Tell your friends not to think out loud Until they swallow Whisper things into my brain Your voice sounds so hollow I am not a leader of men Since I prefer to follow Do you think I could have a drink? Since it's so hard to swallow Yeah, so hard to swallow Turn your television off And I will sing a song And if you suddenly have the urge You can sing along I touch your hand, touch your face I think the fruit is rotten Give me lessons on how to breathe 'Cause I think I've forgotten Yeah, think I've forgotten One day out to a cliff That overlooks the water I jumped in to save a girl It was somebody's daughter And now the ring that's on my hand Was given to me by her And to this day, we all sit around And dream of ways to get higher Yeah, to get much higher Tell your friends not to think out loud Until they swallow Whisper things into my brain Your voice sounds so hollow, yeah I am not a leader of men Since I prefer to follow Do you think I could have a drink? Since it's so hard to swallow Yeah, so hard to swallow

Yeah This is not a test, check (easy does it) Please turn my headphones up a little bit (easy does it) Yeah Ay Hello friends, Cudder again Gotta smack 'em with some shit before the world ends Same old denims, worn for days I been home makin' jams and many wonderful waves I see in many wondrous shades Peekin' out the shadows at a new landscape I've been trapped in my mind, I've been tryna escape Fame and loneliness, the recipe for disaster I can't handle this shit, I'ma get plastered I just wanna go fast, I'm a bastard I won't stop till I'm where I wanna be in line And there's so many things to do in the in-between time That's to say I don't get lost and lose my fuckin' mind Thinkin' 'bout the days I was broke, fuck me up sometimes How did I do it, why the kids love me so? Cause they connect with Cudder, real simple Now let me set the groove with some cello On the outside lookin' into this mellow But sometimes I wanna just shoot my fuckin' face off I'm talkin' game over, defeated the boss Hope with age I can cope with my rage I'm so damn passionate, they're no safe plain The dealer dwellin', I'm always in the zone Why did God let Hell in? It's just a nigga, man Man, listen, I'm tryna find a way to tuck this niña in my skinnies It's kinda tough, I don't know see how they did it in the eighties My angels ride for me, at all costs My dad is tellin' me, "Don't stress, go and floss" Live a little, I got you pop Love kiddo, my negro Somebody better save them, God 'Cause young Scott Mescudi stayed on his job The leader of the delinquents (Delinquents, delinquents, delinquents...) The leader of the delinquents (Delinquents, delinquents, delinquents...) The leader of the delinquents (Delinquents, delinquents, delinquents...) The leader of the delinquents (Delinquents, delinquents, delinquents...) Uh, a'ight Put the flow in the bag, kept it sealed on 'em When I'm drivin', well it depends, so many in the Honda Broke up with this girl, she was trippin' Couldn't understand my life and the world that kept me stressed about My SLS is pearl, bitch, please don't call it white And that nigga, he went back while I was trippin' of the white A jealous mothafucka, that's the shit that I don't like You got a girl better love her man, you gotta cuff her tight Because so many people have the nerve You ask about Cudder and I bet you fuckin' heard Hm, they call me legend and I'm feelin' twenty-six You mad, you mad, you mad, Cudder in this bitch I'm an unstoppable fucker, from the land where my niggas be Pop a Perc', start to mumble, my fam jokin', rollin' tree You see this walk, you know my face All hail King WZRD in your motherfuckin' space, you love it The leader of the delinquents (Delinquents, delinquents, delinquents...) The leader of the delinquents (Delinquents, delinquents, delinquents...) The leader of the delinquents (Delinquents, delinquents, delinquents...) The leader of the delinquents (Delinquents, delinquents, delinquents...)

An only child alone and wild A cabinet maker's son His hands were meant For different work And his heart was known to none He left his home and went his lone And solitary way And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay A quiet man of music Denied a simpler fate He tried to be a soldier once But his music wouldn't wait He earned his love through discipline A thundering, velvet hand His gentle means of sculpting souls Took me years to understand The leader of the band is tired And his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument And his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt To imitate the man I'm just a living legacy To the leader of the band My brothers' lives were different For they heard another call One went to Chicago And the other to St. Paul And I'm in Colorado When I'm not in some hotel Living out this life I've chose And come to know so well I thank you for the music And your stories of the road I thank you for the freedom When it came my time to go I thank you for the kindness And the times when you got tough And, papa, I don't think I said 'I love you' near enough The leader of the band is tired And his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument And his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt To imitate the man I'm just a living legacy To the leader of the band I am a living legacy to the leader of the band

Break the news, you're walking out To be a good man for someone else Sorry I was never good like you Stood on my chest and kept me down Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd Did my best to exist just for you Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power I'll find a way to be without you, babe I still feel you, now and then Slow like Pseudoephedrine When you see me, will you say I've changed? I ride the subway, read the signs I let the seasons change my mind I love it here, since I've stopped needing you Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power I'll find a way to be without you, babe I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power I'll find a way to be without you, babe

Well, summer slipped us underneath her tongue Our days and nights are perfumed with obsession Half of my wardrobe is on your bedroom floor Use our eyes, throw our hands overboard I am your sweetheart psychopathic crush Drink up your movements, still I can't get enough I overthink your punctuation use Not my fault, just a thing that my mind do A rush at the beginning I get caught up, just for a minute But lover, you're the one to blame All that you're doing Can you hear the violence? Megaphone to my chest Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Our thing progresses I call and you come through Blow all my friendships To sit in hell with you But we're the greatest They'll hang us in the Louvre Down the back, but who cares—still the Louvre Okay I know that you are not my type (Still I fall) I'm just the sucker who let you fill her mind (But what about love?) Nothing wrong with it Supernatural Just move in close to me, closer, you'll feel it coasting A rush at the beginning I get caught up, just for a minute But lover, you're the one to blame All that you're doing Can you hear the violence? Megaphone to my chest Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it

Go back and tell it Please, could you be tender? And I will sit close to you Let's give it a minute before we admit that we're through Guess this is the winter Our bodies are young and blue I'm at Jungle City, it's late, and this song is for you 'Cause I remember the rush when forever was us Before all of the winds of regret and mistrust Now we sit in your car and our love is a ghost Well, I guess I should go, yeah, I guess I should go Hard feelings These are what they call hard feelings of love When the sweet words and fevers All leave us right here in the cold-old-old Alone with the hard feelings of love God, I wish I believed ya When you told me this was my home-ome-ome I light all the candles Cut flowers for all my rooms I care for myself the way I used to care about you These days we kiss and we keep busy The waves come after midnight I call from underwater Why even try to get right? When you've outgrown a lover (oh) The whole world knows, but you (oh) It's time to let go of this endless summer afternoon Hard feelings These are what they call hard feelings of love When the sweet words and fevers All leave us right here in the cold-old-old Alone with the hard feelings of love God, I wish I believed ya When you told me this was my home-ome-ome Three years, loved you every single day, made me weak It was real for me, yup, real for me Now I'll fake it every single day 'Til I don't need fantasy, 'til I feel you leave But I still remember everything How we'd drift buying groceries How you'd dance for me I'll start letting go of little things 'Til I'm so far away from you Far away from you, yeah What is this tape? This is my favorite tape Bet you wanna rip my heart out Bet you wanna skip my calls now Well, guess what? I'd like that 'Cause I'm gonna mess your life up Gonna wanna tape my mouth shut Look out, lovers We're L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation All fuckin' with our lover's heads, generation Bet you wanna rip my heart out Bet you wanna skip my calls now Well, guess what? I'd like that 'Cause I'm gonna mess your life up Gonna wanna tape my mouth shut Look out, lovers We're L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S (look out, lovers) generation All fuckin' with our lover's heads generation (look out, lovers) L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation

Got a wishbone drying on the windowsill in my kitchen Just in case I wake up and realise I've chosen wrong I love this life that I have, the vine hanging over the door And the dog who comes when I call But I wonder sometimes what I'm missing But my hot blood's been burning for so many summers now It's time to cool it down Wherever that leads 'Cause all the beautiful girls, they will fade like the roses And all the times they will change, it'll all come around I don't know Maybe I'm just stoned at the nail salon Maybe I'm just stoned at the nail salon again Got a memory of waiting in your bed wearing only my earrings We'd go dancing all over the landmines under our town But the sun has to rise, when it does, we'll divide up the papers Two former hell-raisers I'm still crazy for you, babe Well, my hot blood's been burning for so many summers now It's time to cool it down Wherever that leads 'Cause all the music you loved at 16 you'll grow out of And all the times, they will change, it'll all come around I don't know, maybe I'm just Maybe I'm just stoned at the nail salon again Oh, make it good Oh-oh-oh, make it good I'd ride and I'd ride on the carousel 'round and 'round Forever if I could But it's time to cool it down Whatever that means Spend all the evenings you can with the people who raised you 'Cause all the times, they will change, it'll all come around I don't know Maybe I'm just stoned at the nail salon Maybe I'm just stoned at the nail salon again

I do my makeup in somebody else's car We order different drinks at the same bars I know about what you did and I wanna scream the truth She thinks you love the beach, you're such a damn liar Well, those great whites, they have big teeth Hope they bite you Thought you said that you would always be in love But you're not in love no more Did it frighten you? How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor? On the light up floor But I hear sounds in my mind Brand new sounds in my mind But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go But honey I'll be seein' you down every road I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it 'Cause honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it Sometimes I wake up in a different bedroom (I wake up in a different bedroom, baby) I whisper things, the city sings 'em back to you (The city sings 'em back to you, back to you) All those rumors, they have big teeth Hope they bite you Thought you said that you would always be in love But you're not in love no more Did it frighten you? How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor? On the light up floor But I hear sounds in my mind Brand new sounds in my mind But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go But honey I'll be seein' you down every road I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it 'Cause honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it Oh, honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it Yes, honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started Pass around the lampshade, there'll be plenty enough room in jail If being wrong's a crime, I'm servin' forever If being strong's your kind, then I need help here with this feather If being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side At the swingin' party down the line Pound the prairie pavement, losin' proposition Quittin' school and goin' to work and never goin' fishing Water all around, I never learned how to swim now If being wrong's a crime, I'm servin' forever If being strong's your kind, then I need help here with this feather If being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side At the swingin' party down the line At the swingin' party down the line Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started Pass around the lampshade, there'll be plenty enough room in jail If being wrong's a crime, I'm servin' forever If being strong is what you want, then I need help here with this feather If being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side At the swingin' party down the line At the swingin' party down the line