JASON MRAZ Lyrics
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MAKE IT MINE  on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


Wake up everyone, 
How can you sleep at a time like this 
Unless the dreamer is the real you 
Listen to your voice 
The one that tells you to taste past the tip of your tongue 
Leap and the net will appear 

I don't want to wake before the dream is over 
I'm gonna make it mine, this I, I know it 
And I'm gonna make it mine, this I'll make it all mine 

I keep my life on a heavy rotation 
Requesting that it's lifting you up, up, up and away 
And over to a table at the gratitude cafe 
And I am finally there, 
And all the angels they'll be singing 
"I love this" 

I don't wanna break before the tour is over 
I'm gonna make it mine, this I, I know it 
I'm gonna make it mine, this I'll make it all mine

And timing's everything 
And this time there's plenty 
I am balancing careful and steady 
And revelling in energy that everyone's admitting 

I don't wanna wait no more 
I want to celebrate the whole world 
I'm gonna make it mine 
Because I'm following your joy 

I'm gonna make it mine 
Because I, I am open 
I'm gonna make it mine 
Yes, I, I wanna show it 
I'm gonna make it mine all mine 
Gonna make, gonna make it mine
It's mine, it's mine

Yes I will make it all mine

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I€�M YOURS on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
and now I'm trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
Nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing
We're just one big family
And It's our God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love loved

So I won't hesitate no more, no more 
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate 
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

Scooch closer dear
and i will nibble your ear

I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
My breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what i be saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

I won't hesitate no more, no more 
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate 
Our time is short
this is our fate, I'm yours

Well no no, well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find the sky is yours
Listen to the music of the moment come and dance with me
A l� one big family (2nd time: A l� happy family; 3rd time: A l� peaceful melody)
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved love love love

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

No please, don't complicate 
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

No please, don't hesitate
no more, no more
It cannot wait
The sky is yours!


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LUCKY (FEAT. COLBIE CAILLAT) on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


Do you hear me, 
I'm talking to you 
Across the water across the deep blue ocean 
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying 
Boy I hear you in my dreams 
I feel your whisper across the sea 
I keep you with me in my heart 
You make it easier when life gets hard 

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend 
Lucky to have been where I have been 
Lucky to be coming home again 
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh 

They don't know how long it takes 
Waiting for a love like this 
Every time we say goodbye 
I wish we had one more kiss 
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will 

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend 
Lucky to have been where I have been 
Lucky to be coming home again 
Lucky we're in love every way 
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed 
Lucky to be coming home someday 

And so I'm sailing through the sea 
To an island where we'll meet 
You'll hear the music fill the air 
I'll put a flower in your hair 
though the breezes through trees 
Move so pretty you're all I see 
As the world keeps spinning round 
You hold me right here right now 

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend 
Lucky to have been where I have been 
Lucky to be coming home again 
I'm lucky we're in love every way 
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed 
Lucky to be coming home someday 

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh 
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

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BUTTERFLY on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


I'm taking a moment just imaginin' that I'm dancin' with you 
I'm your pole and all you're wearing is your shoes 
You got soul, you know what to do to turn me on until I write a song about you 
And you have your own engaging style 
And you've got the knack to vivify 
And you make my slacks a little tight, you may unfasten them if you like 
That's if you crash and spend the night 

But you don't fold, you don't fade 
You've got everything you need, especially me 
Sister you've got it all 
You make the call to make my day 
In your message say my name 
Your talk is all the talk, sister you've got it all 

Curl your upper lip up and let me look around 
Ride your tongue along your bottom lip and bite down 
And bend your back and ask those hips if I can touch 
Because they're the perfect jumping off point of getting closer to your 

Butterfly 
We float on by 
Oh kiss me with your eyelashes tonight 
Or Eskimo your nose real close to mine 
And let's mood the lights and finally make it right 
But you don't fold, you don't fade, you've got everything you need 
Especially me 
Sister you've got it all 

You make the call to make my day 
In your message say my name 
Your talk is all the talk sister you've got it all 
You've got it all, you've got it all, you've got it all (2x) 

You've got it all 

Doll I need to see you pull your knee socks up 
Let me feel you upside-down, slide in, slide out, slide over here 
Climb in my mouth now child 

Butterfly, you landed on my mind 
Damn right you landed on my ear and then you crawled inside 
And now I see you perfectly behind closed eyes 
I wanna fly with you and I don't wanna lie to you 
Cause I, cause I can't recall a better days 
Sun coming to shine on the occasion 

You're an open minded lady 
You've got it all 
And I never forget a face 
'Cept for maybe my own 
I have my days 
Let's face the fact here, it's you who's got it all 

You know that fortune favors the brave 
Well let me get paid while I make you breakfast 
The rest is up to you, you make the call 

You make the call to make my day 
In your message say my name 
Your talk is all the talk, sister you've got it all 

I can't recall a better day 
Sun comin' to shine on the occasion 
You're a sophisticated lady, oh you've got it all 

You've got it all, you've got it all, you've got it all (3x) 
You've got it all, you've got it all…. 

Butterfly, baby, well you've got it all

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LIVE HIGH on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


I try to picture a girl 
Through a looking glass 
See her as a carbon atom 
See her eyes and stare back at them 
See that girl 
As her own new world 
Though a home is on the surface, she is still a universe 

Glory God, oh God is peeking through the blinds 
Are we all here standing naked 
Taking guesses at the actual date and time 
Oh my, justifying reasons why 
Is an absolutely insane resolution to live by 

Live high 
Live mighty 
Live righteously 
Takin it easy 
Live high, live mighty 
Live righteously 

Try to picture the man 
To always have an open hand 
See him as a giving tree 
See him as matter 
Matter fact he's not a beast 
No not the devil either 
Always a good deed doer 
And it's laughter that we're makin after all 

The call of the wild is still an ordination why 
And the order of the primates 
All our politics are too late 
Oh my, the congregation in my mind 
Is this assembly singing gratitude 
Practicing their lovin for you 


Just take it easy 
And celebrate the malleable reality 
Nothing is ever as it seems 
This life is but a dream

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LOVE FOR A CHILD on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


There's a picture on my kitchen wall
Looks like Jesus and his friends involved
There's a party getting started in the yard
There's a couple getting steamy in the car parked in the drive
Was I too young to see this with my eyes?

By the pool last night, apparently
The chemicals weren't mixed properly
You hit your head and then forgot your name
And then you woke up at the bottom by the drain
And now your altitude and memory's a shame

What about taking this empty cup and filling it up
With a little bit more of innocence
I haven't had enough, it's probably because when you're young
It's okay to be easily ignored
I like to believe it was all about love for a child

And when the house was left in shambles
Who was there to handle all the broken bits of glass
Was it mom who put my dad out on his ass or the other way around
Well I'm far too old to care about that now

What about taking this empty cup and filling it up
With a little bit more of innocence
I haven't had enough, it's probably because when you're young
It's okay to be easily ignored
I'd like to believe it was all about love for a child

It's kinda nice to work the floor since the divorce
I've been enjoying both my Christmases and my birthday cakes
And taking drugs and making love at far too young an age
And they never check to see my grades
What a fool I'd be to start complaining now

What about taking this empty cup and filling it up
With a little bit more of innocence
I haven't had enough, it's probably because when you're young
It's okay to be easily ignored
I'd love to believe it's all about love for a child
It was all about love

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DETAILS IN FABRIC (FEAT. JAMES MORRISON) on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


Calm down 
Deep breaths 
And get yourself dressed instead 
Of running around 
And pulling all your threads and 
Breaking yourself up 

If it's a broken part, replace it 
But, if it's a broken arm then brace it 
If it's a broken heart then face it 

And hold your own 
Know your name 
And go your own way 
Hold your own 
Know your own name 
And go your own way 

And everything will be fine 
Everything will be fine 
mmmhmm 

Hang on 
Help is on the way 
Stay strong 
I'm doing everything 

Hold your own 
Know your name 
And go your own way 
Hold your own 
Know your name 
And go your own way 

And everything, everything will be fine 
Everything 

Are the details in the fabric 
Are the things that make you panic 
Are your thoughts results of static cling? 

Are the things that make you blow 
Hell, no reason, go on and scream 
If you're shocked it's just the fault 
Of faulty manufacturing. 

Yeah everything will be fine 
Everything in no time at all 
Everything 

Hold your own 
And know your name 
And go your own way 

Are the details in the fabric (Hold your own, know your name) 
Are the things that make you panic 
Are your thoughts results of static cling? (Go your own way) 

Are the details in the fabric (Hold your own, know your name) 
Are the things that make you panic (Go your own way) 
Is it Mother Nature's sewing machine? 

Are the things that make you blow (Hold your own, know your name) 
Hell no reason go on and scream 
If you’re shocked it's just the fault (Go your own way) 
Of faulty manufacturing 

Everything will be fine 
Everything in no time at all 
Hearts will hold  


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COYOTES on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


Sipping coffee at a quarter to two
I wake up and i'm dallin and my minds running to you
No wonder i'm a one woman man
She keeps me hot in a jar on the nightstand
I should tell her that she couldn't be more
Opposite then a foot in a door,
Theres no one else I would rather go out with, thats hell when I see them standing there
Me and my mouth we don't mean to be rushing
We talk about deep freely cuz we crushing
I want to shake both sides of the brush ya
Theatrically I say we rock it

And when the coyotes they sing at the park
Till the city lights starts falling
Ride them rodes they winding down till the flame hits the ground
Every motion is closer to touching the coyotes sing when they call in the middle of it.

Coming back for more,
You know I'm coming for you
You know we should be should be together
While we rock, we won't put a stop
Not today not tomorrow.
You better lock your doors
You know why, cuz we want you
Cuz when I kill a liar

I wish the world was a live like you.
I wish the world would help me through
Another repetuity to approach you
Another telepathic rendezvous
I wish you would walk when your jogging
You got a duty to sell in mexico
I got to try to keep you acting shady
I don't like liking you when you walk because
I gotta figure out the snooze alarm
I wanta lay in a place till dawn
I wanta play in the park come on
Now let me see ya alarm in the lesh hello

And when the coyotes escape to new york
Then the city lights has crumbles to the sea
And the girls turned it into lost and found
The flying metal hit the ground
Every motion is closer to touching the coyotes singing
I'm a coyote and I got a taste for your loving

You know I will come for you
You know we should be, we should be together,
Because once we work we want to stop
Not today or tomorrow

Because once we work we want to stop
Not today or tomorrow

You know I will come for you
You know we should be, we should be together,
Because once we work we want to stop
Not today or tomorrow

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ONLY HUMAN on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


Squirrel in the tree is he watching me 
Does he give a damn 
Does he care who I am 
I'm just a man, is that all I am 
Are my manners misinterpreted words or only human 
I'm human 

Murderous crow, hey what you know 
What you reading about, what you hold in your toes 
Is that a twig, are you a dove of peace 
A black dove undercover, with another puzzle piece 
Are you a riddle to solve all along 
Or am I over thinking thoughts of human after all 

Only human 
Made of flesh, made of sand, made of human 
The planet's talking about a revolution 
The natural laws ain't got no constitution 
They've got a right to live their own life 
But we keep paving over paradise 

'Cause we're only human 
Yes we are, Only human 
If it's our only excuse or do we think we'll keep on being only human 
Yes we are, Only human 
So far, So far 

Up in the major's tree, the one he planted back when he was just a boy back in 1923 
Thirty meters and a foot, take a look, take a climb 
What you'll find is the product of a seed 
The seed is sown, all alone 
It grows above, with a heart of love 
Sharp and shelter of the animals of land and cold weather breathing 
We're all breathing 

The planet's talking about a revolution 
The natural laws ain't got no constitution 
They've got a right to live their own life 
But we keep paving over paradise 

'Cause we're only human 
Yes we are, Only human 
If it's our only excuse or do we think we'll keep on being only human 
Yes we are, Only human 
So far, So far 

And this place it will outlive me 
Before I get to heaven I'll climb that tree 
And I will have to give my thanks 
For giving me the branch to swing on 
If I ever fall in love 
I'd love to give myself a baby 
I will let my children have their way 

Because we're only human, yes we are 
Only human, So far, So far 
So Far, So Far

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THE DYNAMO OF VOLITION on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


I've got the dynamo of volition 
With po-pole position 
Automatic transmission with lo-ow emissions 
I'm a brand new addition to the old edition 
with the love unconditional. 

I'm a drama abolitionist 
Damn no opposition to my proposition 
Half of a man, half magician 
Half a politician holding the mic 
Like ammunition 
And my vision is as simple as light. 

Ain't no reason we should be in a fight 
No demolition 
Get to vote, get to say what you like 
Procreation 
Compositions already written by themselves 
heck is for the people not believin' in gosh 

Good Job 
Get 'em up way high 
Gimme gimme that high five 
Good time 
Get 'em way down low 
Gimme gimme that low dough 
Good God 
Bring 'em back again 
Gimme gimme that high ten 
You're the best definition of good intentions. 

I do not answer the call if 
I do not know who is calling 
I guess the whole point of it all is 
That we never know really 

I'm tryin' to keep with the Joneses 
While waiting for guns and the roses 
To finish what we all suppose is 
gonna be that shit will sue me 

Oh, fist like pumpin and wrist lock 
twisting up a rizla 
Kid Icarus on the transister 
Nintendo been givin' me the blister 
I bend over take it in the kisser 

My best friends are hittin' on my sister. 
Try to tell them that they still wish-a 
Cuz she already got herself a mister 
And besides that's gross to want to dis her 
Didn't I say... Didn't I say 

Good Job 
Get 'em up way high 
Gimme gimme that high five 
Good time 
Get 'em way down low 
Gimme gimme that low dough 
Good God 
Bring 'em back again 
Gimme gimme that high ten 
You're the best definition of good versus evil 

I do not keep up with statistics 
I do not sleep without a mistress 
I do not eat unless it's fixed with 
some kind of sweet like a licorice 
My home is deep inside the mystics 
I'm known to keep diggin on existence 
I'm holdin' in the heat like a fishstick 
And my phone it beeps because I missed it. 

I do not answer the call if 
I do not know who is calling 
I'm making no sense of it all 
say can I get a witness 

I'm only a boy in a story 
Just a hallucinatory 
Trippin' on nothing there is 
Living in the wilderness 

With a tiger spot on my back 
Living life of a cat 
I just wanna relax here 
And write another rap tune 
Driving off on your blind man's bike 
You can say just what you like 
Or nothing can stop you 

Good Job 
Get 'em up way high 
Gimme gimme that high five 
Good time 
Get 'em way down low 
Gimme gimme that low dough 
Good God 
Bring 'em back again 
Gimme gimme that high ten 
You're the best.. 

Good Job 
Get 'em up way high 
Gimme gimme that high five 
Good time 
Get 'em way down low 
Gimme gimme that low dough 
Good God 
Bring 'em back again 
Gimme gimme that high ten 
You're the best definition of good intention 
You're the best around

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IF IT KILLS ME on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


Hello tell me you know 
Yeah you figured me out 
Something gave it away 
And it would be such a beautiful moment 
To see the look on your face 
To know that I know that you know now 

And baby that's a case of my wishful thinking 
You know nothing 
Cause you and I 
Why we go carrying on for hours on and 
We get along much better 
Than you and your boyfriend 

Well all I really wanna do is love you 
A kind much closer than friends use 
But I still can't say it after all we've been through 
And all I really want from you is to feel me 
As the feeling inside keeps building 
And I will find a way to you if it kills me 
If it kills me 

Well how long can I go on like this 
Wishing to kiss you 
Before I rightly explode 
This double life I lead isn't healthy for me 
In fact it makes me nervous 
If I get caught I could be risking it all 

Baby there's a lot that I miss 
In case I'm wrong 

Well all I really wanna do is love you 
A kind much closer than friends use 
But I still can't say it after all we've been through 
And all I really want from you is to feel me 
As the feeling inside keeps building 
And I will find a way to you if it kills me 
If it kills me 

If I should be so bold 
I'd ask you to hold my heart in your hand 
Tell you from the start how I've longed to be your man 
But I never said I would 
I guess I'm gonna miss my chance again 

All I really wanna do is love you 
A kind much closer than friends use 
But I still can't say it after all we've been through 
And all I really want from you is to feel me 
As the feeling inside keeps building 
And I will find a way to you if it kills me 
If it kills me 
If it kills me 
I think it might kill me 

And all I really want from you is to feel me 
It's a feeling inside that keeps building 
And I will find a way to you if it kills me 
If it kills me 
If it kills me 
It might kill me

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A BEAUTIFUL MESS on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

    by Jason Mraz


You've got the best of both worlds
You're the kind of girl who can take down a man, 
And lift him back up again
You are strong but you're needy, 
Humble but you're greedy
Based on your body language, 
your shouted cursive I've been reading
You're style is quite selective, 
though your mind is rather reckless
Well I guess it just suggests
that this is just what happiness is

Hey, what a beautiful mess this is
It's like picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write
Kind of turn themselves into knives

And don't mind my nerve you can call it fiction
'Cause I like being submerged in
your contradictions dear
'Cause here we are, here we are

Although you were biased I love your advice
Your comebacks they're quick
And probably have to do with your insecurities
There's no shame in being crazy, 
Depending on how you take these
Words that paraphrasing this relationship we're staging

And it's a beautiful mess, yes it is
It's like, we are picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you say
Kind of turn themselves into blades
And the kind and courteous is a life I've heard
But it's nice to say that we played in the dirt
Cause here, here we are, Here we are
Here we are
Here we are
Here we are
Here we are
Here we are
Here we are
Here we are

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LIFE IS WONDERFUL  on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


It takes a crane to build a crane
It takes two floors to make a story
It takes an egg to make a hen
It takes a hen to make an egg
There is no end to what I'm saying

It takes a thought to make a word
And it takes a word to make an action
It takes some work to make it work
It takes some good to make it hurt
It takes some bad for satisfaction

La la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life is full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Al la la la la

It takes a night to make it dawn
And it takes a day to you yawn brother
It takes some old to make you young
It takes some cold to know the sun
It takes the one to have the other

It takes no time to fall in love
But it takes you years to know what love is
It takes some fears to make you trust
It takes those tears to make it rust
It takes some dust to make it polished

Ha la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life is full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is so full of 
Ah la la la la la la life is so rough
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life is full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is our love
Ah la la la la la

It takes some silence to make sound
It takes a loss before you found it
It takes a road to go nowhere
It takes a toll to know you care
It takes a hole to make a mountain

Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life is full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is oh love
Ah la la la la la la love is all sorts of
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life is full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is holla holla
Ah la la la la la la next up bushwalla-walla
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la


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WORDPLAY  on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


I've been all around the world
I've been a new sensation
But it doesn't really matter
In this generation
The sophomore slump is an uphill battle
And someone said that ain't my scene
'Cause they need a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer
Got to find another way to live the life of leisure
So I drop my top
Mix and I mingle
Is everybody ready for the single and it goes...

[Chorus]
Ha La La La La
Now listen closely to the verse I lay
(Ha La La La La)
It's all about the wordplay
(Ha La La La Love)
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A to Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay

And it's time to get ill I got your remedy
For those who don't remember me
Well let me introduce you to my style
I try to keep a jumble
And the lyrics never mumble
When the music's makin' people tongue-tied
You want a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the people write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder
Gota find another way to keep from goin' under
Pull out the stops
Got your attention
I guess it's time again for me to mention
The wordplay

[Chorus]
Ha La La La La
Now listen closely to the verse I lay
(Ha La La La La)
It's all about the wordplay
(Ha La La La Love)
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A to Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay

I built a bridge across the stream my consciousness
It always seems to be a flowin'
But I don't know which way my brain is goin'
Oh the ryhmin' and the timin'
Keeps the melodies inside me
And they're comin'
Till I'm running out of air
Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head
Are you listening to a single word I've said

Ha La La La La
Listen closely to the words I say
Ha La La La La
I'm stickin' to the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A to Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay

Ha La La La La
I'm all about the wordplay
Ha La La La La
Stickin' with the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
I love the wonderful thing it does
Because, because
The ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's fall back in love
For the Mister A to Z they say
Is all about the wordplay


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GEEK IN THE PINK  on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


Yo, Brotha A to z,
Yo, wussup B,
Yo, What time is it?

Ha-ha, It's laundry day!

(do do do...)

Well let the geek in the pink take a stab at it
If you like the way I'm thinkin' baby wink at it
I may be skinny at times but I'm fat fulla rhymes
Pass me the mic and I'm a grab at it 
Isn't it delicious crazy way that I'm kissin'
This baby listen to this don't wanna miss it while it's hittin'
Sometimes you gotta fit in to get in
But don't ever quit cause soon I'm gonna let you in but see

I don't care what you might think about me
You'll get by without me if you want
Well,I could be the one to take you home
Baby we could rock the night alone
If we never get down it wouldn't be a let down
But sugar don't forget what you already know
I could be the one to turn you out
We could be the talk across the town
Don't judge it by the color, confuse it for another
You might regret what you let slip away

Like the geek in the pink (do do do...)
Like the geek in the pink, yeah (do do do...)
The geek in the pink

Well my relationship fodder don't mean to bother nobody
But Cupid's automatic musta fired multiple shots at her
Because she fall in love too often that's what the matter
At least I'm talkin' about it keep my pattern of flattery and 
She was starin' through the doorframe,and
Eyeing me down like already a bad boyfriend
Well she can get her toys outta the drawer then
Cause I ain't comin' home I don't need that attention, see

I don't care what she might think about me
She'll get by without me if she wants 
Well, I could be the one to take her home
Baby we could rock the night alone
If we never get down it wouldn't be a let down
But sugar don't forgetin' what you already know
That I could be the one to turn you out
We could be the talk across the town
Don't judge it by the color, confuse it for another
You might regret what you let slip away

Hey baby look at me go
From zero to hero
You better take it from a geek like me
Well I can save you from unoriginal dum-dums
Who wouldn't care if you com...plete him or not

So what I've got a short attention span
A coke in my hand
Because I'd rather have the afternoon, relaxin' understand
My hip hop and flip-flops well it don't stop with the light rock
My shot to mock you kinda puts me in the tight spot
The hype is nothing more than hoo-ha so I'm
Developing a language and I'm callin' it my own
So take a peek into the speaker and you'll see what I mean
That on the other side the grass is greener

I don't care what you might think about me
You'll get by without me if you want
I could be the one to take you home
Baby we could rock the night alone
If we never get down it wouldn't be a let down
But sugar don't forgetin' what you already know
I could be the one to turn you out
We could be the talk across the town
Don't judge it by the color, confuse it for another
You might regret what you let slip away
like the geek in the pink (do do do...)
I'm the geek in the pink ya'll
geek is the color for fall
I'm the geek in the pink
so i'm the geek ya'll 
in the pink ya'll
geek is the color for fall
i'm the geek in the pink


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DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE? on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


Did you get my message, the one I left 
While I was trying to condense everything that I meant 
In a minute or less when I called to confess 
And make all of my stresses go bye-bye 

Did you get my message, you didn't I guess 
'cuz if you did you would have called me with your sweet intent 
and we could give it a rest 
'stead of beating my breast 
making all of the pressure go sky-high 

Do you ever wonder what happens to the words that we send 
Do they bend, do they break from the flight that they take 
And come back together again with a whole new meaning 
In a brand new sense, completely unrelated to the one I sent 

Did you get my message, oooh oooh ooooh 
Did you get my message
Did you get my message, yeah, oooh oooh ooooh hooo 

Uh oh, where did it go, must have bypassed your phone 
And flown right outta the window 
ooh well, how can I tell? 
Shoulda called the operator maybe she know the info 
But whether or not if my message you got was too much or a lot to reply 
Why not try this for a fact 
Should you ever come back I’d relax and be relieved 
of all my panic attacks 

Ahh hooo oooh, Ahh hooo oooh,
Did you get my message, oooh oooh ooooh 
Did you get my message,
Did you, Did you now
Did you get my message, yeah oooh oooh ooooh hooo 

Did you get my message, the one I left 
While I was trying to condense
everything that I meant 
Now the moment is passed 
Not much sand in the 'glass and I’m standing to lose my mind 
Do you ever wonder what happens to the words that we send 
Do they bend, do they break from the flight that they take 
And come back together again with a whole new meaning 
To the matter of our love's defense, 
at least be sympathetic to the time I spent 

Did you get my message, oooh oooh ooooh 
Did you get my message,
Did you, did you, did you, did you now
Did you get my message, yeah oooh oooh ooooh hooo 
Did you get my message 

(no I didn’t hear a word you said)
Did you get my message 
no I’m not gonna believe your lies anymore 
Did you get my message that I want to reconnect with you 
Did you get my message 
(I can hear you say your coming but I don’t hear)
Why did you get the message love? 
That I want to get back with you 
Did you get my message love
That I want to reconnect with you 
Why did you get the message love? 
Did you get my message 
That I want to reconnect with you


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MR. CURIOSITY  on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


Hey Mr. Curiosity
Is it true what they've been saying about you
Are you killing me?
You took care of the cat already
And for those who think it's heavy
Is it the truth
Or is it only gossip
Call it mystery or anything
Just as long as you'd call me
I sent the message on did you get it when I left it
See this catastrophic event
It wasn't meant to mean no harm
But to think there's nothing wrong is a problem

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
Love is a mystery
Mr. Curious...

Come back to me
Mr. waiting ever patient can't you see
That I'm the same the way you left me
In a hurry to spell check me
And I'm underlined already in envy green
And pencil red
And I've forgotten what you've said
Will you stop working for the dead and return
Mr. curious well I need some inspiration
It's my birthday and I cannot find no cause for celebration
The scenario is grave but I'll be braver when you save me
From this situation laden with hearsay

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
And love is a mystery
Mr. Curiosity
Be Mr. please
Do come and find me, oh
Find, find me, find me

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
Trying not to ask why
Cause love is a mystery
Mr. curiosity
Be Mr. please
Do come and find me

Love is blinding when the timing's never right
Oh who am I to beg for difference
Finding love in just an instant
Well I don't mind, at least I've tried
Well I tried, I tried...

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CLOCKWATCHING  on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


Take off, both your, shoes and clothes, I'll follow.
Undo, corkscrew, drink from the top of a broken bottle.
Lately we're running out of time, aren't we?

Smoking, often, and calling out our guilty pleasures,
Let's keep, talking, anything to stop clockwatching.
Lately we're running out of time, aren't we?
Crazy for running all the time, m-m-m-m-maybe.
Let's forget we're running out of time.

I'm off like an airplane,
I'm licking your postage stamp again.
I'm using my right brain and I'm praying that we don't crash.
Who knew I'd cum so fast.
Well so what if a two pump chump can't last.

But I made it to three, and I foreclose a five minute, fantasy.
On a short-lived flight, making love on economy
No jumping, conclusions,
I don't think there's no solution,
Let's get, backwards,
And forget our restless destination.

Let's live in this moment just this time, could we?
Just take one moment of our time m-m-m-m-maybe.
Let's forget we running out of time.

I'm off like an airplane,
I'm catching my second wind again.
I'm using my left brain
And I'm righting all my wrongs.
I'm yearning to turn you on.

I've been working on getting you off, so get on board.
Well how can I guess by the subject of the best predicate that's left unsaid when the matter is too delicate.
My loneliness is evident.

And its you,
You're running through my mind and it makes me c-c-crazy cra-cra-crazy.

La la la
La la la la la
La la la (ooooooo, so amazing)
La la la la la la
La la la
Laaaa oh oh
Laaaaaa lo oh oh oh

Lady, dreamer, you might be the soundest sleeper,
Tonight, sleep tight, and build your nest upon my shoulder.

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BELLA LUNA on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


Mystery the moon
A hole in the sky
A supernatural nightlight
So full but often right
A pair of eyes a closin' one
A chosen child of golden sun
A marble dog that chases cars
To farthest reaches of the beach and far beyond into the swimming sea of stars

A cosmic fish they love to kiss
They're giving birth to constellation
No riffs and oh no reservation
If they should fall you get a wish or dedication
May I suggest you get the best
For nothing less than you and i
Let's take a chance as this romance is rising over before we lose the lighting
Oh bella bella please
Bella you beautiful luna
Oh bella do what you do
Do do do do do

You are an illuminated anchor
Of leads to infinite number
Crashing waves and breaking thunder
Tiding the ebb and flows of hunger
You're dancing naked there for me
You expose all memory
You make the most of boundary
You're the ghost of royalty imposing love
You are the queen and king combining everything
Intertwining like a ring around the finger of a girl
I'm just a singer, you're the world
All I can bring ya
Is the language of a lover
Bella luna, my beautiful
How you swoon me like no other

May I suggest you get the best
Of your wish may I insist
That no contest for little you or smaller i
A larger chance happened, all them they lie
On the rise, on the brink of our lives
Bella please
Bella you beautiful luna
Oh bella do what you do
Bella luna, my beautiful
How you swoon me like no other, oh oh oh

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PLANE  on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


Drain the veins in my head
Clean out the reds in my eyes to get by security lines 
Dear x-ray machine
Pretend you don't know me so well
I wont tell if you lied
Cry, cause the droughts been brought up
Drinkin' cause you're lookin so good in your starbucks cup
I complain for the company that I keep
The windows for sleeping rearrange 
And I'm nobody 
Well who's laughin now

I'm leaving your town again
And I'm over the ground that you've been spinning
And I'm up in the air so baby hell yeah
Well I can see your house from here
If the plane goes down, damn
I'll remember where the love was found
If the plane goes down, damn

Damn, I should be so lucky
Even only 24 hours under your touch
You know I need you so much
I cannot wait to call you
And tell you that I landed somewhere
And hand you a square of the airport
And walk you through the maze of the map 
That im gazing at
Gracefully unnamed and feeling guilty for the luck
And the look that you gave me
You make me somebody
Ain't nobody knows me
Not even me can see it, yet I bet I'm

I'm leaving your town again love
But I'm over the quilt that you've spinning
And I'm up in the air, so baby hell yeah
Oh honey I can see your house from here
If the plane goes down, damn
I'll remember where the love was found
If the plane goes down, damn

You keep me high minded
You get me high

Flax seeds, well they tear me open
And supposedly you can crawl right through me
Taste these teeth please
And undress me from these sweaters better hurry
Cause I'm keeping upward bound now
Oh maybe I'll build my house in your cloud
Here I'm tumbling for you
Stumbling through the work that I have to do
Don't mean to harm you

By leaving your town again love
But I'm over the ground that you've been spinning 
But I'm up in the air, said baby hell yeah
Oh honey I can see your house from here
If the plane goes down, damn
I'll remember where the love was found
If the plane goes down, damn 
I'll remember where the love was found
If the plane goes down, damn
Well I'll remember where the love was found
If the plane goes down, damn

Who do you
Think you are, are, are, are
To keep me so oh cold, cold
You keep me high minded
You keep me high minded

You get me high minded
You get me high

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O LOVER  on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


What's the worst thing that could happen?
We could change our minds.
That seems to be the hottest topic at this time.
We are sitting around in the meditation, dragging, chasing,
Wonderin?whose holdin?whose got the will to draw the line.

I know you've got something burning up inside,
It's so unhealthy but so good for me, oh!
Said if I didn't know, and if I didn't know, well if I didn't know that you loved me would you tell me?
Well God only knows our contradiction's to quitting, is a hate to love relationship thing.
A fire under you is so fulfilling,
I fear there's nothing more.

I'm giving, giving you, the choke hold,
My flirting with disaster is mighty loved.
Ugggh you, you're so bold,
My wanting to kiss you still is not enough.
I'm getting over, all the comments.
I'm feeling statements made by people are nonsense.
I'm getting stronger, by the minute.
And once I slip into position I'll swing you and turn you all around.

You are the sweetest thing I've found since whenever,
You're the only way my time is measured.
You might be the silent type, 
But your appetizing louder now.
It's crazy how you're killing me.
Woo, you're killing me, but I like your

Red top and matching bottoms.
You know the ones, the ones you got on,
Pull them over your skinny self
But don't cover your tattoo.
Woo, cause I like to look at you, yeah,
I love that smell on you,
And I got your special place against this face for tasting too.

And I like it natural,
No need for chemicals.
Foggin?up my senses
You're making me sensless
You're calling it sexual.

And you're going to get yours, my lady.
Might even be today.
And it ain't no thing because I'll be rolling right along with you-woo-woo.

You are the sweetest thing I've found since whenever.
You're the only way my time is measured.
You might be the silent type.
But you're appetizing louder now.
It's crazy how you're killing me.
And give us both a break.
And to give us back a taste when the way things were before they made the laws,
And to give us both a chance,
But it won't be the last romance cause when the weekend starts the guilty party's on.

[Scatting]

BREAKDOWN!!
Weekend party's over,
Don't stop, let's get closer.
Friday, got cold shoulder,
Monday, got a new composure.

Weekend party's over,
Don't stop, let's get lower. 
I won't blow your cover,
Opportunistic lover.

Weekend party's over,
Don't stop, let's get closer.
Friday's mediocre,
Monday, I'm self-exposed now.

Weekend party's over,
Don't stop, let's suppose-ah
I won't blow your cover
Opportunistic lover.

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PLEASE DON'T TELL HER  on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


I hear she's kicking ass across the board and rock two hundred thousand higher scorer
Just in time to save the world of being taken over
She's a warrior
I couldn't play again because the game it never end it never even landed on the can
And never let me in to spend my quarter
There's no love for me no more

Say it isn't so
How she easily come, and she easy go
Please don't tell her that I've been meaning to miss her
Because I don't

She was the girl with the broadest shoulders
But she would die before I crawled over them
She is taller than I am
She knew I wouldn't mind the view there
Or the altitude with a mouth full of air
She let me down the doubt came out until the now became later

Say that it isn't so
How she easily come, how she easy go
Please don't tell her that
'Cause she don't really need to know

That I'm crazy like the rest of us
And I'm crazier when I'm next to her

So why after the all of everything that came and went
I care enough to still be singing of the bitter end and broken eras
I told you I don't but
I am only trying to be the best with my intent to cure
The rest is sure to lay me ease the plural hurts of the words of reverse psychology
That's easier said
Easier than done
Please don't dare tell her what I've become
Please don't mention all the attention I have drawn
Please don't bother cause she'll feel guilty when I'm gone

Because I'm crazy like the rest of us
But I'm crazier when I'm next to her
And it's amazing how she's so self-assured
But I know she'd hate me if she knew my words
Do I hurt anymore
Do I hurt, well
I don't
I don't
I don't

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FORECAST  on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


Well I heard that it might be raining bed sheets and lover's words
Let's throw out the hotel comforter and hang the 'do not disturb'
Sign me up for the storm
I'll wear my suit for the shower
Cause I'll have you to keep me warm in the coldest hour

And when the darkness falls under your hair, there I'll be
And crazy is the forecast all week

Well every kiss, every hug is so light on that touch, delicate like a snowflake
Well I can taste, I can taste, I can taste, I can taste you all over my face
And everyone might find it foolish to not be counting on the sun
But your mouth is my umbrella now
Because I'm holding your tongue

And when the darkness falls under your hair, there I'll be
And crazy is the forecast all week

There's a good chance in hell
Like cats and dogs we'll be flying
And I'm no weatherman
But you are lightning, striking

Here comes that sun
Want rain
All at once
How it sing

In the midst of the morning pull up a blanket of a cloud
And await for the warning of another come down
Because the water is healthy for the roses in your cheeks
My well holds plenty for penny wishin' in your deep end
And when the lights go out, no doubt, with you I'll be

And crazy is the forecast all week

And if them rains should fall for sure with you I'll be
Ah because crazy is the forecast all week long
Crazy is the forecast

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SONG FOR A FRIEND  on Mr. A-Z

    by Jason Mraz


well you're magic he said 
but don't let it all go to your head 
well I bet if you all had it all figured out 
then you'd never get out of bed 
no doubt 
all the thing's that I've read what he wrote me 
is now sounding like the man I was hoping 
to be 
keep on keeping it real 
cause it keeps getting easier indeed 
he's the reason that I'm laughing 
even if there's no one else 
he said, you've got to love yourself 

you say, you shouldn't mumble when you speak 
but keep your tongue up in your cheek 
and if you stumble on to 
you better remember that it's humble that you seek 
you got all the skill you need, 
individuality 
you got something 
call it gumption 
call it anything you want 
because when you play the fool now 
you're only fooling everyone else 
you're learning to love yourself 

yes you are 

there's no price to pay 
when you give and what you take, 
that's why it's easy to thank you 
you... 

let's say take a break from the day 
and get back to the old garage 
because life's too short anyway 
but at least it's better then average 
as long as you got me 
and I got you 
you know we'll got a lot to go around 
i'll be your friend 
your other brother 
another love to come and comfort you 
and I'll keep reminding 
if it's the only thing I ever do 
i will always love 
i will always love you 
yes you 
i will always, always, always, always love 
i will always, always love 
i will always, always love, love

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TONIGHT, NOT AGAIN on Tonight, Not Again: Live at the Eagles Ballroom



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NOT SO UNUSUAL on Tonight, Not Again: Live at the Eagles Ballroom



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YOU AND I BOTH on Tonight, Not Again: Live at the Eagles Ballroom

    by Jason Mraz
        Transcribed by Katie Davidson 

 
Was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
Oh things are gonna happen naturally
And taking your advice I'm looking on the bright side 
And balancing the whole thing
Oh But often times those words get tangled up in lines
And the bright light turn to night
Until the dawn it brings
A little bird who'll sing about the magic that was you and me
 
Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
And others just dream of
Others only read of
Of the love that I love
 
See I'm all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
More words then I had ever heard and I feel so alive
Oh then you and I, you and I
Not so little you and I anymore
And with this silence brings a moral story 
More importantly evolving is the glory of a boy
 
You and I both loved what you and I spoke of
And others just read of and if you could see now
Well then I'm almost finally out of
Finally out of, finally..
And I'm almost finally, finally
Well I am free
 
And it's okay if you had go away
Just remember the telephone well they workin a both ways
But if I never ever hear it ring
If nothing else I'll think the bells inside 
Have finally found you someone else and that's okay
Cause I'll remember everything you sang
 
Cause you and I both loved what you and I spoke of
And others just read of and if you could see now
Well then I'm almost finally out of
Finally out of, finally...
And I'm almost finally, finally out of words.


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1000 THINGS on Tonight, Not Again: Live at the Eagles Ballroom



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COMMON PLEASURE on Tonight, Not Again: Live at the Eagles Ballroom



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SLEEPING TO DREAM on Tonight, Not Again: Live at the Eagles Ballroom



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YOU & I BOTH (ALBUM) on You And I Both Single

    by Jason Mraz


Was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
Oh things are gonna happen naturally
And taking your advice I'm looking on the bright side 
And balancing the whole thing
But often times those words get tangled up in lines
And the bright lights turn to night
Until the dawn it brings
A little bird who'll sing about the magic that was you and me
 
Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
What you and I spoke of
Others only dream of the love that I love
 
See I'm all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
More words then I had ever heard and I feel so alive
Now you and I, you and I
Not so little you and I anymore
And with this silence brings a moral story 
more importantly evolving is the glory of a boy
 
you and I both loved what you and I spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see now
well I'm already finally out of�
 
and it's okay if you have go away
just remember the telephone works both ways
and if I never ever hear it ring
if nothing else I'll think the bells inside 
have finally found you someone else and that's okay
cause I'll remember everything you sang
 
you and I both loved what you and I spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see now
well I'm already finally out of words.


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RAINBOW CONNECTION (LIVE) on You And I Both Single

    Cover Song as sung by Jason Mraz


Why are there so many,
Songs about rainbows,
And what's on the other side.

Rainbows are visions,
But only illusions,
Rainbows have nothing to hide.

What's..
(Spoken: D'you guys know this part?)
What's so amazing,
That it keeps us star gazing,
And what do they think we might see.

Oh, someday we'll find it,
The Rainbow Connection,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

Have you been half asleep,
And have you heard the voices,
Well, I've heard them calling my name.

Is this the sweet sound,
That calls the young sailors,
Their voice might be one and the same.

I've.. heard it too many, many, many times to ignore it,
And I think it might be.. oh..

Someday we'll find it,
The Rainbow Connection,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.


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REMEDY (I WONT WORRY) (ALBUM) on Remedy (I Won't Worry) Single

    by Jason Mraz & The Matrix


I saw fireworks from the freeway and behind closed eyes I cannot make them go away
Cause you were born on the fourth of july, freedom ring 
now something on the surface it stings
that something on the surface it kind of makes me nervous who says that you deserve this
and what kind of god would serve this? We will cure this dirty old disease
if you've got the poison I've got the remedy
 
the remedy is the experience. It is a dangerous liaison
I say the comedy is that its serious. Which is a strange enough new play on words
I say the tragedy is how youre gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on
So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.
 
I wont worry my life away.
I wont worry my life away.
 
I heard two men talking on the radio in a cross fire kind of new reality show
Uncovering the ways to plan the next big attack 
they were counting down the days to stab the brother in the be right back after this
the unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast his catastrophy
dance with me, because if you've got the poison, I've got the remedy 
 
the remedy is the experience. It is a dangerous liaison
I say the comedy is that its serious. Which is a strange enough new play on words
I say the tragedy is how youre gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on
So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.
 
I wont worry my life away.
I wont worry my life away.
 
When I fall in love I take my time
There's no need to hurry when I'm making up my mind
You can turn off the sun but I'm still gonna shine and I'll tell you why
Because
 
the remedy is the experience. It is a dangerous liaison
I say the comedy is that its serious. Which is a strange enough new play on words
I say the tragedy is how you're gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on
So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.
 
I wont worry my life away.
I wont worry my life away.
I wont and I wont and I wont etc.

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TONIGHT NOT AGAIN (LIVE) on Remedy (I Won't Worry) Single



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CURBSIDE PROPHET (LIVE) on Remedy (I Won't Worry) Single



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REMEDY (I WONT WORRY) (LIVE)  on Remedy (I Won't Worry) Single



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YOU AND I BOTH on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz


Was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
Oh things are gonna happen naturally
And taking your advice I'm looking on the bright side 
And balancing the whole thing
But often times those words get tangled up in lines
And the bright lights turn to night
Until the dawn it brings
A little bird who'll sing about the magic that was you and me
 
Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
What you and I spoke of
Others only dream of the love that I love
 
See I'm all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
More words then I had ever heard and I feel so alive
Now you and I, you and I
Not so little you and I anymore
And with this silence brings a moral story 
more importantly evolving is the glory of a boy
 
you and I both loved what you and I spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see now
well I'm already finally out of�
 
and it's okay if you have go away
just remember the telephone works both ways
and if I never ever hear it ring
if nothing else I'll think the bells inside 
have finally found you someone else and that's okay
cause I'll remember everything you sang
 
you and I both loved what you and I spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see now
well I'm already finally out of words.


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I'LL DO ANYTHING on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz & Billy "Bushwalla" Galewood 


Go make your next choice be your best choice
And if you're looking for a boy with a voice, well baby I'm single
Are you in the mood for some dude, are you in the mood to be subdued
Or would you rather just mingle?
Let's get set then to go then and let us jet set we'll be like the jetsons
You can be Jane my wife. Should I marry Jane tonight?
 
I would if I could. I'd do most anything spontaneously.
 
Or we can keep chilling like ice cream filling
We can cool in the gang if you'd rather hang
Ain't no thing. I can be lacubrious with you.
I got no ifs ands ors no wits or whats about it
But this place is getting crowded and my house is two blocks away
Or maybe closer
 
I would if I could. I'd do most anything spontaneously.
You know I would, if I could. I'll do anything spontaneously.
 
If you could be nimble, you'd have it simple just like me.
So go on and try it, do not deny yourself your freedom.
 
So step on up to the plate get a date with mraz
See you better act fast because supplies they never 
Now did you know� this is limited time offer
So go make your mind up before our times up
You better start winding it up because the party's almost over
(and if you should know girl, go a little bit lower now)
 
see how I would, if I could. I'd do most anything spontaneously.
You know I would, and I can prove it. I'll do anything spontaneously.


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THE REMEDY (I WON'T WORRY) on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz & The Matrix


I saw fireworks from the freeway and behind closed eyes I cannot make them go away
Cause you were born on the fourth of july, freedom ring 
now something on the surface it stings
that something on the surface it kind of makes me nervous who says that you deserve this
and what kind of god would serve this? We will cure this dirty old disease
if you've got the poison I've got the remedy
 
the remedy is the experience. It is a dangerous liaison
I say the comedy is that its serious. Which is a strange enough new play on words
I say the tragedy is how youre gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on
So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.
 
I wont worry my life away.
I wont worry my life away.
 
I heard two men talking on the radio in a cross fire kind of new reality show
Uncovering the ways to plan the next big attack 
they were counting down the days to stab the brother in the be right back after this
the unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast his catastrophy
dance with me, because if you've got the poison, I've got the remedy 
 
the remedy is the experience. It is a dangerous liaison
I say the comedy is that its serious. Which is a strange enough new play on words
I say the tragedy is how youre gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on
So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.
 
I wont worry my life away.
I wont worry my life away.
 
When I fall in love I take my time
There's no need to hurry when I'm making up my mind
You can turn off the sun but I'm still gonna shine and I'll tell you why
Because
 
the remedy is the experience. It is a dangerous liaison
I say the comedy is that its serious. Which is a strange enough new play on words
I say the tragedy is how you're gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on
So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.
 
I wont worry my life away.
I wont worry my life away.
I wont and I wont and I wont etc.

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WHO NEEDS SHELTER on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz & Chris Keup


Good-day sunlight
I'd like to say how truly bright you are
You don't know me but I know you
You're my favorite star
Follow you I will so lets get moving
 
Who needs shelter when the mornings coming?
Absolutely there's no one
Who needs shelter from the sun?
Not me, no. not anyone.
 
By your clock the cock rooster crows
Then off to work where everybody goes 
Slow, But eventually they get there
Picking up the day shift back where all left off
Confined and pecking at relationships 
You know it's only a worthless piece of shit
 
Who needs shelter when the mornings coming?
Absolutely there's no one
Who needs shelter from the sun?
Not me, no. not anyone.
 
I'd sleep it all away but the sun wont let me
I'd miss those lovely days of summer
 
Good-day sunlight
I'd like to say how truly bright you are
You don't know me but I know you
You're my favorite.

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CURBSIDE PROPHET on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz
        Transcribed by Joseph Wheeler (wheeler66@hotmail.com)


*I’m just a Curbside Prophet
with my hand in my pocket 
and I’m waiting for my rocket:
 to come/y’all

You see it started way back in NYC
When I stole my first file from the MIC
At ‘a West End Avenue at 63
It’s a beginning of a leap year February ‘96
play the guitar picked it up in the mix
I committed to the licks like a nickel bag ‘o tricks
Well…

Look at me now
Look at me now
Look at me now now now now


I’m just a curbside…*(Repeat)

Well then you never da never da guess what I been been been
And I have no regrets that I bet my whole checking account
Because it all amounts to nothing up in the end
Well you can only count that “On The Road Again”
Will soon be on my radio dial
And I’ll be paying close attention to the Willie Nelson style
Like a a band of gypsies on the highway wild
As I’m a one-man mission on the Califoria Skyline Drive
Up the coast I brag and I boast 
because I’m picking up a pace that make you tire like “Space Ghost”
Raising a toast to the highway patrol with the most
But my cruise control’s  on coast
Cause I’m tourin’ around the nation on extended vacation
See I got Elsa the dog who sees my limitation
I say , “ I like your style…crazy pound pup!  
You need to ride? Well come on girl, hop in the truck!”

With your Curbside Prophet…*(Repeat)
*(Repeat)
*(Repeat)

See I’m a down-home brother red-neck undercover
With my guitar here I’m ready to play
And I’m a sucker for a Philly got a na-tur-al ability
Geared to free-style look at my flexibility
Dangerous on the MIC 
My ghetto has cocked fight
All the ladies say…
“Yo that kid is crazy!”
We got the backstage Bettys takin’ more than they can get They say, 
“What’s up with M-R-A-Z?”
**Hey hey hey hey hey 
Somethin’s different in the world today
Well they changed my traffic signs to a brighter yellow**(repeat)

I’m just a Curbside Prophet  (Repeat)


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SLEEP ALL DAY on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz


His after moan though cries oh no
He's building up a shine but he take it slow
And he knows it time to make a change here And time to get away
And he knows it's time for all the wrong reasons And time to end the pain
But he sleep all, sleep all day, sleep all, we sleep all day over again
Why don't we?
 
She said what would your mother think and how would your father react oh lord
Would he take it all back what they've done
No way he said take it, take it and don't break it with your own two hands
That was my old man and he said 
if all is grounded you should go make a mountain out of it
 
oh what a lovely day to have a slice of humble pie
recalling of the while we used to drive and drive here and there
going nowhere but for us, nowhere but for the two of us
and we knew it was time to take a chance here
and time to compromise our lives for awhile
and it was time for all the wrong reasons
but time is often on my side and I give it to you tonight
and we sleep all, sleep all day, sleep all, we sleep all day over again
 
as time goes by we get a little bit tired waking and baked another Marlboro mile wide
it's sending the boys on the run in the time in hot summer sun 
to swim beneath or over outside as they're reading between the lines
then they remember the part in the hallmark card where they read about the dreams
and reaching for the stars to hold on a little bit closer to
and they knew it was time, time to take a chance here
time to compromise our little lives for just a little while
and they knew it was time for all the wrong reasons
as time is often on my side and I give it to you, oh boy
and we sleep all, sleep all day, sleep all, we sleep all day over again
 
She said what would your mother think and how would your father react oh lord
Would he take it all back what they've done
No way he said take it, take it and don't break it with your own two hands
That was my old man and he said 
if all is grounded you should go make a mountain out of it

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TOO MUCH FOOD on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz


You can say that I'm one curly fry in the box of the regular
Messing with the flavor oh the flavor that you savor
Saving me for last but you better not eat me at all
Living in a fast food bag making friends with the ketchup and salt
People say that I'm crazy for not moving on to better things 
Instead I'm sitting around trash talking with the onion rings
But it's much too soon to leave this easy life
Pass me the spoon. Pass the analytical knife
 
Cause your about to get cut and get cut down
It's all about the wordplay all about the sound in the tone of my voice
You gotta let me make my choice alone before my food gets cold
Better shut up or get shot down. It s all about the know how all just a matter of taste
Stop telling me the way I gotta play. Too much food on my plate.
 
Believe it or not I super sized my sights on the surprise in the cereal box
My stomachs smaller than my eyes 
so I went to see the doctor and he said "turn your head and then cough" 
I didn't listen to what he said instead I couldn't wait to get off
He said I can have this but I cant have that
That I should keep wishing I was living the life of a cat because
I ain't the one whose gonna be missing the feast
Just like you aint the one who seems to be calming the beast
 
Now your about to get cut and get cut down
It's all about the wordplay all about the sound in the tone of my voice
You gotta let me make my choice alone before my food gets cold
Better shut up or get shot down. It s all about the know how all just a matter of taste
Stop telling me the way I gotta play. Too much food on my plate.
 
Well if you are what you eat in my case I'll be sweet so come and get some
I'm so over it.
 
Now your about to get cut and get cut down
It s all about the know how all just a matter of taste
Stop telling me the way I gotta play. Too much food on my plate.
(Get up and get some)
there's too much food on my plate

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ABSOLUTELY ZERO on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz


You. You were a friend. You were a friend of mine I let you spend the night
You see how it was my fault. Of course it was mine.
I'm too hard at work. Have you ever heard of anything so absurd ever in your life.
I'm sorry for wasting your time.
 
Who am I to say this situation isn't great? It's my job to make the most of it
Of course I didn't know that it would happen to me. Not that easy.
 
Hey what's that you say? You're not blaming me for anything that's great
But I don't break that easy. Does it fade away?
So that's why I'm apologizing now for telling you I thought that we could make it
I just don't get enough to believe that we've both changed.
 
Who am I to say this situation isn't great? It's my time to make the most of it
How could I ever know that this would happen to me, not that easy, no
All along the fault is up for grabs why don't you have it
Well it's for sale go make your offer, I'll sell it for no less than what I bought it for
Pay no more than absolutely zero.
 
Well neither one of us deserves the blame because opportunities moved us away
And it's not an easy thing to learn to play a game that's made for two that's you and me
The rules remain a mystery. See it can be easy.
 
Who am I to say this situation isn't great? It's our time to make the most of it
How could we ever know that this would happen to me, not that easy, no
All along the fault is up for grabs and there you have it
Well it's for sale go make your offer, I'll sell it for no less than what I bought it for
Pay no more than absolutely zero.

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ON LOVE, IN SADNESS on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz & Jenny Keene 


Oh love it's a brittle madness, I sing about it in all my sadness
It's not falsified to say that I found god so inevitably well, 
It still exists pale and fine. I can't dismiss 
And I won't resist and if I die well at least I tried
 
And we just lay awake in lust and rust in the rain
And pour over everything we say we trust
It happened again, I listened in thru hallways and thin doors
Where the rivers unwind, rust and in the rain endure.
The rust and the rain are sins
And I'm in like Flynn again
 
So go on place your order now cause some other time is right around the clock
You can stand in line. it finally begins just around the clock
You can have your pick if your stomach is sick whether you eat or not
And there is just one thing that I never forgot
 
And we just lay awake in lust and rust in the rain
And pour over everything we say we trust
It happened again, I listened in thru hallways and thin doors
Where the rivers unwind, rust and in the rain so easy
These are the comforts that be
 
You see well I'm feeling lucky oh well, maybe that's just me
You should be proud of me oh hell if you could only see
That we're gonna grow on up to be, ah yes 
We are thick as thieves 
 
Oh love it's a brittle madness, I sing about it in all my sadness
It's not falsified to say that I found god 
Inevitably, well it still exists pale and fine I can't dismiss 
And I won't resist and if I die well at least I tried
 
And we just lay awake in lust and rust in the rain
And pour over everything we say we trust
It happened again, I listened in thru hallways and thin doors
Where the rivers unwind and the rust and the rain endure
(the rust and the rain endure. I'm sure.)
 
I am insofar to know the measure of love isn't loss
Love will never ever be insofar to know the measure of love isn't loss
Love will never ever be lost on me.
Love will never ever be lost on me.


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NO STOPPING US on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz


Would it take a bakers dozen to get my point to you?
Would it take a half a pound to roll a joint for you
Would it take some hailing mary's so full of grace to get my sound to you
Will you help me break it down and get on thru
 
Down to the other side
Its easy of you only try
Don't lie down on the job
Because once we hit the top there's no stopping us
 
Should I address all my letters to the well to be
Should I say return to sender is just a well be done
Should I better not it so personally if all the good loving is never received
Baby if it was me well I wouldn't think twice
 
No not i..
See its easy if you only try
So don't lie down on the job
Because once we hit the top there's no stopping us.
 
I will drive a thousand miles or I'll meet you at the station
If only you would take a vacation from this thing you have created
I promise to make it worth your while
 
So c'mon try. Baby wont you try
It's easy if you do not run
I promise you you'll have your fun
Because once we hit the top we've just begun
 
There's no stopping us.


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THE BOY'S GONE on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz


The boy's gone. The boy's gone home.
 
What will happen to a face in the crowd when it finally gets too crowded.
And will happen to the origins of sound after all the sounds have sounded
Well I hope I never have to see that day but by god I know it's headed our way
So I better be happy now that the boy's going home. The boy's gone home.
 
And what becomes of a day for those who rage against it
And who will sum op the phrase for all left standing around in it
 
Well I suppose we'll all make our judgement call
We'll walk it alone, stand up tall, then march to the fall 
So we better be happy now that we'll all go home.
 
Be so happy with the way you are
Be so happy that you made it this far
Go on be happy now. Please be happy now
 
Because this is something else
this is something else
 
I tried to live my life and live it so well
But when it's all over is it heaven or is it hell
I better be happy now that no one can tell, nobody knows
I'm gonna be happy with the way that I am
I'm gonna be happy with all that I stand for
I'm gonna be happy now because the boy's going home.
 
The boy's gone home.


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TONIGHT, NOT AGAIN on Waiting For My Rocket To Come

    by Jason Mraz & Jenny Keene


The night.
She brushed her hands upon my flushed cheek
Smelled of childhood remnants of a dusty weeping willow
Clouds soothe, Shredded by the calico
Were oh so vast and quick as I was on my own now.
 
This time like every other time I believe that I never find
Another sweet little girl with sequined sea foam eyes
Ocean lapping voice smile coy as the brightest quiet span of sky
And I'm all alone again tonight not again, not again, not again.
 
And don't it feel allright. and don't it feel so nice. Lovely.
 
Still I'm unable to inhale all the riches
As I'm awkward as a wound on my bones
Still I've got cobblestone joints and plate glass points
As I'm all by myself tonight not again not again�
 
And don't it feel allright. and don't it feel so nice. Lovely.
 
Well if you should nervously break down
When its time for the shakedown would you take it
It's when you cry just a little but you laugh in the middle that you've made it
And don't it feel allright. and don't it feel so nice. 
Lovely.
 
Say it again. Lovely. So lovely. to do it again
Again. Loving again. It's coming again.
Lovely.


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CURBSIDE PROPHET on Sold Out (In Stereo)



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SLEEPING TO DREAM on Sold Out (In Stereo)

    by Jason Mraz


I'm dreaming of sleeping next to you 
I'm feeling like a lost little boy in a brand new town
I'm counting my sheep and each one that passes 
is another dream to ashes 
and they all fall down.
 
As I lay me down tonight, 
I close my eyes and what a beautiful sight
 
I'm sleeping to dream about you 
I'm so tired of having to live without you 
So I'm sleeping to dream about you and I'm so tired
 
I found myself in the riches 
Your eyes, your lips, your hair
Well you were everywhere
But I woke up in the ditches
I hit the light and I thought you might be here 
But you were nowhere 
You were nowhere at home
 
As I lay me back to sleep 
Lord I pray that I can keep
 
Sleeping to dream about you 
I'm so tired 
of having to live without you 
So I'm sleeping to dream about you 
and I'm so tired
 
It's just a little a lullaby 
to keep myself from crying myself to sleep at night
 
Sleeping to dream about you 
I'm so tired 
of having to live without you 
So I'm sleeping to dream about you 
and I'm so tired


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NOT SO UNUSUAL on Sold Out (In Stereo)

    by Jason Mraz
        Transcribed by Justine Yu (jockey_girl@hotmail.com)


this is the most unusual story of a most unusual girl
she's the paint in my picture of a most unusual world
she can crawl out a frame while she's hanging on the wall
and she's calling my name, she's most unusual
 
she is, she's not so usual oh oh oh no she' don't
she's mostly a ghost, the way she watches over me, 
she complains when i smoke, 
but then u do the same to me,
she's controlling my brain activity 
knowing when i go to sleep 
she'll catch me when i'm falling off,
she's most unusual

yah she is, she's the most unusual oh oh, 
there she goes, she's most unusual!
she's not so hooked on her jobs 
like i thought that she was
and never sucking on the lime 
and hardly sipping on the wine
and despite of her bi-polar roller coaster ring,
i think i can trust 
that she'll keep me singing differently
and that's fine 
cause she's with me now most all of the time
trying and saving my life, 
thinking not of her own 
and always kissing me good night 
when i just need to be alone
she's so sweet so discrete, 
she's exactly what i need, 
not even make believe, 
no...not so usual
 
she's not so usual
not too practical either be
not so mystical and not so magical
she's not so usual oh oh she's a natural 
oh oh she's not so, usual
oh oh, oh oh oh she wants to chew me up
watch out boy's she'll chew you up

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NO DOUBLING BACK on Sold Out (In Stereo)

    by Jason Mraz
        Transcribed by Micah Spooner-Wyman 


it'd be nice to hold your hand
as we shifted through this twisted abandon
i would like to think that you know your way
i realize the ropes of rain
well the cats and dogs they love to play
on the handsome fella with the umbrella
who wants to save you your day
and i will ask you to open my door from the side
from the inside after you drive
because i wanna stay awake for a little bit longer
that's why
warm the engine compartment up
while i stand here thinking of
but it's a little too early to bury the worries
til this wish is my command

and i wonder, wonder which one of us
is gonna state the obvious
and i wonder if you already know
that i gotta let you go
i know this ain't the way i planned it
i guess i ain't the great romantic
and i'm not doubling back now
no doubling back
doubling back now

well before i catch you complaining that it hardly rains at all
let me stop to lock the top
for fear of it falling off
my eyes were easily arms...??
stars are where the war was waged on...??
words that we heard as a joke
how did it drive now, love
oh lord
when it rains it's sure to pour
but when i look in your eyes
i feel i won't see surprise
that i'm not doubling back

i wonder, wonder which one of us
is gonna state the obvious
i wonder if you already know
that i gotta let you go
i know this ain't the way i planned it
i guess i ain't the great romantic
and i'm not doubling back now
no doubling back now (x5)
doubling back now
no turning around now
no going back now


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TONIGHT (NOT AGAIN) on Sold Out (In Stereo)



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ON LOVE, IN SADNESS on Sold Out (In Stereo)



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BETTER on Sold Out (In Stereo)



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OLDER LOVER UNDERCOVER on Sold Out (In Stereo)

    by Jason Mraz & Ariel Quirolo


Well an old saying goes mind your manners mind your mother
And a man can find a lover who is tan and undercover
Well she might lies about her age, but lady I got no complaints
 
She can be as crazy and as foolish as she wants to be
Because her old school ways are practically technicalities and perfectly sane
I'm saying I ain't never seen a saint.
 
Well I met her at an old cop bar down in silverlake
Where we spoke about the give and we joked about the take
And when they asked for identification I knew hers probably was a fake
 
She's just another older lover undercover.
 
You're wearing that thin disguise. Don't apologize.
And you're birthday suit suits you.
Well it suits me too it's one hell of a costume
I can't find the zipper anywhere on your back
Perhaps it's attached to the breach of your ass-crack
 
(Burr it's cold in here. You keep it hot dear.)
 
with a sip of mexican coffee and some grapefruit juice
a glass of coke a glass of wine just to keep it loose
oh the things that you say and do, wow.
And the way that you move to the music
Like the who and the velvet underground old sounds
You like indie rock, spock rock, anything you've found
In the backseat of your downtown brown and bruised beat up bmw
 
Any melodramatic role is just a garment of the soul
I respect your nakedness and the way that you unfold 
and the way your wiser stories are always told


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CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF on Sold Out (In Stereo)

    by Jason Mraz


Crazy, now what'cha doing?
Just the same, well I think I'm right
Crazy how fast you're moving
As our friendship pays for your lonely night
 
This is a conversation with myself
 
It's okay to dance around it and have it your way
Laugh about it, oh for goodness sake
Don't believe in anything that's keeping you awake
 
I'm feeling all sentimental and feeling all thru my head
I'm feeling all very sexual but feeling all by myself instead
 
This is a conversation with myself
 
It's okay to dance around it and have it your way
Laugh about it, oh for goodness sake
Don't believe in anything that's keeping you awake
Loverboy, lovergirl, 
You need a song to sleep to and morning to sleep thru
And have it your way.
 
You better have it your way with yourself.
You better have it your way anytime.
You better have it you way with yourself and only yourself
You better have it yours and baby you know that I'll have mine.

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DREAMLIFE OF RAND MCNALLY on Sold Out (In Stereo)

    by Jason Mraz
        Transcribed by Vernon379@aol.com

Who is he, Mr. Rand Mcnally?
I had I dream that mystery was me. Now who else could I be?
I dreamed I went to England and met the spice girls there for tea
They lost one more they're down from four to my favorite number three
But they're still quite spicy as the orange flavor
And oh so nice to do me the favor and lick my icing under the table now
But I gotta leave town mr. Nally, just as scary spice was about to go down on me
And don't ask how mr. Nally and give up the towel mr. Nally and run

I dreamed I went to Singapore got bored and robbed a liquor store
What for? Nobody knows I only took a couple of Marlboros
Oh but that was all they needed and the criminal was soon defeated
And now in jail I'm waiting for my punishment of caining
So I gotta think fast mr nally watch your ass, wake up and laugh and run
Better Mr run, mr rand, mr mac, mr nally
Mr run, mr man, you got the knack for the rally And run

I had a chance to visit the north pole but it was way too cold to smoke
Oh my nose was freezing I should could use some coughing and wheezing
So I tried it anyway and the place went up in flames
How was I suppose to know you could catch fire to the snow
Oh lord way to go mr nally, way to go, now you're melting the poles mr nally so run.

I jumped ship in NYC and headed south to Washington DC
Didn't think I'd go there but played some shows there fancy lucky me
But it is really slow there with our new president on TV
Too many politicians and liberal Christians they're all set out for me
Singing cast your vote mr nally, castrate your vote, no you don't, just run

I thumbed a ride across the prairie, I got hitched in Vegas, yep, I got married 
To a lady who loved me she thought it's be funny to gamble all my money
And I got stranded without my clothes, a little bit of fear and loathing heart attack
I got chased by the rat pack once in a flashback. Singing viva Las Vegas

I settled down in san diego and smoked a joint with java joe
And with a grin he took me in spilling coffee on his chin
And I played my show there and I met my bros there
And with my throw pillow they kindly let me make my bed there
There's one more thing before I go there's never been any place like this home
For once in a lifetime maybe I'd be foolish not to stay


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10,000 MOTHERFUCKERS (THAT'LL DO) on Sold Out (In Stereo)

    by Jason Mraz


When I wake up
and the day begins
do I hold my breath
and count to ten
Or will it be three
We'll see we'll see 
It depends on which day of the week

And so I sing out
I sing out loud
I'm just one tiny motherfucker singing proud
Singing glory
Glory
Hallelujah
Yeah that'll do
Yeah that'll do

In the arms of a city
that holds no trace for 
the face or 
space for you and me 
So go make your life 
not a living
Singing glory
Glory
Hallelujah
Yeah that'll do

There's things to know
and so we're told
But the days
keep rolling on so painfully slow
They say there's ways to grow
but blow by blow
Ya see it all gets lost somewhere
See I already forgot

So sing out
Sing out loud
You can be another mother fucker singing proud
Singing glory
Glory
Remind me glory glory glory hallelu

We should all keep pretending
that our dreams are patent pending
You should see
some of the scenes that I've seen
And I know love
'cause I've flown above
and beyond
but it's still too long of a wait

So I sing out
I sing out loud
We can be 10000 mother fuckers singing proud
Sing out glory glory glory glory hallelu
Yea that'll do
Yea that'll do

I'll sing my stories for you
and you will sing for me too
and together
we can make it through
They say
"When you sing you're prayin' twice"
Don't that sound nice
So rise up
come on and give it a try

So sing out
Sing out loud
We can be 6 billion mother fuckers singing proud
Oh sing it loud
Sing glory
Glory glory glory
Hallelu Hallelu Hallelu
Hal Hal Hallelu Hallelu jah
Hallelujah
Hallelu
Oh say hallelu

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YOU MAKE ME HIGH on The E Minor EP In F

    by Jason Mraz
        Transcribed by Bri Carerra (lovetoloveu@hotmail.com)

Well I don't know just what I'm here for
I want more than words can describe
I've been deprived
Can you believe it
My whole world well its fallin' apart
well it falls, still it falls, well it falls apart around me

And you pick me back up, oh said you pickin' back up
oh you gonna pick me back up and you get a' me high
Said at you pick me back up, oh said you pickin' back up
oh you gonna pick me back up and you get a' me high

Cuz' I'm drinkin' all of the tears you cry
And I don't wish, to know my ending, mmmmm'
I just say I wanna know when I begun
I wanna know when I begun
I wanna know where it started from
where it all had started from

Because I feel like I am spinning,
I feel like I'm spinning
Well I feel just like I'm spinning I'm spinning around
oh oh oh oh
said I feel like I am spinning
all around this summer
and the winter comes and another storm
it falls, well it falls, said it falls apart around me

And you pick me back up, oh said you pickin' back up
oh you gonna pick me back up and you get a' me high
Oh my, my, my
Said you pick me back up, oh said you pick me back up
oh you gonna pick me back up and you get a' me high
Said I'm drinkin all of the tears you cry
breathing every breath that you sigh

I am
I'm breathing all of the tears that you cry, that you cry
all the tears that you cry, every breath that you sigh


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ON LOVE, IN SADNESS on The E Minor EP In F



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DEAD END on The E Minor EP In F

    by Jason Mraz


Well easily with me I show affection
But it's a creepin up a creepin up on me in another direction

I love I write and I die
And I try to ask no questions
But the weary one is still me
Do you think its obsession

The smoke will find you a choker that matches your coat not fit to be tied
The mirror it makes it all clearer as you stand alone and cant see your behind
Yea
They tried to tell me I could say that nobody could believe this
Well they tried to tell me I could say nobody could achieve this
The way you stayed of locked away of
Keeping the flame for yourself 
The way you stayed of pushin the blame of reaping the fame for yourself

Oh well it's a it's a dead end
It's a dead end
Oh it's a dead end lonely day
Say it's a dead end
It's a it's a it's a it's a it's a dead end day
It's a dead end oh day
And it's a long way a long way down
Hey well it's a long way a long way down

Change is coming a baby 
Don't be startled lady
Every once in a while they do it again
You gonna shake it shake it
You know you wanna take it
Back to where you once belonged
Back beneath the sheets and between the pillow cases
And the snake he races out and he he tangles into your hair
Funny the fruits you choose
Oh the time you take the words you loose
And it all goes back to rotation over the back of your hand
Oh the back of your hand oh the back of your hand
Oh the map is your hand 
it's the back of your hand the back of your hand
say the back of your hand oh the map is your hand it's the back of your hand

stop whining all the time
don't you find a little secret to yourself always saved your life 
stop listening to the words that you've heard
no one else but yourself will agree with you more
that it's a long long way
it's a long long way
and it's a long long way a long way down
hey and it's a long way down 
and it's a long way down
hey hey hey and it's a long long long long way down
say say 
and it's a long way down hey and it's a long way dooooown
it's a dead end
it's a dead end oh
it's a dead end lonely day
it's a it's a dead end
It's a it's a it's a it's a it's a dead end day
It's a dead end oh day

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GALAXY on The E Minor EP In F

    by Jason Mraz & D. Stevie Journey Jr


Here I am I'm sitting alone again I'm staring up at the sky which at this lonely moment is my only friend
suddenly as I gaze upon the night I notice the stars began to shake and dance and fall into the darkness
They exploded down. I knew what I had to do. I ran up to the top of the hill and took ahold for you
The sweetest star that fell and yes I held on to it close to the numbness in my heart
 
And I kissed a star. I wrapped it up inside a golden bow and I ran away just to find you.
This was your gift a star that I kissed.
 
The galaxy that lived inside your eyes was in need of a brand new shining light.
I wished to the dark sky up above that all I had was to be captured and willingly turned over to you.
I know you better now and at this I smile. I simply gave to you the symbol of what you are to me.
You are the star that shines and explodes with light and I love and embrace all that I can.
 
Take this blindness away from me and let me bask inside your golden sea.
I never ever knew such simple astronomy could ever come to me by ways of the heart.
 
Call me to be one of those strangely dressed wise men who follow the stars to their love
You are such a perfect star to wish upon and I love you and yes I'm hopeful
Of what this lonely night may lead me into. I'm wishing upon you now.
 
Free me and let me indulge in my view a most beautiful you.
A keeper of starlight..
 
the way I feel: I'm feeling happy finally. I've no room for sorrow and I feel lit inside.
It's something I cannot hide. Oh maybe I've never felt this way before. Not for real.
Finally I feel free.
 
Here I am I'm sitting alone again I'm staring up at the sky which at this lonely moment is my only friend
suddenly as I gaze upon the night I notice the stars began to shake and dance looks like they wanna fight
No way they were dancing. They were romancing.
Falling in love all over.


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THE DARKEST SPACE on The E Minor EP In F

    by Jason Mraz


Well I'm not just a song anymore
I just might be the whole damn score
I might be realing in your head while
you're sleeping in your bed at night
well I'm not just along anymore
I finally found what I've been lookin for
I might be sitting in the passenger's
side but not along for the ride
Cause I have control of a home grown situation
I lay back and then I turn the alarm off and turn out the light
There's goin to be some quality sleeping
cuz quality's keeping the quality up at night
I am fixed to lay with my arms out and learning to fly

Through the darkest space
Where I try to catch up to the catch phrase
To human race I say let the games begin
Under way say in conditions that we play in
Maybe things are better this way
may the games begin today awww

oh well
Cause I'm just above
the aggrevation of love
and I raise to opimistical fortune and toasting it twice
I'm sitting high on an anytime any day night
And I laugh to think I'm crying my eyes out well isn't it nice

[Chorus]

An open space when I finally catch up to the catch phrase
The whole damn world is your toy
Don't you want some love
Don't you want things to always stay the same
Don't you want your love to be the same as the last day

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LOVE IS REAL on The E Minor EP In F

    Adapted from "Kathy with a K's Song" by Bright Eyes
        Written by Conor Oberst
        Transcribed by Russell (onemoregetupkid@yahoo.com)


Love is real
It is not just in novels or in movies
It is fact
And it is standing here right in front of you
So if you open your eyes
Oh, what a sweet discovery
Tere is hope and there is joy and there is acceptance
So now let all the light that collects on your plants
keep you warm, make you smile
And I will be there with this pen in my hand
To record all the while you'll be laughing so loud
That the house would shake with sound
And everything will be as new as the day it was found

Oh, love is real
It is not just in long distance commercials
Or something that you thought you felt back in high school
So I will turn black and white
Become that horoscope you're reading
It predicts something good is on its way
And then I will send you the world green and blue
In a box through the mail
You can open it up hold it right in your hand
And be glad that it's there
And be glad that you're there
Now you can feel the knots in your stomach start to untie
And suddenly it's not so hard to say you're alright

Oh, love is real
It is not just in poetry and stories
It is truth and it will follow you everywhere you go from now on
So if you just cast off your doubt
Then your lips would answer for you
Oh my darling, when you smile it is like a song
And I can hear it now
And I can hear it now
And I can hear it now
And I can hear it now
And I can hear it now
Yes I can....

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AFTER AN AFTERNOON on From The Cutting Room Floor



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CHILDLIKE WILDLIFE on From The Cutting Room Floor



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ALL THAT LIES on From The Cutting Room Floor



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OLDER LOVER UNDERCOVER on From The Cutting Room Floor



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WATER on From The Cutting Room Floor



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WHAT WE WANT on From The Cutting Room Floor



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SLEEPING TO DREAM on From The Cutting Room Floor

    by Jason Mraz


I'm dreaming of sleeping next to you 
I'm feeling like a lost little boy in a brand new town
I'm counting my sheep and each one that passes 
is another dream to ashes 
and they all fall down.
 
As I lay me down tonight, 
I close my eyes and what a beautiful sight
 
I'm sleeping to dream about you 
I'm so tired of having to live without you 
So I'm sleeping to dream about you and I'm so tired
 
I found myself in the riches 
Your eyes, your lips, your hair
Well you were everywhere
But I woke up in the ditches
I hit the light and I thought you might be here 
But you were nowhere 
You were nowhere at home
 
As I lay me back to sleep 
Lord I pray that I can keep
 
Sleeping to dream about you 
I'm so tired 
of having to live without you 
So I'm sleeping to dream about you 
and I'm so tired
 
It's just a little a lullaby 
to keep myself from crying myself to sleep at night
 
Sleeping to dream about you 
I'm so tired 
of having to live without you 
So I'm sleeping to dream about you 
and I'm so tired


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YOU & I BOTH on From The Cutting Room Floor



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RUNNING on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz & Ariel Quirolo


Running to catch up again, jumping higher and flying more often than not
Your trampoline has got holes in it but I can still see the top
Let me climb aboard and sample some of next years fashion
I'll wear the coat if you can put the hat on, I will wear the coat, 
Just let me clear my throat so I can say what's been delayed away
 
Let me crawl into your lap and just lay here for awhile
Satisfied by your seduction like a handshake would do the job
Never know how long I have waited, anticipated your smile to be pressed against mine
Well I feel it. (oh boy) and I'm gonna settle tight
 
She could pour me over this sugar hill or mountain
Until I get hat cool breeze, tight squeeze, I'd do it over again
And I drink from her ever flowing fountain
And then I wake up I comb my hair and I hurry it up
But I arrive late I pack my things and I pick it up 
Well I put down a good amount of deodorant this morning
And I found that I could drown a little bit of peace of mind
Cause it's no secret that to some degree they're gonna have to see you sweat
Strong enough for a man just do what you can to keep me soft and dry, I stink awhile
 
I don't know anything about those things
I almost don't wanna know anything about those things
And I don't care anything about those things
Cause if I did you know I'd share myself on those things, and I feel it�
 
And I'll be here all night, I'll pick up the pieces and I put them back together now
They may not be the right way but that's okay as long as they're all the same
I wish you well that you'd get better, and I know you'll find that it's a wild world
And if you had noticed well would you have thrown the towel in 
Before I missed out on all this love, and watch me roll away again
Watch me disappear under my skin
I don't believe it that things could get any worse than they did that time
You must have seen it I mean how could we get lost running in a straight line
Your cries of why's and why not's, may it all get back to you
And trickle and dance upon your headaches, years of biting cheeks are through
So I don't believe in it.
 
But I feel it.


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DID I FOOL YA? on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz


Daddy songs he's an auctioneer
And mother clings to anniversary years
And the sister she got a little bit of mister in her
And the brothers going round around his bed
 
And I say, did I fool ya?
Didn't daddy fool ya?
He go once, he going twice He go for 35 or 40
He go once, he going twice He go for 45 or 50
He go once, he going twice He go 55 or maybe he will make it up to 65
He go once, he going twice Aint it nice price wise?
I gotta a nice life for the price
 
I give and give and I lay it all down
Look what I found I give and give
I give and give and I lay it all down
Look what I found, look what I found
Blue skies they're smiling at me
And that's my favorite melody
But I can't read I can't read
I can't read between the things unseen
And I don't mind I don't mind
I don't mind if I don't find because I tried
 
I'm absolutely definite absolutely positive
Absolutely definitely positive
I'm absolutely definite absolutely positive
Absolutely definitely positively representative
 
So why the bother with it
Did I fool ya? Or didn't daddy fool ya?
He go once, he going twice He go for 35 or 40
He go once, he going twice He go for 45 or 50
He go once, he going twice He go 55 or maybe he will make it up to 65
He go once, he going twice Aint it nice price wise?
I gotta a nice life for the price


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LITTLE YOU & I on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz
        Transcribed by Mike Viotti (MViotti@Clarku.edu)

You close your eyes
Say goodnight in your own special way
And you rest your head
And you rest it
Your whole mind
And there you go
There you go, so so fast asleep
There you go so so fast away
And there you are
Without a care
We know where
But there you are without a care
Where you lay
Lay lay, oh, out and away
Spiraling spaces tangled in the morning sun
Touching time trying to find some somewhere
Sleeping sideways
I get folded up in life?
My head explodes and from the mind too much time
For dancing in our heads
Sister don’t be shy between little you and I
Oh, miles in line there
Tears beam inside
And we’re gonna weep in between the sleep
Until we float away, until we float away
In the broken promises
Too much, too hard to keep
And we would sell our souls to the devil
If he promised to say something we already know, so well
Then it’s right on, said rig    ht, said it’s right on
Took a far tone
Something big that has already begun
Something dead just not quite numb, ah
I say in miles in line tears beside
Oh, and we’re gonna weep inbetween the sleep
Until we float away, until we float away
In the broken promises
Said along broken, oh broken promises
Said along broken promises
Da da da…

- Transcribed by Mike Viotti (MViotti@Clarku.edu)
"I have ABSOLUTELY no idea how accurate these are.  
 It's tough to understand lots of parts, 
 but they sound kind of correct.  
 If you have any revisions, please email them to me.
 Thanks!"

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YOU & I BOTH on Jason Mraz 'Live'



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1,000 THINGS on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz


I'm overjoyed and over loved and feeling lucky 
like a little boy who's hiding under covers
and looking to discover any way to play the part inside his darkened cave
well the meaning of life it starts at the nightlight
close your eyes and hope to see mine
 
well I've seen a thousand things in one place
but I stopped my counting when I saw your face
erasing memory I feel as though I've never seen a face before 
until I saw your eyes smiling back at me thru my tears
I've been counting all these years
Now suddenly the thousand things I've seen were 
nothing more than dreams of you and me
 
you and me quietly at a stand still
fortunately you will kiss me and I'll kiss you back
fact of the matter of is that I don't know what the latter is
that I always wanted to kiss you but 
I always wanted to run from you
Because I always wanted to miss you 
And that I've always wanted to come for you
 
So, how do you do?


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UNFOLD on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz


Hands in line
Arms close to my side
I'm fighting tides of an ocean's undertow 
And I figure I might not make it
And I'm taking empty 
But seldom keeping
And the words retreat breathing histories into stories untold
And I unfold.
 
My hands are high
And I'm holding out, holding up 
Because I figure that I just might make it
And I'm waking empty but seldom sleeping
And the words repeat breathing histories into stories untold
And I unfold.
 
Quality is what you see now in the corner of your eye.
Don't be surprised if you hear the bells ring
They form from the sky and they sound bong, bong, bong
And I'm holding up because I figure that I just make it.
 
And I'm waking empty but seldom sleeping
And the words repeat breathing histories into stories untold
And I unfold.


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DREAM LIFE OF RAND MCNALLY on Jason Mraz 'Live'



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HALFWAY HOME on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz


I used to walk along the opposite side of the road and made others get out of my way
I used to think I could sit and wait for the times 
but they wont come until I meet them halfway
 
I'm halfway home and I'm on my own
I'm halfway there and I don't care, I don't mind
I plan to leave here after supper time 
that's when traffic is light, all I need is a sign
and I'll be alright. I'll be fine
 
I used to think that i could just sleep and then I'd dream
And everything it would come to me
Until I woke one day without anything to eat
Lying on the opposite side of the street
 
I'm halfway home and I'm still out on my own
I'm halfway there and I don't care, I don't mind
Because it ain't my time to stay or say�
I'll never lay down.
 
I used to think that I could just sit and wait for the time
But I know I gotta meet them halfway
 
I'm halfway home I tried home running with the flow
I'm halfway there. Ain't it funny how everybody seems to care
I planned to get there around supper time their serving up bread and wine
All I needed was a sign and I'll be allright.
I'll be fine.
 
(It seems to be a running theme about being fine and allright but I don't mind.)


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BRIGHT EYES on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz


Bright lights, big city
Was quite extraordinary
The drive was pretty
I was in perfect company
The love of a lifetime
Since we were elementary friends
The one with the bright eyes

Why can't I be optimistic
I tried to find the logic logically
I had a dream and I could not shake it
I was standing up there naked

There's fear in the truth at hand, frozen I forgot to understand
The live keep living growing older more into a man
And I let her grow away from me

Love love is not pretending
Time time was meant for mending
Memories into all is satisfactory
Healthy smiles fill the page the day we spent in miles
And I let her drive away from me

The one with the bright eyes
Laughed her way inside this music box
Stored away in the corner of my heart And I let her get away from me
But I'll never take that day away from me

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AFTER AN AFTERNOON on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz & Ariel Quirolo


I bare my windowed self untamed and untrained
Dreams that hardly touch our complexions truest faults
If room enough for both my drowsy spirit shall fall
Bold waves tumble to the season of my heart
Where you have offended my faith and my trust
Until all is lost into the beauty of the day
 
But there's something in the way you laugh
That makes me feel like a child
Aspects of life they confuse me
You and your thesis amuse me
 
After and afternoon with you
And your rich brown eyes 
Your lips and dark hair
Elbows and exposed knees tossing toward the ceiling
After an afternoon�
 
Face to palm
Tear to tear
Mouth to tongue
Heart to ground
I am in love

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CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz


Crazy, now what'cha doing?
Just the same, well I think I'm right
Crazy how fast you're moving
As our friendship pays for your lonely night
 
This is a conversation with myself
 
It's okay to dance around it and have it your way
Laugh about it, oh for goodness sake
Don't believe in anything that's keeping you awake
 
I'm feeling all sentimental and feeling all thru my head
I'm feeling all very sexual but feeling all by myself instead
 
This is a conversation with myself
 
It's okay to dance around it and have it your way
Laugh about it, oh for goodness sake
Don't believe in anything that's keeping you awake
Loverboy, lovergirl, 
You need a song to sleep to and morning to sleep thru
And have it your way.
 
You better have it your way with yourself.
You better have it your way anytime.
You better have it you way with yourself and only yourself
You better have it yours and baby you know that I'll have mine.

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COMMON PLEASURE on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz
        Transcribed by Bri Carrera (lovetoloveu@hotmail.com)


I remember when we used to walk together
Used to talk together, go to the park together
In all kinds of weather we would share
This common pleasure with most of human kinds
It was a kind of treasure One that I was surely glad to find
But I got one right here and I'm okay
I'm okay, and you're okay, and we're okay
I'm alright. Everything else is allright sometimes.
 
Just remember those bones they get broken
And love is not a token of affection
It's not even a real thing, it's a word
So don't you try to but it out with a ring
Cause it's a verb, to love someone
Open up and let them in
just don't be afraid to set them free again
 
This aint no heaven, aint no hell , aint no in between
Cause there's just too many faces and places in this world
That I aint ever seen
I'm gonna keep on keeping on
I'm gonna reap on being strong
I got my head on, though misconnected
It's alright cause I do it protected
I got a day job. I drive a cheap ride
Sounds like I'm gonna fine
You only get one life to learn
There's only so many brain cells that you can burn
And life can take a turn and take away that you've earned
And leave you yearning for more, so much more
Life is gonna leave you yearning for more, more, more
Your stomach's gonna be churning
Wanting more, you're wanting, wanting some more.
You're wanting some more, more, more
Do you want some?
 
Well I got some right here and I'm okay
I'm okay and you're okay
Ha ha, we're okay
Everything else will be fine sometimes.
Guess what I'm doing okay.


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ZERO % INTEREST on Jason Mraz 'Live'



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SLEEP ALL DAY on Jason Mraz 'Live'



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HEY LOVE on Jason Mraz 'Live'

    by Jason Mraz


Hey love, where you going to?
You're not sleeping anymore, you're just trying to.
Stay love, where you running to?
Awful happens all the time, don't let it kill you. 
 
Easily with me I feel as fast as I can see..
Afraid of the horror stories I fall down on my knees. 
 
Come away, come away
From all these things unheard
If a chosen word has got you cornered
Then it's a lesson learned
Like close the book before it burns you.
Come away, come away
From all these things unseen
At the price you paid I promise you won't believe anything they say
Belief will only disappoint you 
 
In case you never noticed the path you never chose has chosen you.
Afraid to face and break it.
The secret�


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POWER AND MOTION (CARLOS OLMEDA) on The Rythm Cafe Live #2



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THE RIGHT KIND OF PHRASE on The Rythm Cafe Live #2

    by Jason Mraz


Once there was a girl that came from not too far from here
And she wasn't satisfied at the rate that she applied herself
To the items on the shelf, she was a retail girl
 
And that really has to do with nothing though she gave me something
A smile I'll rely on for a lifetime I'd try on for awhile
 
So now why is she getting married on the 25th of april
She believes in higher energy and better things for all the people
She is a charm of good luck when she's sitting by your side
But I think my luck run out on april twenty five
 
Oh love, oh love is all I'm looking for
Sitting in the corner in the dark
Hoping that she'd eye me, I'm looking right her way
But I'd never find the right thing to say
I'd never find the right kind of phrase
 
There was a secret somebody
Of course I never get the upper hand
Those kinds of rare finds are all born with a man
I just don't understand how they can
 
Oh love, oh love is all I'm looking for
Sitting in the corner in the dark and on the floor
Hoping that she'd spy on me, I'm looking right her way
I'd never find the right kind of phrase
 
The right kind, the right line, or the right time to say almost anything that's right
the right kind of phrase. 
I'd never find the right thing to say


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WARRIOR GIRL (TRICKLE) (CARLOS OLMEDA) on The Rythm Cafe Live #2



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CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF on The Rythm Cafe Live #2

    by Jason Mraz


Crazy, now what'cha doing?
Just the same, well I think I'm right
Crazy how fast you're moving
As our friendship pays for your lonely night
 
This is a conversation with myself
 
It's okay to dance around it and have it your way
Laugh about it, oh for goodness sake
Don't believe in anything that's keeping you awake
 
I'm feeling all sentimental and feeling all thru my head
I'm feeling all very sexual but feeling all by myself instead
 
This is a conversation with myself
 
It's okay to dance around it and have it your way
Laugh about it, oh for goodness sake
Don't believe in anything that's keeping you awake
Loverboy, lovergirl, 
You need a song to sleep to and morning to sleep thru
And have it your way.
 
You better have it your way with yourself.
You better have it your way anytime.
You better have it you way with yourself and only yourself
You better have it yours and baby you know that I'll have mine.

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DEAR ANNA (CARLOS OLMEDA) on The Rythm Cafe Live #2



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0% INTEREST on The Rythm Cafe Live #2

    by Jason Mraz

Our friends on the front porch telling jokes 
And they swing swiftly towards happier times
Expending lines and finding more energy for the effort
And getting distance from that front porch spotlight
But us we found peace in shadows
Long enough to see the monsters rise

Candy's got some space to fill in her daydreams
Living high on yesterday's lie
Talking to me about some 0% interest
And how she got a better deal than the next guy                      

And the way the lightning shocked us 
When we were lost and looking down that long missouri highway 
Your hair was longer then and now I remember

Oh the roads unencumbered by cats
They're burning like wet matches 
Thru my miracle mile mind

You left your thumbprint inside me now for months it seems
But mine only brushes your soft surface
And somehow it leaves me listless
My tongue curls under my lips oh yes

So I cant speak to tell you of the months before I met you
And the way the truth it locked us 
Right about the time after the lightning shocked us

When we were young and missing
'round that small new england byway 
Our lives they were sheltered then and I now I remember
Well its not even being about that anymore
I gotta get you down

Those tiny fragments of perfection
They please me in a time unchanged
When its not the same beginning
Or a long awaited end

If I knew all the words 
I would write myself out of here
If I was all the colors 
I would paint you pretty in gold 
In a picture so I'm told little sister

So now I'm sold little sister
Why don't you tell me about the sunsets in sweden 
And the laws of eden
And how you were the rock of gibraltar
And how they called you foxy
Well that's another whole box of pandoras
That's another whole box of them ties

Slide your foot off the gas 
Before we crash right back into the median
It separates our house from the middle of the street
Talking about our house

Is on the front porch telling jokes 
And they swing swiftly towards happier times
Expending lines and finding more energy for the effort
And getting distance from that front porch spotlight
But us we found peace in shadows
Long enough to see a monster die

We all need to find a little space in our daydreams
Long enough and just so long
Long enough, just as long
Just so long as its long enough
Is it long enough
Is it long enough for me
Long enough for me to chew on

If it isn't
If it isn't
If it ain't 
If it don't 
If it can't 
Then it won't
And that's just the way that it goes

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LOVE AND A MELODY (CARLOS OLMEDA) on The Rythm Cafe Live #2



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SLEEP ALL DAY on The Rythm Cafe Live #2



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BAYAEH (CARLOS OLMEDA) on The Rythm Cafe Live #2



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THERE YOU ARE on The Rythm Cafe Live #1



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DID I FOOL YA? on The Rythm Cafe Live #1

    by Jason Mraz


Daddy songs he's an auctioneer
And mother clings to anniversary years
And the sister she got a little bit of mister in her
And the brothers going round around his bed
 
And I say, did I fool ya?
Didn't daddy fool ya?
He go once, he going twice He go for 35 or 40
He go once, he going twice He go for 45 or 50
He go once, he going twice He go 55 or maybe he will make it up to 65
He go once, he going twice Aint it nice price wise?
I gotta a nice life for the price
 
I give and give and I lay it all down
Look what I found I give and give
I give and give and I lay it all down
Look what I found, look what I found
Blue skies they're smiling at me
And that's my favorite melody
But I can't read I can't read
I can't read between the things unseen
And I don't mind I don't mind
I don't mind if I don't find because I tried
 
I'm absolutely definite absolutely positive
Absolutely definitely positive
I'm absolutely definite absolutely positive
Absolutely definitely positively representative
 
So why the bother with it
Did I fool ya? Or didn't daddy fool ya?
He go once, he going twice He go for 35 or 40
He go once, he going twice He go for 45 or 50
He go once, he going twice He go 55 or maybe he will make it up to 65
He go once, he going twice Aint it nice price wise?
I gotta a nice life for the price


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FRIDAYS on The Rythm Cafe Live #1



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WHEN I FEEL IT on The Rythm Cafe Live #1



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HEY LOVE on The Rythm Cafe Live #1



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LITTLE SPANISH LADY (CARLOS OLMEDA) on The Rythm Cafe Live #1



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TO MY LOVE (CARLOS OLMEDA) on The Rythm Cafe Live #1



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DEAR ANNA (CARLOS OLMEDA) on The Rythm Cafe Live #1



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TABATHA LOVES ME (CARLOS OLMEDA) on The Rythm Cafe Live #1



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POWER AND MOTION (CARLOS OLMEDA) on The Rythm Cafe Live #1



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THE RIGHT KIND OF PHRASE on The Rythm Cafe Live #1

    by Jason Mraz


Once there was a girl that came from not too far from here
And she wasn't satisfied at the rate that she applied herself
To the items on the shelf, she was a retail girl
 
And that really has to do with nothing though she gave me something
A smile I'll rely on for a lifetime I'd try on for awhile
 
So now why is she getting married on the 25th of april
She believes in higher energy and better things for all the people
She is a charm of good luck when she's sitting by your side
But I think my luck run out on april twenty five
 
Oh love, oh love is all I'm looking for
Sitting in the corner in the dark
Hoping that she'd eye me, I'm looking right her way
But I'd never find the right thing to say
I'd never find the right kind of phrase
 
There was a secret somebody
Of course I never get the upper hand
Those kinds of rare finds are all born with a man
I just don't understand how they can
 
Oh love, oh love is all I'm looking for
Sitting in the corner in the dark and on the floor
Hoping that she'd spy on me, I'm looking right her way
I'd never find the right kind of phrase
 
The right kind, the right line, or the right time to say almost anything that's right
the right kind of phrase. 
I'd never find the right thing to say


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SLEEP ALL DAY on A Jason Mraz Demonstration



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SLEEPING TO DREAM on A Jason Mraz Demonstration

    by Jason Mraz


I'm dreaming of sleeping next to you 
I'm feeling like a lost little boy in a brand new town
I'm counting my sheep and each one that passes 
is another dream to ashes 
and they all fall down.
 
As I lay me down tonight, 
I close my eyes and what a beautiful sight
 
I'm sleeping to dream about you 
I'm so tired of having to live without you 
So I'm sleeping to dream about you and I'm so tired
 
I found myself in the riches 
Your eyes, your lips, your hair
Well you were everywhere
But I woke up in the ditches
I hit the light and I thought you might be here 
But you were nowhere 
You were nowhere at home
 
As I lay me back to sleep 
Lord I pray that I can keep
 
Sleeping to dream about you 
I'm so tired 
of having to live without you 
So I'm sleeping to dream about you 
and I'm so tired
 
It's just a little a lullaby 
to keep myself from crying myself to sleep at night
 
Sleeping to dream about you 
I'm so tired 
of having to live without you 
So I'm sleeping to dream about you 
and I'm so tired


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LITTLE YOU & I on A Jason Mraz Demonstration



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THE RIGHT KIND OF PHRASE on A Jason Mraz Demonstration

    by Jason Mraz


Once there was a girl that came from not too far from here
And she wasn't satisfied at the rate that she applied herself
To the items on the shelf, she was a retail girl
 
And that really has to do with nothing though she gave me something
A smile I'll rely on for a lifetime I'd try on for awhile
 
So now why is she getting married on the 25th of april
She believes in higher energy and better things for all the people
She is a charm of good luck when she's sitting by your side
But I think my luck run out on april twenty five
 
Oh love, oh love is all I'm looking for
Sitting in the corner in the dark
Hoping that she'd eye me, I'm looking right her way
But I'd never find the right thing to say
I'd never find the right kind of phrase
 
There was a secret somebody
Of course I never get the upper hand
Those kinds of rare finds are all born with a man
I just don't understand how they can
 
Oh love, oh love is all I'm looking for
Sitting in the corner in the dark and on the floor
Hoping that she'd spy on me, I'm looking right her way
I'd never find the right kind of phrase
 
The right kind, the right line, or the right time to say almost anything that's right
the right kind of phrase. 
I'd never find the right thing to say


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BRIGHT EYES on A Jason Mraz Demonstration

    by Jason Mraz


Bright lights, big city
Was quite extraordinary
The drive was pretty
I was in perfect company
The love of a lifetime
Since we were elementary friends
The one with the bright eyes

Why can't I be optimistic
I tried to find the logic logically
I had a dream and I could not shake it
I was standing up there naked

There's fear in the truth at hand, frozen I forgot to understand
The live keep living growing older more into a man
And I let her grow away from me

Love love is not pretending
Time time was meant for mending
Memories into all is satisfactory
Healthy smiles fill the page the day we spent in miles
And I let her drive away from me

The one with the bright eyes
Laughed her way inside this music box
Stored away in the corner of my heart And I let her get away from me
But I'll never take that day away from me

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0% INTEREST on A Jason Mraz Demonstration

    by Jason Mraz

Our friends on the front porch telling jokes 
And they swing swiftly towards happier times
Expending lines and finding more energy for the effort
And getting distance from that front porch spotlight
But us we found peace in shadows
Long enough to see the monsters rise

Candy's got some space to fill in her daydreams
Living high on yesterday's lie
Talking to me about some 0% interest
And how she got a better deal than the next guy                      

And the way the lightning shocked us 
When we were lost and looking down that long missouri highway 
Your hair was longer then and now I remember

Oh the roads unencumbered by cats
They're burning like wet matches 
Thru my miracle mile mind

You left your thumbprint inside me now for months it seems
But mine only brushes your soft surface
And somehow it leaves me listless
My tongue curls under my lips oh yes

So I cant speak to tell you of the months before I met you
And the way the truth it locked us 
Right about the time after the lightning shocked us

When we were young and missing
'round that small new england byway 
Our lives they were sheltered then and I now I remember
Well its not even being about that anymore
I gotta get you down

Those tiny fragments of perfection
They please me in a time unchanged
When its not the same beginning
Or a long awaited end

If I knew all the words 
I would write myself out of here
If I was all the colors 
I would paint you pretty in gold 
In a picture so I'm told little sister

So now I'm sold little sister
Why don't you tell me about the sunsets in sweden 
And the laws of eden
And how you were the rock of gibraltar
And how they called you foxy
Well that's another whole box of pandoras
That's another whole box of them ties

Slide your foot off the gas 
Before we crash right back into the median
It separates our house from the middle of the street
Talking about our house

Is on the front porch telling jokes 
And they swing swiftly towards happier times
Expending lines and finding more energy for the effort
And getting distance from that front porch spotlight
But us we found peace in shadows
Long enough to see a monster die

We all need to find a little space in our daydreams
Long enough and just so long
Long enough, just as long
Just so long as its long enough
Is it long enough
Is it long enough for me
Long enough for me to chew on

If it isn't
If it isn't
If it ain't 
If it don't 
If it can't 
Then it won't
And that's just the way that it goes

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CHILDLIKE WILDLIFE on A Jason Mraz Demonstration

Well I guess I'll treat her right
I guess I'll treat her right more this time
I'll try not to rely
Try not to rely on the perfect line
And I see no boundaries
Except for the ones I'm in
And I don't expect you to overcome them 
For that's my job description

In a world of players and private eyes
Unless you realize this 
There's a whole lot you could miss
Do you know which one I am
I am the cigarette smoking man
Once an hour I light the flower
And burn baby burn

When is it your turn
Lord tell me when the sun goes down
Cause I feel much better then anyway
Well I see much much better then anyway
Well I feel exposed 
Although I feel at home 
Dressed as a black plastic rose 
All flowing head shoulders knees and toes
We dance, we dance, we play, we rant and rave

Oh this childlike wildlife is flooring me
Oh this childlike wildlife is flooring me

Early in the morning
Late in the evening
Evening, we kinda get delirious
Breaking from the seriousness
I try not to get disoriented

Having chewed too many up on my side
Is it any wonder how I miss your style
Is it any wonder how I write
Pages layered upon pages
Which to no one else but me can be accounted for
For this moments sake

I do not become me
For path tunnels or straightaways 
I do not watch as often as I should
So instead I sketch my life a comfortable creature
Slow and beautifully
Oh the smell and tastes of the past nights
Well they're still locked up in my gentle jaw

Not that I am wanting them to go
Just that they are
And I'm very much aware
The madness of slow motion as you move your legs to walk
I'm very much aware
Of this madness when you talk

This childlike wildlife is flooring me
Oh this childlike wildlife is flooring me

We dance, we play
Oh lord we rant and rave
We dance and we play always


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COMMON PLEASURE on A Jason Mraz Demonstration

    by Jason Mraz
        Transcribed by Bri Carrera (lovetoloveu@hotmail.com)


I remember when we used to walk together
Used to talk together, go to the park together
In all kinds of weather we would share
This common pleasure with most of human kinds
It was a kind of treasure One that I was surely glad to find
But I got one right here and I'm okay
I'm okay, and you're okay, and we're okay
I'm alright. Everything else is allright sometimes.
 
Just remember those bones they get broken
And love is not a token of affection
It's not even a real thing, it's a word
So don't you try to but it out with a ring
Cause it's a verb, to love someone
Open up and let them in
just don't be afraid to set them free again
 
This aint no heaven, aint no hell , aint no in between
Cause there's just too many faces and places in this world
That I aint ever seen
I'm gonna keep on keeping on
I'm gonna reap on being strong
I got my head on, though misconnected
It's alright cause I do it protected
I got a day job. I drive a cheap ride
Sounds like I'm gonna fine
You only get one life to learn
There's only so many brain cells that you can burn
And life can take a turn and take away that you've earned
And leave you yearning for more, so much more
Life is gonna leave you yearning for more, more, more
Your stomach's gonna be churning
Wanting more, you're wanting, wanting some more.
You're wanting some more, more, more
Do you want some?
 
Well I got some right here and I'm okay
I'm okay and you're okay
Ha ha, we're okay
Everything else will be fine sometimes.
Guess what I'm doing okay.


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