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Megjelenés: 1992. Január 17.

Tracklist: 1. 2,000 Light Years Away
2. One for the Razorbacks
3. Welcome to Paradise
4. Christie Road
5. Private Ale
6. Dominated Love Slave
7. One of My Lies
8. 80
9. Andriod
10. No One Knows
11. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield
12. Words I Might Have Ate
13. Sweet Children
14. Best Thing In Town
15. Strangeland
16. My Generation

Dalok jelentései:

2000 Light Years Away: Ezt a számot Billie Joe azután írta, hogy elõször megcsókolta Adrienne-t.

One for the razorbacks: Ez a dal egy Julia nevû lányról és a vele való találkozásól szól (a hiedelemmel ellentétben nem a Rómeó és Júlia Júliájáról!)

Welcome To Paradise: Ezt a dalt Mike írta, és arról szól,hogy milyen az élet Berkley-ben.

Christie Road: Christie Road egy hely,ahol Billie Joe és barátai sokat lógtak.

Private Ale: Billie Joe ezt a számot Adrienne-nek írta, mivel azt akarta, hogy kedvelje õt.

Dominate Love Slave: Tré enyhén szólva is fura dala az ostorról, a láncról, és mindenféle szeszélyes tárgyról... khm.. :)

One Of My Lies: Egy fontos kérdésrõl szól: ez a menny vagy a pokol? Billie Joe elmélkedése arról, hogy az élet tele van hazugsággal.

80: Billie Joe szintén a feleségének, Adrienne-nek írta ezt a dalt. A cím az õ becenevébõl, az „Adie”-bõl keletkezett.

Android: Billie Joe arról gondolkodik, milyennek kell lenni ahhoz, hogy felnõhessünk.

No One Knows: Egy dal Billie Joe-ról, és arról, hogy túl gyorsan rákényszerült a felnõtt életre és gondolkodásra.

Who Wrote Holden Caulfield: Ez a szám egy karakterrõl, Holden Caulfield-rõl szól, aki J. D. Sallinger klasszikus könyvébõl, a The Catcher in the Rye-bõl való. Billie Joe-nak a suliban kellett volna elolvasnia a könyvet, de tutira nem olvasta el. Késöbb persze elolvasta, és együtt tudott érezni a szereplõvel, aki épp olyan kirekesztett volt, mint amilyennek Billie érezte magát.

Words I Might Have Ate: Egy dal a cselekedeteinkrõl és a velük kapcsolatos felelõsségrõl.

Sweet Children: Mike és Billie közösen írta ezt a számot. Arról szól, hogy a felnõttek a rossz gyerekeket okolják mindenért. (Amúgy ez volt a neve a fiúk elsõ bandájának, a GD elõdjének is.)

Best Thing In Town: Billie Joe szerint, ez a legjobb dolog a városban...

Strangeland: Talán egy film vagy egy könyv a dal alapja. Témája: az élet néha ijesztõ.

My Generation: A The Who dala volt eredetileg, és a fiúk feldolgozták.

Dalszövegek:

2000 Light Years Away 

I sit alone in my bedroom
Staring at the walls
I've been up all damn night long
My pulse is speeding
My love is yearning

I hold my breath and close my eyes
And dream about her
Cause she's 2000 light years away
She holds my malakite so tight so..
Never let go
Cause she's 2000 Light years away

I sit outside and watch the sunrise
Look out as far as I can
I can't see her, but in the distance
I hear some laughter
We laugh together

Then I hold my breath and close my eyes
And dream about her
Cause she's 2000 light years away.

One for the razorbacks 

Juliet's trying to find out what she wants, but she don't know
Experience has got her down
Look this direction, I know it's not perfection, it's just me...
I want to bring you up again now

I'm losing what's left of my dignity
A small price to pay to see that you're happy
Forget all the disappointments you have faced
Open up your worried world and let me in

Juliet's crying cause now she's realizing love can be
Filled with pain and distrust
I know I am crazy, and a bit lazy
But I will try to bring you up again now.

Welcome to paradise 

Dear mother, can you hear me whinin'?
It's been three whole weeks since I have left your home
This sudden fear has left me tremblin'
Cause now it seems I am out here on my own
And I'm feeling so alone

Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
Some call it slum some call it nice
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to Paradise

A gunshot rings out at the station
Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's still now feeling like my home
I'm never gonna go

Dear mother, can you hear me laughin'?
It's been six whole months since I have left your home
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's still now feeling like my home
I'm never gonna go

Christie Road 

Staring out of my window
Watching the cars go rolling by
My friends are gone
I've got nothing to do
So I sit here patiently
Watching the clock tick so slowly
Gotta get away
Or my brains will explode

Give me something to do to kill some time
Take me to that place that I call home
Take away the strains of being lonely
Take me to the tracks at Christie Road

See the hills from afar
Standing on my beat up car
The sun went down and the night fills the sky
Now I feel like me once again
As the train comes rolling in
Smoked my boredom gone
Slapped my brains up so high

Mother stay out of my way
Of that place we go
We'll always seem to find our way to Christie Road

If there's one thing that I need
That makes me feel complete
So I go to Christie Road
It's home.

Private Ale

I wonder down these streets all by myself
Think of my future now
I just don't know
I don't seem to care
I stop to notice that
I'm by your home
I wonder if you're sitting all alone
Or is your boyfriend there

Because I feel so right
Let my imagination go
Until you're in my sight
And through my veins temptation flows

So I sit down here on the hard concrete
Think of my future now
I just don't know
I don't seem to care So I sit across the street from your home
I wonder if you're sitting all alone
Or is your boyfriend there

Dominated Love Slave

I want to be your dominated love slave
I want to be the one that takes the pain
You can spank me when I do not behave
Mack me in the forehead with a chain

Cause I love feelin' dirty
And I love feelin' cheap
And I love it when you hurt me
So drive those staples deep

I want you to slap me and call me naughty
Put a beltsander against my skin
I want to feel pain all over my body
Can't wait to be punished for my sins.

One of my lies 

When I was younger I thought the world circled around me
But in time I realized I was wrong
My immortal thoughts turned into just dreams of a dead future
It was a tragic case of my reality

Do you think you're indestructable
And no one can touch you
Well I think you're disposeable
And it's time you knew the truth
Cause it's just one of my lies!

Why does my life have to be so small?
Yet death is forever
And does forever have a life to call its own?

Don't give me an answer cause you
Only know as much as I know
Unless you're been there once
Well I hardly think so

I used to pray all night
Before I lay myself down
My mother said it was right
Her mother said it too...
Why?

80 

My mental stability reaches its bitter end
And all my sense are coming unglued
Is there any cure for this disease
Someone called love
Not as long as there are girls like you

Everything she does questions my mental health
It makes me loose control
I just can't trust myself

If someone can hear me slap some sense in me
But you turn your head and I end up talking to myself
Anxiety has got me strung out and frustrated
So I loose my head or I band it up against the wall

Sometimes I wonder if I should be left alone
And lock myself up in a padded room
I'd sit and spew my guts out to the open air
No one wants to hear a drunken fool

I do not mind if this goes on
Cause now it seems I'm too far gone
I must admit I enjoy myself
80 please keep taking me away

Android 

Hey old man in woman's shoes
I wonder if he knows I think he's crazy
When he was young did he have dreams of wearing woman's shoes
And being crazy

It makes me wonder when
I grow to be that age
Will I be walking down the street
Begging for your spare change

Or will I grow that old?
Will I still be around?
The way I carry on I'll end up
Six feet underground and waste away...

When the old man was in school
Did the golden rule make him go crazy?
Or did he hide away from hopes
Behind a smile and smoking dope
It's crazy

It seems so frightening
Time passes by like lightning
Before you know you're struck down
I always waste my time on
My chemical emotions
It keeps my head spinning around.

No One knows
Why should my fun have to end
For me its only the beginning
I see my friends begin to age
A short countdown to what end

Call me irresponsible
Call me habitual
But when you think of me
Do you fill your head which schemes
Better think again
Cause no one knows

I don't want to cause no harm
But sometimes my actions hurt
Is there something I should find
To make plans for forever

Does it seem like all your memories fade
You soak up knowledge to fill the space
And still my answer remains...
I don't know.

Who wrote Holden Caufield?
A thought burst in my head
And I need to tell you
It's news that I for thought
Was it just a dream
That happened long ago?
I think I just forgot
Well it hasn't been the first time
And it sure does drive me mad

There's a boy who fogs his world and now he's getting lazy
there's no motivation and frustration makes him crazy
He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting
Someone help him up or he's gonna end up quitting

I shuffle though my mind
To see if I can find
The words I left behind
Was it just a dream
That happened long ago?
Oh well...
Nevermind.

Words I might have ate
Now it seems I can't keep my mind of you
My brain drifts back to better days we've been through
Like sitting on blacktop of the school grounds
The love I bitched about I finally found

But now it's gone and I take the blame
So there's nothing I can do but take the pain
Why?

Now I dwell on what you remind me of
A sweet young girl who sacrificed her love
As for me... I am blind without a cause
And now I reazlied what I have lost

It was something real that I could have had
Now I play the fool whose stable soul's gone bad
Why?

Tell me the words I might have said
That's pumping pressure deep inside my head
Was it bad enough to be too late?
Just tell me the words I might have ate.

Sweet Children

Sweet young girl so soft and blonde.
does exactly what she's been warned.
Intoxication's in her veins.
Sweet young boy plays with her brain.
believing all his faith that lies
Putting his hands onto her thighs.
impurity has now been gripped.
He takes away her innocence

Sweet children, sweet children, sweet children.
Remember when.

Johnny Ray is running again, as he hit the floor again
Running from the light of day, or maybe lie and celebrate.
the slightest urge goes from his hands.
Follow me if you understand.
he's got the trigger on his gun
Final sin and now he runs

Sweet children, sweet children, sweet children. Remember when.
Sweet children, sweet children, sweet children. will never win.

Best Thing in town 

Come with me and let's go for a ride
Follow me to the other side
As I sit around and watch you pout

Cause I know that you're the
Best thing in town -- Best thing around
Best thing in town -- Best thing around

Running wild and always running free
Doing things that I have never seen
Eerie colors and all I see are sounds

Now I know that you're the
Best thing in town -- Best thing around
Best thing in town -- Best thing around

I'm seeing faces...
Of mysterys of the earth
I am not one ...
To the aggersions of my birth
Or go to stance...
Of houllinations I can't find
A missing peice...
Of a thought thats in my mind

Come with me and let's go for a ride
Follow me to the other side
As I sit around and watch you pout

Cause I know that you're the
Best thing in town -- Best thing around
Best thing in town -- Best thing around

Running wild and always running free
Doing things that I have never seen
Eerie colors and all I see are sounds

Now I know that you're the
Best thing in town -- Best thing around
Best thing in town -- Best thing around

(Billie mumbling:)
Sick and tired of all this wild SHIT!!

Strangeland
Looking at the clouds in the sky
floating image in my mind
Now I wonder where this place is from

Evidence is everywhere
I start to run, now I'm scared
Strange beings all around.
Everyone come to this place I've found

I'm feeling phyced
walking?wonder why
All my joys are open
No more crimes

My eyes are clear and now I'm cured
I only wanna be for sure

Get in my mind and you will find
Mother love from all mankind

My Generation
[B.J. whispers "I think I can do Who..." way down in the mix]
Well, people try to put us down
Talkin' bout my generation
Just because we get around
Talkin' bout my generation
The things they do look awful cold
Talkin' bout my generation
I hope I die before I get old
Talkin' bout my generation

My generation

Why don't you all just fade away?
Talkin' bout my generation
And don't try to dig what we all say
Talkin' bout my generation
I'm not trying to cause a big sensation
Talkin' bout my generation
I'm just talkin' bout my generation
Talkin' bout my generation

My generation.

Heinekin, fuck that shit!

Why don't you all just fade away?
Talkin' bout my generation
And don't try to dig what we all say
Talkin' bout my generation
I'm not trying to cause a big sensation
Talkin' bout my generation
I'm just talkin' bout my generation
Talkin' bout my generation

My generation
Talkin' bout my generation

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby