Jebediah

LEAVING HOME

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 Verse 1: Were you laughed at by your friends And were you lost for words when everybody finally told you what they thought You can't keep up with the trend It makes you lose but somehow everybody always makes up in the end Oh, was it something that I ate Oh, didn't even touch my plate Oh, suddenly I'm feeling great Do you like me now Chorus: Leaving home, life was never good to me Leaving home, I smell the morning air Leaving home, life was never good You can work it out we're leaving home Verse 2: I could hear them through the door As people came in laughing at the way they acted when they were alone And an argument can start with nothing more than this To be the light and leave you standing on your own Oh, am I doing it again Oh, I'm a loser now and then Oh, and I smile at everything Do you like me now Chorus Verse 3: Hope I like the life I find when I leave everything behind I hope I'm sure I've made my mind to go and leave home Chorus

BENEDICT

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 Verse 1: Yeah! Benedict sits in his room, Benedict, Ben-Benedict Green men are coming soon, Benedict, Ben-Benedict He waits for them in the dark, Benedict, Ben-Benedict He stands alone in the ball park, Benedict, Ben-Benedict Chorus: They didn't wanna find you They didn't wanna beat you, beat you They didn't wanna find you They didn't wanna beat you, beat you ohhh Verse 2: Benedict's losing his head, Benedict, Ben-Benedict He keeps it under the bed, Benedict, Ben-Benedict His mine will let him know, Benedict, Ben-Benedict When it is time to go home, Benedict, Ben-Benedict Chorus Verse 3: Oh, We're suddenly much better than you x 3 Oh, We're suddenly much better Now you're looking at the new fave Now you're going to see the next rave Keep on blasting out and go green Blame it on the magic brain bean, yeah Ben-ben-ben-ben x 4

HARPOON

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 Verse 1: This will take some explaining but I think you will agree There is no use pretending that there's hope for you and me Chorus: And I love her, but do you think she can see When I tell her, it's the end for you and me It was over, ever since you went and shot me Like a harpoon, Like a harpoon, Like a harpoon in my heart Like a harpoon, Like a harpoon in my heart Verse 2: Yeah I can handle the fighting, it's the affection I can't stand And I don't mind us talking, just don't try and touch my hand Chorus Verse 3: When you left I didn't want you back But now your gone so won't you come right back Come right back x 5 Chorus Why does it hurt Simple matters don't seem worth We're the same but it's not happening again Chorus

JERKS OF ATTENTION

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 Verse 1: There is no pain, my bodies drained I never should of had that fourth slice straight We gathered round, the lost and found But my jerks of attention let me down Pre-Chorus: Well I took the first one, And I pulled it back. And what was once green Had all turned black, had all turned black And there was nothing left to say. Chorus: I'm ten foot tall, the world's so small I know it all when I'm wasted What you see, inside of me Has been set free when I'm wasted, wasted. Verse 2: I'm getting there, my constant stare And I don't think I'll move from this chair We've got them both, Archers of loaf And the Stone Roses in the stereo Pre-Chorus Chorus x 2 Wasted, wasted Wasted, wasted Chorus I don't want to be straight, don't want to be straight I don't want to be wasted, wasted, wasted,

INVADERS

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 Verse 1: It was in the evening, or was it afternoon It doesn't really matter, they were in my room No there no here to save you x3 No there not Chorus: One by one They tricked me one by one They stripped me one by one They fixed me one by one Invaders picked me Verse 2: I thought that I should go now but I just had to stay Stick around and listen to what they had to say No we're not going to hurt you x3 No we're not Chorus Change: Ohhhh, arrggghhh, oohhh Invaders, Invaders, Invaders, Invaders Ooh, I like their eyes, like buggy flies Their purple skies, where no one dies, Their silken hair, and what they wear Without a care for nothing Say that you care but you fucking don't And you say that you care but you fucking don't And you say that you care but you fucking don't And you say that you care but you fucking don't Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah Backing: Watch out for invaders...

SPOIL THE SHOW

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 Verse 1: I know I've said things I didn't mean to say And I know I've done thing I didn't mean to do I'm stupid, pathetic Sometimes I say, things that I never mean to say And sometimes I do things I don't wanna do But we can leave that out Chorus: I'm waiting for the early sign That signals everything is fine I've rocked the boat enough I know To make a scene and spoil the show Verse 2: I get jealous, way too easy all the time And over zealous, way to easy on time Before I see things straight Sometimes I say things I never mean to say And sometimes I do somethings I don't wanna do But we can leave that out Chorus x 2 The show, the show, the show...

BLAME

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 I was strolling down your road When I saw you now I know It's clear, it's all your fault dear And the price I had to pay Shit that I took everyday I lived was all that you could give And I know that you're to blame x 6 I've been fighting it so long But I know that I'm not wrong With this, I'm totally pissed So I'll take it out on you And all your girlfriends too Cause they hate me but they're too blind to see And I know that you're to blame x 6 Sssah And I know that you're to blame x 6 It'll never be the same

PUCKDEFENDER

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 Verse 1: You and me tie ourselves on to the railway Tugging on things that catch us up Sitting off things that fly us down the freeway Blowing our brew from plastic cups Chorus: Nothing to do, (when you're) in this situation The pilots are drunk, we're all dead Proving we're worth, the casual observation Proving we're worth the food we're fed And I'm hurking up the pieces All the pieces that I've found And I'm picking up the pieces Off the ground, Yeah Verse 2: You and me fall down onto the wrong side Laughing at those that pushed us down Climbing back up, we enjoy the free ride Climbing back up but they've all gone Chorus Verse 1 Chorus

LINO

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 There is the mat Wipe where it's at You can come in So can the cat I can see me Under my feet Under a fan Spreading the heat If everyone's ready and waiting for you, Yeah Then come along Friday what is there to do? We like to clean, our hands with preen To keep all the germs away from the scene That's our motto,that's what we say That is the truth, that's how it'll stay If everyone's ready and waiting for you, Yeah Then come along Friday what is there to do? Scrub and make clean the lino, lino In case of visitors You don't wanna know, you just want them to go They walked on your lino and it's hard to clean Hard to clean You don't wanna know, you just want them to go They walked on your lino and it's hard to clean Hard to clean, it's hard to clean There is the mat Wipe where it's at You can come in So can the cat I can see me Under my feet Under a fan Spreading the heat If everyone's ready and waiting for you, Yeah Then come along Friday what is there to do? Scrub and make clean the lino, lino In case of visitors, visitors Like what you get when you've just started retarded Think of what you want and who you are M, m, m, My life, when I think is so circumstancial You take what you're given it's never substancial But that doesn't matter, when I am around her I think of something more, but what will I use it for You don't wanna know, you just want them to go They walked on your lino and it's hard to clean Hard to clean, hard to clean You don't wanna know, you just want them to go They walked on your lino and it's hard to clean Hard to clean You don't wanna know, you just want them to go They walked on your lino and it's hard to clean Hard to clean You don't wanna know, you just want them to go They walked on your lino and it's hard to clean Hard to clean Can you tell me what I mean

MILITARY STRONGMEN

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 Verse 1: I'm on parade, you don't say: why can't you see that Keeping my feelings at bay: why can't you see that when When you're around, you just get me down, I'm better off without you x 2 I'm just better off Verse 2: All of the years add up to: why can't you see that Something has happened to you: why can't you see that when When you're around, you just get me down, I'm better off without you x 4 You just get me down It's not me, it can't be I'd rather leave It's getting hard, to be a part of what is around Is this the situation of the time If so you can have yours, I want mine I know there's something better you could be Now I am past caring, completely When you're around, you just get me down, I'm better off without you x 4

TEFLON

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 We were going along To a particular song Just hanging around Feet scuffing the ground Catching us on a roll We were collecting the dole Doesn't mean something's wrong We were just slipping along Slipping along Slipping along Yeah Slipping along At a party we found People hanging around There was nothing to do We were smoking a few Saw two girls outside They were both pretty wired I thought something was wrong But they were just getting it on Slipping along Yeah Slipping along 1, 2, 3, 4 So long, I'm slipping on, and on Yeah We were going along To a particular song Just hanging around Feet scuffing the ground Catching us on roll We were collecting the dole Doesn't mean something's wrong We were just slipping along Slipping along Slipping along Yeah Slipping along 1, 2, 3, 4 So long, I'm slipping on, and on Yeah

TWILIGHT = DUSK

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 I don't wanna go anymore I don't wanna go anymore Stop pushing me through the door I don't wanna go anymore Anymore, anymore, anymore I don't wanna fight anymore I don't wanna fight anymore Picking myself off the floor I don't wanna fight anymore Anymore, anymore, anymore I said I'd try but you don't believe me You still don't know who I am, if only I had the guts to tell you If I had the guts to tell you If... If... If...

LA DI DA DA

ALBUM: SLIGHTLY ODWAY, 1997 Well I've been outside and it's not my scene And I know you don't know what I mean But I'm trying hard, 'cause I've never been On the other side, of a day dream La da di da da... And I've been around, tried to be kind But it gets me down, when I often find People that I meet, in this state of mine Hanging onto threads, falling behind La da di da da... Seems I've found, Something to stick around my neck and be proud Seems I know, Somethings will never go with what you've got on show Even so... La da di da da...