Rough Around the Center
by Contradictator
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-10
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Out of My League
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Strange Creatures
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Write
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Regrets
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I Don't Know Why
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Too Young
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about
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This is a two chapter album, the first is the smooth side, ending with regrets, the remainder is the rough side
All of these tracks with the exception of 'I Learned French to Impress Pretty Girls' were written in the month of February as part of a challenge to write 14 songs in 28 days.
This is a two chapter album, the first is the smooth side, ending with regrets, the remainder is the rough side
All of these tracks with the exception of 'I Learned French to Impress Pretty Girls' were written in the month of February as part of a challenge to write 14 songs in 28 days.
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released 10 March 2011
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Lanny Huang is a solo musician and a band musician and a broke musician and an amateur musician. He lives in Ithaca sometimes
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- Track Name: -10
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Negative ten degrees outside
My blood froze outside
Couldn’t feel my nose outside
Today
The air it bit me
And then it hit me
As the snow went drifting
Down, down, down
Wouldn’t it be
So uplifting
To fly, to fly, to fly
To escape from the pain
To escape from the sorrow
To be one place today
In another tomorrow
Wouldn’t it be
So uplifting
Wouldn’t it be
So nice
I’ll never feel the cold
I’ll never grow old
I’ll never let my bones, sink into the earth
I’d fight the setting sun
If I find trouble I’ll run
I’ll never let the light stop shining on me
I’ll die before the day
I’d ever fade away
I’ll fly up to the clouds, and shine down from the sky
Because I’m the only one
And if I’m ever gone
The world will never stop, turning on for me
Wouldn’t it be
So uplifting
Wouldn’t it be nice - Track Name: Out of My League
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Out of My League
Every one I talk to, thinks that you are hot
And that is something that I know I am not
You’ve got that look that the other girls have not got
And that leads me to believe, you’re out of my league
My friends tell me that I am out of my mind
My friends tell me that I should not even try
My friends tell me I just wouldn’t be your kind of guy
My friends tell me, that I’ll meet another girl some time
Not gonna meet another girl
Not gonna meet another girl
You know there’s no other girl, quite like you
You know there’s no other girl that will do
I know all the other guys think you’re cool
And all I have to offer is myself, and nothing else (can’t offer anything else)
… I got nothing else
Not into parties, and I have never smoked weed
You’d feel embarrassed if someone saw you dance with me
I don’t have money, so I couldn’t buy you fancy things
It seems the case to me that you are out of my league
I guess the right guy might be older than nineteen
With the right guy, there’d be so much more to see
The right guy has swagger, and he knows just what a girl like you needs
I guess the right guy will not turn out to be me
The right guy isn’t me
You know there’s no other girl, quite like you
You know there’s no other girl that will do
I know all the other guys think you’re cool
And all I have to offer is myself, and nothing else (can’t offer anything else)
… I got nothing else - Track Name: Strange Creatures
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Strange creatures, following me around
Strange creatures, making some strange strange sounds
Strange creatures, making some strange strange sounds
I’ve got strange creatures following me
I’m not quite sure what they want to see
‘Cause I don’t think that I’m anything quite like them
But they keep looking at me like they really want to be my friend
The way they look just kind of creeps me out
I’m not quite sure what this is all about
Maybe it’s just my mind playing tricks on me
Like I’m living in some crazy strange fantasy
And by now you might think I’m kind of odd
But I swear this is like a mean prank by God
‘cause I’m seeing strange creatures that other’s don’t see
and no one up there is hearing my desperate pleas
Strange creatures, following me around
Strange creatures, making some strange strange sounds
Strange creatures, following me around
Strange creatures, making some strange strange sounds
These creatures are acting kind of friendly
They really aren’t much of a threat to me
‘cause they give me some good advice
In fact these strange creatures are actually kind of nice
This strange creature is a really nice guy
He offered me a slice of his apple pie
And this strange creature can speak Chinese
And this strange creature is just a cool summer breeze
These strange creatures they gave me ice cream
These strange creatures gave me something to sing
But these strange creatures have started disappearing
Turns out the strange creatures were just a really odd dream
Strange Creatures… - Track Name: Hey Amy / I've Got a New Song
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It started with a girl I met
Who had something to hide
Living in a different world
Keeping it all on the inside
And I tried, and I tried, to get me into her life
But she denied yah she denied, and left me out to dry
And I cried Amy, please don’t walk away from me
And I cried Aimie, there’s so much that we could be
Aimie I might not know
The right things to do
And hey Aimie, I might not know
The last thing, about you
But I got a look and that’s all it took
Cause when I first met you, my heart shook
And it cried Amy, please don’t walk away from me
And it cried Aimie, there’s so much that’s left for us to see
This is a new song, it’s a new day
I’m doing things my way
I’ll forget about tomorrow
And live for today
They’ll think I’m stupid, a loser
I don’t care what they say
Because this is my life and my song
And that’s what I’m gonna play
So if you’re upset, unhappy
Don’t know what to do
I have got a few things
That I’d like to say to you
Drop your frown, put on a smile
It will all be worth your while
Don’t you cry don’t you fret
Don’t you act like your upset
Forget responsibility and just sing with me
Ba ba da da dada da daaadaa dad a.
Because you’ve only one life for livin’
And you’ve only one life for givin’
So give it to the things that give back to you
You and I’ve got plans, we got visions
You and I got dreams
And we dedicate our time
To having all these things
But when we’re done and it’s all over
What do we we do?
Do we stop to think we’re happy?
When all of this is through
So it might seem, like a smart thing
To sacrifice your time
Living in the moment
Would mean you’ve lost your mind
But I beg you, please listen
‘Cause in life you can’t rewind
So do what makes you happy
And everything will be just fine - Track Name: Write
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Write
Write, write, write, write about what’s right, right, right
Write about what’s wrong, wrong, wrong
And what you think about it
And write, write, write, write about your life, life, life
Write about the time, time, times
Times you have felt happy
‘Cause if you write, write, write, you won’t forget what’s nice, nice, nice
You understand what’s sad, sad, sad
If you write about it
When you write, write, write, write with your voice, voice, voice
Write so you can change, change, change
The world that’s around you
Just write, write, write, write about your thoughts, thoughts, thoughts
Write the things you’d say, say, say
If anyone was listening
I’m listening
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Write, write, write, write because it’s fun, fun, fun
Write to forget pain, pain, pain
Write like there’s no pressure
When I write, write, write, about the things I like, like like
about things that are bright, bright, bright
It makes me feel better
So write, write, write, write to save your life, life, life
Write to save your mind, mind, mind
Write to save your heart - Track Name: I Don't Know Why
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Some time ago I met a girl
She was the cutest in the world
With short brown hair ending in a curl
Over golden hazel eyes
Soon she was dancing with me
And all I felt was ecstasy
In that moment I could not believe
How lucky I could be
But a month had rolled right by
Rain came falling from the sky
And the girl that had caught my eye
Would not let me catch hers
Are my eyes not good enough for you,
You’d rather look down at your shoes
I cannot figure out what to do
And I just don’t know why
Yeah you were once so, friendly
But now you won’t look up to see
The sadness coming over me
And I just don’t know why
I still see you in the light
While I’m standing in the dark
And you can’t see me cry-y-y-y
‘cause you never say hi
Now I lie awake at night
Wondering about what might
Have happened had I said the right
Things, so long, ago
Are my eyes not good enough for you,
You’d rather look down at your shoes
I cannot figure out what to do
And I just don’t know why - Track Name: I Like You, I Don't Like You
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I think I like you, then I don’t
Then I like you all over again
I’ll think your pretty, but then your not
Stay pretty for me won’t you please?
I like your eyes when you look at mine
But sometimes you don’t even try
‘cause your friendly, but then your mean
sometimes I don’t know what to think
Don’t want to see you but I see you every day
You know that I would not have it any other way
So get out of my life while you know that I still want you to stay
Sometimes I’m smart, but then I’m stupid
Sometimes I just do silly things
I have bad days, and I have good days
And I might be just confused today
I love other people I hate myself
I love my self and hate people
Make up my mind, hit rewind
How did we get to this point again?
Didn’t want to see you but I saw you every day
Kinda funny that I would not have it any other way
So get out of my life while you know that I still want you to stay
The world’s doomed, now it’s not
The world’s doomed all over again
Don’t have much time, we have a lot
Should we go out some time
Other people, have their lives
We should have our lives too
They say just do it, but then just don’t
Once again I’m confused
Don’t want to see you but I see you every day
You know that I would not have it any other way
So get out of my life while you know that I-I still want you to stay - Track Name: Too Young
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Too Young
Divide your age by two
Add seven, no that won’t do
Don’t tell me that I’m too young for you
Don’t say that calculation
Won’t go in my direction
‘Cause I don’t really care that much for it
Don’t let these few short years
Bring up some silly fears
About the things that our friends might think
*Because I like you and you could like me too
Why would that be such a taboo
Tell me what could be so wrong with that
Because I like you, you could like me too
My like is blind and my like is true
Society can’t tell us what to do
Yeah you with your pixie cut
And your golden eyes look young enough
We could drink together out in Canada
Maybe I’m still a boy, you could be my girl
We could skip the diamonds and the pearls
I’ll just write you songs and we’ll never grow up
I could be like peter pan
He’s seen life, but he’s not a man
We could just live in Neverland
*Chorus
So what do you say
We could change our ways
And we could break all of the rules
Divide your age by two
Add seven, no that won’t do
Don’t tell me that I’m too young for you
Don’t tell me that I’m too young for you
Don’t tell me that I’m too young for you
Don’t tell me that I’m too young for you - Track Name: I Die Trying (For the Girls)
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I die trying, gonna die trying for the girls
Die trying, die trying for the girls
Die trying for the girls, that frighten me
I aint lying, no I’m not lying bout the girls
I aint lying, I’m not lying bout the girls
I aint lying, those girls do some scary things
They say we’re gonna skate on a frozen pond,
It’s gonna be great, say what can go wrong
We’re gonna smoke this stuff, you know we can’t get enough
We’re going to go downtown, we’ll drink and drive
And if we make it out, we’re lucky to be alive
We’ll make some new friends, and spread the disease
We’re gonna wake up with a strange piercing in our nose
We won’t stop to think about where the time goes
We’ll just get a new tattoo ‘cause we’re bored and got nothing to do
I die trying, gonna die trying for the girls
Die trying, die trying for the girls
Die trying for the girls, that frighten me
I aint lying, no I’m not lying bout the girls
I aint lying, I’m not lying bout the girls
I aint lying, those girls do some scary things
She said, you know I like you but it doesn’t feel right
To be with the same guy every single night
She wasn’t ready, cause cool girls never go steady
But I’m not the kind of friend that’s about the benefits
Yeah I’d rather hang out tonight then waste it taking hits
From your brand new pipe, you know I’m not the type
But you know it’s a shame ‘cause I know you’re really smart
And I’d rather get high talking to you, before you even start
To change the way you think, before you start to sink - Track Name: I Learned French to Impress Pretty Girls
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I learned French to impress pretty girls
It’s just the coolest language in the world
I learned French to impress pretty girls
Yeah I learned French, I learned French
I’m in a band to impress pretty girls
I’ll stand on my hands to impress pretty girls
I’ll act like a man, I’ll do everything that I can
But I don’t understand … those pretty girls
Clearly something isn’t working for me
Clearly there’s something that I can’t see
‘Cause those girls are still a mystery
And I’m trying, I’m not lying, but there is just no denying
All those pretty girls walking away from me
I learned guitar to impress pretty girls,
I write my songs, I sing my songs to impress pretty girls
They don’t sing along, they don’t sing along, they don’t sing along
What am I doing wrong, what am doing wrong is there something wrong?
I style my hair, to impress pretty girls
I cut my hair, I style my hair, to impress pretty girls
I grab the pomade and give my straight hair a curl
Yah I style my hair
Clearly something isn’t working for me
Clearly there’s something that I can’t see
‘Cause those girls are still a mystery
And I’m trying, I’m not lying, but there is just no denying
All those pretty girls walking away from me
Don’t know if it’s swagger, or self control
Don’t know if it’s cool clothes, Or the content of your soul
Yah not a cool car, not lots of money
Whether you’re smart, or whether your funny
What it is I just don’t know, Cause the pretty girls don’t show
What they’re thinking…
I do my best to impress pretty girls
And I must confess, my life’s a mess, cause of these pretty girls
But I do my best to impress pretty girls
