BEST OF HANSON: LIVE AND ELECTRIC




01) Optimistic
02) Every Word I Say
03) Where's The Love
04) Look At You
05) Strong Enough To Break
06) I Will Come To You
07) Underneath
08) Hand In Hand
09) In A Little While
10) Penny & Me
11) MMMBop
12) This Time Around
13) Rock N'Roll Razorblade
14) If Only
15) A Song To Sing


Optimistic

Flies are buzzing round my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
The big fish eat the little ones
The big fish eat the little ones
Not my problem, give me some

You can try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough

This one's optimistic
This one went to market
This one just came out of the swamp
This one dropped a payload
Fodder for the animals
Living on animal farm

If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough

I'd really like to help you, man
I'd really like to help you, man
Nervous messed up marionettes
Floating around on a prison ship

If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you can try the best you can
If you try the best you can
Dinosaurs roaming the earth
Dinosaurs roaming the earth
Dinosaurs roaming the earth


Every Word I Say

You feel like liberation
You give me new sensation
You show me what I need and
You are my life completed

Can't stop, can't break, who's driving?
Sometimes there's no denying
Today I feel I can't lose
I'm letting go of what I knew

I want you for always
I hear you name in every word I say
I'm a fool and I don't care
I hear your name in every word I say

Before you I was only
What I let it control me
You are the revolution
Against my own conclusions
Today I feel I can't lose
I'm letting go of what I knew

I want you for always
I hear your name in every word I say
I'm a fool and I don't care
I hear your name in every word I say

Ohh, no no no no no no no
Ohh, no no no no no no no
Ohh, no no no no no no no
Ohh, no no no no no no no

And now I say to goodbye
To the way I used to be
There is no room for question
It's your name that sets me free and
You stuck these troubles on me
These days are creeping in
Let go of the world around me
'Cause your love is all I need

I want you for always
I hear your name in every word I say
I'm a fool and I don't care
I hear your name in every word I say

I want you for always
I hear your name in every word I say
I'm a fool and I don't care
I hear your name in every word I say

Ohh, no no no no no no no
Ohh, no no no no no
Ohh, no no no no no no no

I hear your name in every word I say
I hear your name in every word I say
I hear your name in every word I say
I hear your name
Well all I hear is your name
No no no no no
No no no no no
Said all I hear is your name
Said all I hear is your name
And no I can't take it away


Where's The Love

Something has been going on and I don't know what it is
You don't mind the taking girl, but you don't know how to give
You drove me crazy, but I don't know baby
You're thinking that it's me you're fooling
Where's the right in, all of our fighting?
Look at what you're doing

Chorus:
Where's the love?
It's not enough
It makes the world go round and round and
Where's the love?
Give it up
It makes the world go 'round and 'round and 'round

Can you tell me what you see whenever you look around?
We're tripping all over ourselves and pulling each other down
We're separating, consciousness is fading
Are you thinking that it's me you're fooling?
Where's the right in, all of our fighting?
Look at, look at, look at what we're doing

Repeat Chorus

Dark clouds all around, lightning, rain pouring down
Waiting for the bright light to break through
Face down on the ground
Pick us up at the lost and found
We've got to change our point of view, if we want the sky blue
We're segregating, consciences are fading
You're thinking that it's me you're fooling
Where's the right in, all of our fighting?
Look at what we're doing


Look At You

Look at you baby
Standing in the shadows wondering what I'm doing here
Wishing something would happen, maybe I could disappear
She walks in with that look in her eye
Somehow she doesn't even have to try
Just kick off your shoes, get on the floor
This is what we came here for
Oh, you've got to break it down
You've got to get it out
Just get on the floor

Chorus:
Everybody wonders when they look at you
Everybody wonders what you're gonna do
You got it all wrapped up, you do
Everybody wonders when they look at, look at you
Look at you baby, look at you baby

In the middle of the dance floor lights shinin' in my face
Twistin', shoutin' there was no doubt
People dancing all over the place
Out of the corner of my eye
She said, "Why don't you come and give it a try?"
Get on the floor, just kick off your shoes
You ain't got a thing to lose
Oh, you've got to break it down
It's time to get it out
Just get on the floor

Repeat Chorus

Look at you, look at you baby
Look at you, look at you baby
Look at you, look at you baby
Oh, whoa, whoa, baby
Look at you, look at you baby
Look at you, look at you baby
Look at you, look at you baby
Oh, whoa, whoa, baby

I was standing in the shadows wondering what I'm doing here
Wishin' something would happen so that I could disappear
She breaks the silence with a move of her hips
You better hang on don't want to lose your grip
Kick off your shoes, get on the floor
This is what we're waiting for
Oh, you've got to break it down
You've got to get it out, just get on the floor


Strong Enough To Break

I haven't been myself today
Just a figure in a big monopoly game
Struggle is the price you pay
You get just enough just to give it away
I'm sinking but I'm floating away
Throw me a line so I can anchor my pain
The fabric is about to fray
The fabric is about to fray

Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately

Things keep coming and I keep wondering
I start feeling the walls close in
Things keep coming and I keep stumbling
I start feeling I'm strong enough to break
Oh, I start feeling I'm strong enough to break

Been running through my mind today
Scenarios to add to your hypocrisy
No one ever takes the blame
But everyone is searching for a cure to the pain
Nothing ever seems to change
Oh, nothing ever seems to change
We just play like broken records in a deaf man's charade

Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately
Maybe you could take a look at yourself lately

Things keep coming and I keep wondering


I Will Come To You

When you have no light to guide you
And no one to walk to walk beside you
I will come to you
I will come to you
When the night is dark and stormy
You won't have to reach out for me
I will come to you
I will come to you

Sometimes when all your dreams may have seen better days
And you don't know how or why but you've lost your way
Have no fear when your tears are falling
I will hear your spirit calling
And I swear I'll be there come what may

When you have no light to guide you
And no one to walk to walk beside you
I will come to you
I will come to you
When the night is dark and stormy
You won't have to reach out for me
I will come to you
I will come to you

Cos even if we can't be together
We'll be friends now and forever
And I swear that I'll be there come what may

When the night is dark and stormy
You won't have to reach out for me
I will come to you
I will come to you

We all need somebody we can turn to
Someone who'll always understand
So if you feel that your soul is dying
And you need the strength to keep trying
I'll reach out and take your hand
I'll reach out for your hand

When you have no light to guide you
And no one to walk to walk beside you
I will come to you
I will come to you
When the night is dark and stormy
You won't have to reach out for me
I will come to you
I will come to you


Underneath

Waking up this morning
Thinking this can't be real
But they say there is nothing love can't heal
Why don't you come on down
So you can feel what I feel

Sitting all alone in this place
Even though we're here face to face
There is nothing gone
But there's something wrong

Can't you see that I'm stuck here underneath
And you're making it hard to breathe
So take a look around and tell me what you see
You'll find me underneath

I know what to say but don't know where to begin
The fear of losing you beneath my skin
Is there resolution for this pain that I'm in

Sitting all alone in this place
Even though we're here face to face
There is nothing gone
But there's something wrong

Can't you see that I'm stuck here underneath
And you're making it hard to breathe
So take a look around and tell me what you see
You'll find me underneath

If only you could feel what I dream
Maybe you could hear what I mean
There is nothing gone
But there's something missing

Can't you see that I'm stuck here underneath
And you're making it hard to breathe
So take a look around and tell me what you see
You'll find me underneath

Cause I'm stuck here underneath
And you're making it hard to breathe
So take a look around and tell me what you see
You'll find me underneath


Hand In Hand

I know just how much I love you
But there is no time to explain
I realize just what I'd give you
Get you back in my arms

And I see you hand in hand with another man
And I don't know what you see on him and why you let us go
So if you're gonna lie
At least you could just let us die
And if you're gonna cry to me baby
At least you could just say good bye

I'm caught between myself and me
And I can't find the bridge
From my mind to reality
I'm trying to find a place in the sun
But I'm drowning in the rain
That's falling every place I run

And I see you hand in hand with another man
And I don't know what you see on him and why you let us go
So if you're gonna lie
At least you could just let us die
And if you're gonna cry to me baby
At least you could just say good bye

Well I'm not gonna sit around
Just waiting for you to get over him oh, no, no, no
Say good bye, say good bye now
Say good bye, say good bye now
Say good bye, say good bye now
Say good bye now

Well if you're gonna lie
At least you could just let us die
And if you're gonna cry to me baby
At least you could just say good bye

Say good bye, say good bye now, say good bye, say good bye now
Oh won't you say good bye, won't you say good bye now
Won't you say good bye, say good bye, say good bye
Say good bye, Say good bye now.
Say good bye, Say good bye now
Say good bye, Say good bye now.
Say good bye now

Won't you kiss me good bye
You've got to tell me good bye
Say good bye, say good bye now
Say good bye, say good bye now


In A Little While

In a little while
Surely you'll be mine
In a little while I'll be there

In a little while
This hurt will hurt no more
I'll be home, love

When the night takes a deep breath
And the daylight has no end
If I crawl, if I come crawling home
Will you be there

In a little while
I will blow by every breeze
Friday night running
To Sunday on my knees

That girl, that girl
She's mine
And I've know her since
Since you were a little girl
With Spanish eyes
Oh, when I saw her
In a pram they pushed her by

My how you've grown
Well it's been
It's been a little while

Slow down my bleeding heart
Man dreams one day to fly
A man takes a rocketship into the skys
He lives on starlets dying in the night
And follows in the trail
The scatter of light

Slow down my bleeding heart
Slowly, slowly love
Slow down my bleeding heart
Slowly, slowly love
Slow down my beating heart
Slowly, slowly love


Penny & Me

Cigars in the summer time
Under the sky by the light I can feel her read my mind
I can see it in her eyes
Under the moon as it plays like music every line
There's a rug with a bleeding dye
Under the fan in the room where the passions burning high
And a chair with the leopard skin under the light
It's always Penny and me tonight

On the plane step with both my feet
Riding in seat number three on a flight to NYC
Got my bean in a coffee cup next to my seat
Catch the view and another good book to read
Sitting at home or the friendly skies missing her eyes
It's always Penny and me tonight

Penny and me like to roll the window down
Turn the radio up push the pedal to the ground
Penny and me like to gaze at starry skies
Close our eyes pretend to fly
It's always Penny and me tonight

Staring at a million city lights
But still Penny and I are all alone beneath the sky
Feel the wind brushing slowly by
If I could soar I would try, to take these wings and fly
Away to where the leaves turn red
But no matter where I am instead
Singing along to feeling alright
Or making it by under pink moonlight
It's always Penny and me tonight

Penny and me like to roll the window down
Turn the radio up push the pedal to the ground
Penny and me like to gaze as starry skies
Close our eyes pretend to fly
It's always penny and me tonight

Penny likes to get away
And drowned her pain, in lemonade
Penny dreams of rainy days
And nights up late by the fireplace
And aimless conversations 'bout the better days

Singing along to feeling alright
Or making it by under pink moonlight
It's always Penny and me tonight

Penny and me like to roll the window down
Turn the radio up push the pedal to the ground
Penny and me like to gaze as starry skies
Close our eyes pretend to fly
It's always penny and me tonight

Penny and me tonight
Penny and me tonight
Penny and me tonight
It's always Penny and me tonight


MMMBop

You have so many relationships in this life
Only one or two will last
You go through all this pain and strife
Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast
And they're gone so fast

So hold on the ones who really care
In the end they'll be the only ones there
When you get old and start losing your hair
Can you tell me who will still care
Can you tell me who will still care

Mmmbop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
ba du bop, ba duba dop
ba du
Mmmbop, ba duba dop
ba du bop, ba du dop
ba du bop, ba du dop
ba du

In an Mmmbop they're gone

Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose
You can plant any one of those
Keep planting to find out which one grows
It's a secret no one knows
It's a secret no one knows

Mmmbop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du
Mmmbop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du

In an Mmmbop they're gone
In an Mmmbop they're not there
In an Mmmbop they're gone
In an Mmmbop they're not there
Until you lose your hair
But you don't care

Mmmbop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du
Mmmbop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du

Can you tell me? No you can't 'cause you don't know
Can you tell me? You say you can but you don't know
Can you tell me which flower's going to grow?
Can you tell me if it's going to be a daisy or a rose?
Can you tell me which flower's going to grow?
Can you tell me? You say you can but you don't know


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This Time Around

It's getting colder in this ditch where I lie
I'm feeling older and I'm wondering why
I heard they told her it was tell and live or die
I didn't know her but I know why she lied
I didn't know her but I know why she died.

You can't say I didn't give it
I won't wait another minute
We're on our way this time around
You can't say I didn't give it
I won't wait another minute
We're on our way this time around
And we won't go down

I heard them say that dreams should stay in your head
Well I feel ashamed of the things that I've said
Put on these chains and you can live a free life
Well I'd rather bleed just to know why I died

You can't say I didn't give it
I won't wait another minute
We're on our way this time around
You can't say I didn't give it
I won't wait another minute
We're on our way this time around

And we won't go down
And we won't go down
And we won't go down
And we won't go down

All I know is that fear has got to go
This time around

I've started feeling like I don't want to fight
Give in to the given and put out the light
Cannons a blazing shower these moonlit skies
Then I remember and I know why he died
Do you know why I'd die

You can't say I didn't give it
I won't wait another minute
We're on our way this time around
You can't say I didn't give it
I won't wait another minute
We're on our way this time around
You can't say I didn't give it
I won't wait another minute
We're on our way this time around
You can't say I didn't give it
I won't wait another minute
We're on our way this time around
And we won't go down
And we won't go down
And we won't go down


Rock N' Roll Razorblade

Watch me
Watch me
Watch me bleed rock and roll razorblade
Watch me bleed rock and roll razorblade
Razorblade

Rock and roll razorblade
It cuts so deep they failed to say
This rock and roll razorblade

Well there's nothing left in this town
For a rockerball rolling now

Rockerball had to find
A way to ease his rocker mind
This rockerball, he couldn't stay

'Cause there's nothing left in this town
For a rockerball rolling now
Well this rockerball's rolling round

You can watch me
Watch me
Won't you watch me bleed rock and roll razorblade
Watch me bleed rock and roll razorblade
Razorblade
Razor

Rockerball slipped away
On a bus to LA
He found a band
He had to play

They said, "take a breath, look around"
Well there's nothing left in this town
For a rockerball's brand new sound

Watch me
Won't you watch me bleed rock and roll razorblade
Watch me bleed rock and roll razorblade
Razor, razor
Watch me! Rock and roll razor
Watch me! Rock and roll razor
Watch me bleed rock and roll razorblade
Watch me bleed rock and roll razor
Watch me bleed rock and roll razor
Watch me bleed rock and roll razorblade


If Only

Every single time I see you I start to feel this way
Makes me wonder if I'm ever gonna feel this way again
There's a picture that's hanging in the back of my head
I see it over and over

I want to hold you and love you in my arms and then
I want to need you ́cause I need to be with you ́til the end
Then I hear myself reply you've got to hold it
This time, tonight

If only I had the guts to feel this way
If only you'd look at me and want to stay
If only I'd take you in my arms and say
I won't go 'cause I need you

'Cause I need you

I sit here waiting, wondering, hoping that I'll make this right
'Cause all I think about is your hands
Your face , and all these lonely nights
There's a feeling that's screaming in the back of my head
Saying over and over

I want to hold you and love you in my arms and then
I want to need you 'cause I need to be with you 'til the end
Then I hear myself reply she'll never let you in
This time, tonight

If only I had the guts to feel this way
If only you'd look at me and want to stay
If only I'd take you in my arms and say
I won't go 'cause I need you
Please don't go 'cause I need you now

I want to hear you say
It will always be this way
We will be hand in hand for every night and every day
I want to scream and shout
'Cause I'm losing any doubt
And all I care about is you and me and us and now

If only I had the guts to feel this way
If only you'd look at me and want to stay
If only I'd take you in my arms and say
I won't go 'cause I need you
Please don't go 'cause I need you now


Song To Sing

Goodbye four leaf clovers
Hello gone awry
Don't cry the fight ain't over
Unless you let it pass you by

I'm looking for a song to sing
I'm looking for a friend to borrow
I'm looking for my radio
So I might find a heart to follow
I've never been just longing for your loving
I've never been just wearing down to nothing
I've never been just looking for a reason
So that maybe you'd be thinking of me

All that I have found in reason
Is reason just to not believe
When all that you're left is treason
It's treason just to let it be

I'm looking for a song to sing
I'm looking for a friend to borrow
I'm looking for my radio
So I might find a heart to follow
I've never been just longing for your loving
I've never been just wearing down to nothing
I've never been just looking for a reason
So that maybe you'd be thinking of me

Blue yonder dreams and second hand shoes
You're so far gone that you live to close
And it's too late to go home all alone
You're the tar in that old cigar
And the worn out cable on a cable car
And you're too tired to admit you've got to chose

I'm looking for a song to sing
I'm looking for a friend to borrow
I'm looking for my radio
So I might find a heart to follow
I've never been just longing for your loving
I've never been just wearing down to nothing
I've never been just looking for a reason
So that maybe you'd be thinking of me





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