Lyrics for the songs on HELLO WORLD by John Munnelly Music
(released June 2013)
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HELLO WORLD LYRICS
We tell ourselves lies so we can live
‘til we learn our lesson; how to forgive
breaking our knees and hearts
on the cruel stones
blood on the walls
to show what is owned
Chorus: We should go blind, we should go blind,
We should go, we should go, we should go blind *2
Things fall apart, the center can’t hold
trading good and mercy
for counterfeits gold
waving their spears, sharpening swords
in the vale of the shadows
where the angel’s ignored … Chorus
Historys forgotten so we do it twice
every 20 years (or so) Adam leaves paradise
Lessons not remembered
we repeat what’s before
and what’s already happened
is what’s in store –
We should go blind, so we won’t see
looting of our freedoms and democracy
better no ears than hear hypocritical lies
the flag wrapped in popcorn, dipped in syrup and flies
It’s nightfall, how will it end
not such a mystery, heaven forfend
empires rise and the King falls
numbered, weighed, found wanting
written on the wall
People die all the time except you and I right
People cry all the while maybe you and I might
People try to behave
People curse and be betrayed
People lie, oh why oh why oh why
People Love all the time maybe you and I right
People fuck all the while, I hoped that you and I might
People like to be depraved
but mostly end up well behaved
people sigh oh why oh why oh why
late at night we hear the tribal drumming
late at night we know the full moons coming
late at night and our guitars we are a strumming
late at night
people hate all the time except you and I wrong
people can’t be right all the time
how long can we go on?
people try to go out
young boy and girl did not work out
crying why oh why oh why
People laugh all the time maybe you and I right
People smile all the while maybe you & I might
People touch (and) people stare
we’re all people everywhere
crying why oh why oh why oh why oh why
© Copyright & (P) John Munnelly LaughJohnLaugh Music ASCAP
Growing up in Nowhere Ville, back end of beyond
born into lack, always put upon
Survived the ‘dangers & the swamp, addiction & disease
Different from the pack, for that reason was lonely
I journey on
til I am gone
knowing all along
that I was legend
Ooh Ooh Oh Oh Oh
We are legends
We are legends
We are legends
I believe
Failed at futile battles, but we’re going to win the war
Lost our way on distraught detours, yet we’ve journeyed far
Had dreams and healing visions, saw the future bright and clear
seeing the bigger picture prayed God ‘get me out of here’
We carry on
Singing our own song
Miss me when I’m gone
Cause I was legend
Ooh Ooh Oh Oh Oh
We are legends
We are legends
We are legends
I believe
Still not where we want to be we know it’s transitory
passing by and making friends becoming part of history
legends in our lifetimes elevating from the masses
knowing whatever comes at us is not staying, it will pass us
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oooh –
We are legends, We are legends, We are legends
I believe
NOWHERE WITHOUT YOU by J Munnelly & A Calder
I’d rather be in Ireland, hiking in the rain
Painting scenes in Paris or chasing bulls in Spain
I’d rather be in Antigua, lying on the sand
Reading cheesy novels with a Rum Punch in my hand
All these places sound really cool
but it’s wishful thinking
I’d be a fool
‘Cause I’d be no one
I’d be nothing too
I’d be nowhere without you
It’s snowed sixteen inches in Central Park today
Down under it’s still summer, WOULDN’t have to wait ‘til May
I’ll buy the winning ticket in the lottery tonight
Then travel ‘round the world on a 1st-class airline flight
All these places
Sound really cool
But who needs them
WHAT WOULD I DO
‘Cause I’d be no one
I’d be nothing too
I’d be nowhere without you
Let’s pretend we’re on vacation
call in sick today
Sleep in and order take-out
AS IF we’re on an exotic holiday
SO Forget all this dreaming ‘bout where I’d rather be
‘Cause everything I’m needing is right here next to me
Lots of places Sound really cool
But they do n’t make me feel
The way you do I’d be no one
I’d be nothing too
I’d be nowhere without you
I’d be nowhere without you
—-
Did I leave the cubicle (or did the cubicle leave me?) CUBICLE SONG –
Scratching in the office bored out of my brain
I was squinting at a spreadsheet trying to explain
plotting how to change could I survive without this job
jumpy from the coffee a man facing his lynch mob
Did I leave the cubicle or the cubicle leave me
I supposed that I got pissed off with the way things were for me
always an emergency something to fix ‘cause it was broke
and the thing that kept me going was my girlfriend and my jokes
Did I Leave the cubicle or the cubicle leave me?
I picked up the phone, well it was ringing on my desk
LaughJohnLaugh’s Tech Department you know I am the best
She said; ‘I’ve got a situation, could you ever hurry in’
I know how to fix it; turn it off and on again
Hello open door
You’re scary that’s for sure
HELLO WORLD come on in
HELLO WORLD come on in
The time it came to leave there cause my race was run
only so much a man can take ‘n’ say that it’s still fun
Waved goodbye, packed a box, left by the side door
nostalgia welling up, but it’s not like that any more
—-
Make My Move Real Soon
She looks SO hot in that little dress
In my ripped jeans I feel a mess
Talking TOO loud to impress
realize that more is less
going to make a move real soon
going to make my move real soon
Now she’s turned to walk away
should I follow her or stay
wait to long and I may fail
party pales and she may bail
going to make a move real soon
gotta make my move real soon
Here goes nothing
going to crash and burn
Is that me talking
my stomach yearns
I hear me joking
and she’s smiling
hey Mr Shyness
going to be all right
I’m going to make my move tonight
going to make my move tonight
LA LA LA LA ….
Want to touch her and caress
What can I do so I impress?
demonstrate I’m not a fool
that I’m the King of Cool
going to make a move real soon
going to make a move real soon
Fasten courage to the mast
catch the winning touchdown pass
throw yourself into life’s game
gotta make your move
gotta make your move
gotta make
your move
Whoah she sat down on my knee
I walked her home with urgency
please go out with me again
don’t’ want this night to end
gonna make my move
gonna make my move
real soon
—
The price of the medicine
Carl’s a married man, his wife is sick
Pregnant with their second kid
needs special meds, but they cost a lot
too much for him, which he has n’t got
He get’s to choose between a bankruptcy
and the life of his wife’s unborn baby
Is this the way it has to be?
it’s the price of the medicine…
Ohhh
Tom never thought he’d get this strange disease
lost his hair, his insides bleed
dressed in a gown, in a hospital bed
tubes in his mouth, so he can be fed
don’t know if he’s alive or dead
but he’s got nothing left to lose, financially bled
Is this the way it has to be?
for the price of the medicine…
Ohh
Sitting, gripping my child’s left hand
She can’t eat and I can’t stand
We’re running out of time on the insurance plan
Three days pills in my right palm
What I’m going to do when the 3 days pass
can’t pay anymore, is this middle-class?
I’m officially broke it’s the end of the line
It’s the price of the medicine
—-
Disappointed Me
Time and moneys stupid game
it went wrong and I’m to blame
Daddy’s gone, I feel despair
didn’t know I needed to be there.
life gets broken can’t be fixed
all smashed up like broken sticks
in a hole oh! the cold ground
where he can’t speak or hear my sound
Priceless time we had was lost
all ‘cause I stopped to count the cost
and what’s left is ash and dust
disappointed me
disappointed me
Not someone else’s Dad that died
Don’t want this pain I feel inside
but there’s nowhere to run and hide
no way to flee, from me.
Say the rules to me again
Explain why the sudden end?
got such a short time on the earth
80 years from birth to dirt.
CHORUS
Bridge
There were warnings didn’t take it
my mistake – I thought I’d make it
Didn’t take a flight or cross the sea
Now Mammys martyred silence
hangs like a quiet violence
and brings more regrets and so I’ll always be
disappointed me disappointed me
BREAK
Mistakes were made what can be done
Double rainbows setting sun
one life ends and one’s begun
– disappointed me.
—
THINGS CHANGE (Munnelly/Calder)
DON’T LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO
LIGHTS OUT, LIKE A FUSE BLEW
DON’T LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO YESTERDAY
THE AIR BETWEEN US COLDER
THE RUSH OF NEWNESS OVER
CRASHING INTO OUR OWN HEARTBREAK
FEELING LOST AND TORN
CRYING WHAT WENT WRONG
FALLING OUT OF LOVE TO LONELY TIMES
DON’T LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO
EMOTIONS DRAINED AWAY
THESE CHANGES, UNEXPECTED
HAVE HAPPENED ANYWAY
THINGS CHANGE
NO TALKING LIKE WE USED TO
OUR TIES HAVE SLOWLY BURNT THROUGH
A COLD REALITY IS IN OUR FACE
WE CLING ONTO EACH OTHER
THEN BREAK AND RUN FOR COVER
IMPRISONED WITH NO ESCAPE
WRITING’S ON THE WALL
NO USE FINDING FAULT
REALIZING WE CAN’T TURN BACK TIME
DON’T LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO
INSIDE WE’RE NOT THE SAME
THESE CHANGES, UNEXPECTED
HAVE HAPPENED ANYWAY
THINGS CHANGE
TIME PASSES, LIFE HAPPENS
WERE WE TOO BLIND TO SEE
NO STOPPING THE BLEEDING
THE WOUNDS ARE JUST TOO DEEP
DON’T LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO
OH, WHY MUST WE END THIS WAY, YEAH
DO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT
OR IS THIS JUST THE WAY
THINGS CHANGE
OH, THINGS CHANGE (2X) THINGS CHANGE (2X)
—–
Don’t want to mess up
All the rules have changed
My work’s gone belly up
I may fall and break my luck
do n’t want to mess up
Got a brand new shirt
has an extra pocket sewn;
Man put his hand in
and takes what he don’t own
Don’t want to mess up
Don’t want to mess up
Don’t want to mess up
Don’t want to lay down
so he can walk on me
keep my two feet on the ground
shun this weird gravity
Got a brand new hat
Looks really well on me
but I have to take it off
& beg, for my salary
Don’t want to mess up
Inside my head there’s a fire burning
In my soul there’s a thirst, a yearning
For justice, mercy,
and some generosity
I’ve been here before
shown the handle on the door
Could I speak my mind
Take back what is mine
Don’t want to mess up
Don’t want to mess up
Don’t want to
Don’t want to
Don’t want to mess up
—
I wonder what happened to my father ( SECRET )
I was ten & I was playing in a puddle
Mom said ‘take this bag, we’re leaving here away’
I joined the other children in a huddle
on the bus I asked if Dad was going with us today
Mom knows but she won’t say
treats me like it doesn’t matter anyway
if he’s not here then we’ll move on
why’s it such a secret where my Dad has gone ?
why’s it such a secret where my Dad has gone?
Secret (repeats)
I wonder what happened to my father
I’m his son, you’d think I ought to know
Mom won’t say and changes subject
“Ahh son that was so very long ago”
CHORUS and Secret
I’m still a child looking back over my shoulder
hoping to see him one more time and then he’d wave
Mom knows but she won’t say
treat’s me like it doesn’t matter anyway
cause he’s dead and I’ve moved on
why’s it such a secret where my Dad has gone ?
why’s it such a secret where my Dad has gone?
Secret (repeats)
Even now I feel I’m supposed to keep this hidden
Cause he was doing something covert during the war
We swapped the Ho Chi Minh for Pennsylvania
but I never got to see his grave so I could mourn
Chorus
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