouldn't make me leave here

I poured it on and I poured it out
I tried to show you just how much I care
I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to shout
But you've been cold to me so long
I'm crying icicles instead of tears

And all I can do is keep on telling you
I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way
I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach
You'll never drill for oil on a city street
I know you're looking for a ruby
In a mountain of rocks
But there ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding
At the bottom of a Cracker Jack box

I can't lie
I can't tell you that I'm something I'm not
No matter how I try
I'll never be able to give you something
Something that I just haven't got

There's only one girl that I have ever loved
And that was so many years ago
And though I know I'll never get her out of my heart
She never loved me back, ooh I know
I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her
Not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away

And she kept on telling me
She kept on telling me
She kept on telling me
I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way
I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
Don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

Baby we can talk all night
But that ain't getting us nowhere

Everyday of my life they say the same old thing
Hey boy! - (oh boy) - you better wait your turn
And everyday of my life I get the same old line
Hey boy! - (oh boy) - when are you going to learn

I wanna go on the red, (I wanna) I wanna go on the green
I wanna go on all colors that I see in between
I wanna run all the tolls, (I wanna) I wanna run all the signs
I wanna run all the way across a double white line

But everyday of my life I see the same old road
Hey girl! - (oh girl) - we gotta pull up our routes
And everyday of my life I see the same old dream
Hey girl! - (oh girl) - I need a dream I can use

I wanna go on the red - I wanna go on the green
(I wanna go, I wanna)
I wanna go on all colors that I see in between
I wanna run all the tolls - I wanna run all the signs
(I wanna run, I wanna run all the signs)

My body is the car and my soul is the ignition
Your love will be the key and we'll jockey for position till we...

Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!
We're sick and tired of waiting in line
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!
Nobody's taking our time
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!

Tire tracks and broken hearts
That's all we're leaving behind
There oughta be a law and there better be a crime
There oughta be a law and there better be a crime

And every night of my life there's something holding me back
Hey girl! - (What is it boy) -Oh, girl, I know it's time to cut loose
And every night of my life I dream of someone like you
Hey girl! - (What is it boy) - Oh, girl, you got a dream I can use

Tire tracks and broken hearts
That's all we're leaving behind

My body is the car and my soul is the ignition
Your love will be the key and we'll jockey for position till we...

Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!
We're sick and tired of waiting in line
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!
Nobody's taking our time
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!
We're sick and tired of waiting in line
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!
Nobody's taking our time
Peel out! (Peel out!) Peel out! (Peel out!) Peel out!
We're sick and tired of waiting in line
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!

Peel out!

I've been trying for hours just to think of what exactly to say
I thought l'd leave you with a letter of firey speech
Like when an actor makes an exit at the end of a play

And l've been dying for hours trying to fill up all the holes with some sense
l'd like to know how you faded and you threw it away
l'd like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant

Well I could tell you "good-bye" or maybe "see you around"
With just a touch of a sarcastic "thanks"
We started out with a bang and at the top of the world
Now all the guns are exhausted and the bullets are blanks
And everything's blank

If I could only find the words then I would write it all down
If I could only find a voice I would speak
Oh, it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight
C'mon and look at me and read 'em and weep

If I could only find the words then I would write it all down
If I could only find a voice I would speak
Oh, it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight
C'mon and look at me and read 'em and weep

I've been whispering softly
Trying to build a cry up into a scream
We let the past slip away
And put the future on hold
Now the present is nothing but a hollowed out dream

And l've been dying for hours trying to fill up all the holes with some sense
l'd like to know how you faded and you threw it away
l'd like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant

Well I could tell you "good-bye" or maybe "see you around"
With just a touch of a sarcastic thanks
But now the rooms are all empty and the candles are dark
The guns are exhausted and the bullets are blanks
And everything's blank

If I could find the words then I would write it all down
If I could only find a voice I would speak
Oh it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight
C'mon, will you look at me
And read 'em and weep
It's there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart
It's running silent and angry and deep
It's here in my eyes and it's all I can say
C'mon, will you look at me
And read 'em and weep

(Read 'em and weep)
For all the hours we'll be spending alone
(Read 'em and weep)
For the dreams we'll ignore
(Running silent and deep)
And all those promises we promised to keep,
They won't be kept anymore.

(Read 'em and weep)
For the magic that our bodies had made
(Read 'em and weep)
For the blood that we've lost
(Running silent and deep)
And all those secrets that we somehow betrayed
For whatever the cost

(Read 'em and weep)
For the memories still alive in the bed
(Read 'em and weep)
For the lies we believed
(Running silent and deep)
And all the things that can never be said

Why don't you look at me and read 'em and weep.
C'mon and look at me and read 'em and weep

(It's there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart
It's running silent and angry and deep)

It's there in my eyes, it's all I can say
C'mon and look at me and read em and weep

I was nothing but a lonely boy
Looking out for something new
And you were nothing but a lonely girl
But you were something
Something like a dream come true.
I was a varsity tackle and a hell of a block
When I played my guitar
I made the canyons rock, but
Every Saturday Night
I felt the fever grow
Do ya know what it's like
All revved up with no place to go
Do ya know what it's like
All revved up with no place to go
In the middle of a steamy night
I'm tossing in my sleep
And in the middle of a red-eyed dream
I see you coming
Coming on to give it to me
I was out on the prowl
Down by the edge of the track
And like a son of a jackal
I'm the leader of the pack, but
Every Saturday night
I felt the fever grow
Do ya know what it's like
All revved up with no place to go
Do ya know what it's like
All revved up with no place to go
Oh baby I'm a hunter in the dark of the forest
I've been stalking you and tracking you down
Cruising up and down the main drag all night long
We could be standing at the top of the world
Instead of sinking further down in the mud
You and me 'round about midnight
You and me 'round about midnight
Someone's got to draw first
Draw first
Someone's got to draw first blood
Someone's got to draw first blood
Ooh I got to draw first blood
Ooh I got to draw first blood
I was out on the prowl
Down by the edge of the track
And like a son of a jackal
I'm the leader of the pack, but
Every Saturday night
I felt the fever grow
Do ya know what it's like
All revved up with no place to go
Do ya know what it's like
All revved up with no place to go
I was nothing but a lonely all-American boy
Looking out for something new
And you were nothing but a all-American lonely girl
But you were something like a dream come true.
I was a varsity tackle and a hell of a block
And when I played my guitar
I made the canyons rock, but
But every Saturday Night
I felt the fever grow
All revved up with no place to go
All revved up with no place to go
All revved up with no place to go
All revved up with no place to go
All revved up with no place to go

Never callin', unanswered letters
How you been, feelin' better?
Never lookin', but you're hearin'
Never speakin', but you're feeling
All the silence, and its wounding
You're not healing, just conceding
Play the game, play the game

Oh, brother to brother
All the blood runs red
Don't roll over, don't play dead
We're all livin' on the razor's edge
Oh, brother to brother
All the blood runs ruby red
We're all victims of the razor's edge

All the rules don't mean a thing
They're wasting time, the mem'ries sting
Keep your image, plant that smile
Answer questions, don't let on
Make up stories all put on, that's your life
Your life is gone

(Play the game)

Oh, brother to brother
All the blood runs red
Don't roll over, don't play dead
We're all livin' on the razor's edge
Oh, brother to brother
All the blood runs ruby red
We're all victims of the razor's edge

You see you're losing yet you still try
The game just a 'watches your life go by
You're playin'
WHY?!
Oh, play the game

[instrumental break]

You see you're losing yet you still try
The game just a 'watches your life go by
You're playin' well
Oh, you're playing the game

Oh, brother to brother
All the blood runs red
Don't roll over, don't play dead
We're all livin' on the razor's edge
Oh, brother to brother
All the blood runs ruby red
We're all victims of the razor's edge

Two A.M. with the lost and the lonely
Walkin' past the kids comin' back from the party
Smiles on their faces you remember so well how it was
Nights in the back of that buick that you got runnin'
Your baby by your side told the whole world you're comin'

Work so hard to do what is right
Believed in what you're doin'
But so many fights
Trusted too many relieved to much
Workin' your life to the bone
There's a wolf at your door
He wants your money, wants your soul
A wolf at your door
You give it all, he wants more
There's a wolf at your door
He says he's playin' for keeps
Breathin' down your neck
Boy it's sure hard to sleep
With a wolf at your door

They'll take it away when you're not lookin'
Look you in the eyes tell you how good they're doin'
Smiles on their faces are lies to keep you from knowin'
You're not guilty you are the victim
But you still pay for the crime
Don't look for truoble
It'll always find you in time

I won't be broken I'll fight `til I drop
Blood runnin' hot in my veins
But they won't be satisfied
Until they take everything

I took one look and something snapped I said I love your eyes --
You took my heart you took my breath away --
I felt my temperature rise you said you've never loved a man this
way
That it was heaven you were to stay

But now you're just another fallen angel
And I hope that the fall didn't do you no harm
And now you're just another fallen angel
Falling into -- somebody else's arms

I took one look and I was paralyzed and was in paradise--
I must admit that when I first laid eyes you had me hypnotized --
You said I'm sorry but I don't say much
But I'm in heaven when I feel your touch

Follow your own road baby I'll be there when you need me
To love and to comfort and what he got ain't
Enough to keep you in the air
Angel, I'll be there