FEBRUARY 17 (Freeman)

It’s hard enough to wake up
Every day of my life
But today it’s even
Harder than before
Cuz I don’t know what I’m doing
At this place, at this time
And I don’t know how I got here
That’s for sure

Year after year it’s getting clear
They’re flying by, I know
Day after day they speed away
I wonder where they go

And there’s nothing new it seems
On February 17
I guess I better pinch myself today
But I’m older than I seem
On February 17
I wonder do I like myself today?

Well I know that things can go wrong
Between the days of my life
Just when you think you’re fine
You’ve hit the floor
And when someone says you’re looking great
They’re telling you lies
You look older than
You ever did before

Year after year it’s getting clear
They’re flying by, I know
Day after day they speed away
I wonder where they go

And there’s nothing new it seems
On February 17
I guess I better pinch myself today
But I’m older than I seem
On February 17
I wonder do I like myself today?

SWEET INSECURITY (Ginoli/Pansy Division)

Now that I, now that I’ve got
What I said, what I said I want
What on earth do I want now?
My wish came true
Here I am with you
What comes next I haven’t a clue

Sweet insecurity
Has got the best of me
Sweet insecurity

Feeling stuck, stuck in a rut
Feeling struck, struck in the gut
Dive right in, step right up
If he, if he’s the one
What makes me, makes me want to run
Can’t live up to what I’ve begun

Sweet insecurity
Has got the best of me
Sweet insecurity

Unprepared for small success
Make it into a bigger mess
Call it lack of confidence
My desire put to the test
Hold you close, close to my chest
Later on we’ll work out the rest

Sweet insecurity
Has got the best of me
Sweet insecurity

IT’LL NEVER BE THE SAME (Freeman/Pansy Division)

If you’re worried about tomorrow
If you wondering what we’ll gain
If you worried about it
Maybe we shouldn’t cross that line today
You know it’ll never be the same
You know it’ll never be the same again

If you’re worry about the tension
Will it cause you any pain
If you’re worried about it
Maybe we shouldn’t go against the grain
You know it’ll never be the same
You know it’ll never be the same again

Sex can ruin everything
I’ve seen it all first-hand
Lust will cloud your judgement in the end
And it’s too late to change it
You’ve got to understand
Things were pretty decent up till then

If you’re worried about our friendship
Going right on down the drain
If you’re worried about it
Maybe we shouldn’t keep playing this game
You know it’ll never be the same
You know it’ll never be the same again

Sex can ruin everything
I’ve seen it all first-hand
Lust will cloud your judgement in the end
Suddenly you find
That it’s gotten out of hand
And now you’ve got to ditch another friend

If you’re worried about tomorrow
Will it cause you any pain
If you’re worried about it
Maybe we shouldn’t keep playing this game
You know it’ll never be the same
You know it’ll never be the same again
Never be the same again, the same again never…

BETTER OFF JUST FRIENDS (Ginoli/Freeman)

It was in the spring
When we first met
The time of year when young men’s thoughts
Turn to other men
So young and romantic
But hopelessly naive
When you said I was perfect
I didn’t know just what to believe

I’m glad we had our time
But glad to see it end
Don’t you think that maybe we’d be
Better off just friends

Your pre-conceptions
Drove me half mad
I couldn’t be your standard issue
Regulation fag
The things that you found trivial
Meant everything to me
Oh what a lovely love affair
All we did was disagree

I’m glad we had our time
But glad to see it end
Don’t you think that maybe we’d be
Better off just friends

You still haven’t learned
What I found out real quick
No use trying to drag things out
When you know we just didn’t click
So here we are again
And I don’t mean to be unkind
But to get back together
I’d have to be out of my mind
You call me once again
To tell you’re fine
Then proceed to do nothing
But bitch and moan and whine

TOO BEAUTIFUL (Ginoli/Goodwin)

When we meet
I feel restrained
I see your face
Torture never felt so great
But still I turn away
Cause you’re too beautiful

I’d be fine
If we’d never met
Another guy
I’d never have a chance to get
But I don’t know what to do
Cause you’re too beautiful

For years I wondered what it would be like
To have someone as wonderful as you
In my life
But if friends is all that we’ll ever be
That’s not enough for me

My heart easily breaks
Helplessly
Repeating all the same mistakes
So I won’t be friends with you
Cause you’re too beautiful
You’re just too beautiful

LUV LUV LUV (Ginoli)

So many romantic dreams
Are merely bedroom schemes
It’s such a nice ideal
Too bad it’s rarely real

We’re animals at the core
Instincts we can’t ignore
You think you’re civilized
You just might be surprised

People talk about…
Luv luv luv luv luv
And it sounds like
Blah blah blah blah blah
Cause they really mean
Sex sex sex sex
People just want to connect
Luv luv luv luv luv, so typical
Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah
We don’t feel like we think we should
Not like we were taught we would
We’ve been fed too much bull about
Luv luv luv luv, luv luv luv luv

I believe in love that’s true
I’m a sucker just like you
But real love don’t stand a chance
In absurd pop song romance

Grow up with my point of view
It’s easy to see right through
You start to feel deceived
Throw out what you believed

People sing about…
Luv luv luv luv luv
And it sounds like
Blah blah blah blah blah
Cause they really mean
Sex sex sex sex
People just want to connect
Luv luv luv luv luv, so typical
Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah
We don’t feel like we think we should
Not like we were taught we would
We’ve been fed too much bull about
Luv luv luv luv, luv luv luv luv

We don’t feel like we think we should
Not like we were taught we would
We’ve been fed too much bull about
Luv luv luv luv, luv luv luv luv

And it sounds like
Blah blah blah blah blah
Cause you know it means
Sex sex sex sex
People just want to connect
Luv luv luv luv luv
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
We’ve been fed too much bull about
Luv luv luv luv, luv luv luv luv
We’ve been fed too much shit about
Luv luv luv…

THE BEST REVENGE (Ginoli/Pansy Division)

Inside a darkened room
Come face to face with gloom
More sorrow on the way
Ruining another day
It doesn’t get you anywhere
To wallow in your own despair

Cause happiness is the best revenge
Happiness is the best revenge

My father punched the clock
Raised his kids like another job
Did well financially
But so remote emotionally
Let it go, it’s so far gone
Malignant if it lingers on

Cause happiness is the best revenge
Happiness is the best revenge

You’re a victim you complain
You won first prize for pain
You wave your trophy high
At everyone who passes by
Some people can’t bear to see
You living happily
Had you guilt tripped for years
So much invested in those tears
I know my life would be so nice
If I could follow my own advice

Cause happiness is the best revenge
Happiness is the best revenge

BAD BOYFRIEND (Ginoli/Freeman)

I thought I’d know what to do
You thought I’d know it too
I was a bad boyfriend

Thought I knew what I was in for
Turned out to be a whole lot more
I was a bad boyfriend

There’s give, and there is take
I chose the wrong one by mistake
I was a bad boyfriend

It was about things big and small
You couldn’t comprehend at all
About how you got involved
With a guy with that much gall

Thought I’d learn from my mistakes
Didn’t know how many I’d make
I was a bad boyfriend

So easy to blame someone else
Hard to point the finger at yourself
I was a bad boyfriend

I’m afraid I agree with you
Give myself a scathing review
I was a bad boyfriend

Guess I was happier on my own
Guess I was worried about being alone
Condescending in my tone
I was flexible as a stone

You shot me a withering glance
When I asked for another chance
I was a bad boyfriend

I’m sad to see you go
But I fucked it up, I know
I was a bad boyfriend
Bad boyfriend…

YOU’RE GONNA NEED YOUR FRIENDS (Freeman)

I left a message for you weeks ago
You won’t return my call
You’ve got a man in your life I know
Now you won’t see me at all
And your friends wonder where you’ve been
You’ve been spending all your time with him
Who’s gonna dry your eyes
When he lets you down

You’re gonna need your friends
Let me tell you this again
You’re gonna need your friends
When he looks in your eyes
And tells you that this is the end

I believe that the time is gonna come
It won’t be pretty when you find you’re all alone
You’ve been spending every day with him
You’ve got a membership to the same gym
And your friends, well they wonder
When you’ll come around

You’re gonna need your friends
Let me tell you this again
You’re gonna need your friends
When he looks in your eyes
And tells you that this is the end

Is he worth the price you’re gonna pay
For letting all your friendships wither away
Are you sure you’re gonna like
Where you seem to be bound

He’s gonna tell you that this is the end
You’re gonna need your friends
Are you listening my friend?
You’re gonna need your friends
When he looks in your eyes
And tells you that this is the end

TINTED WINDOWS (Ginoli)

Your roommates don’t know
And there’s nowhere to go
Tinted windows are a wonderful thing
A bed would be a treat
But all we’ve got is this back seat
Tinted windows are a wonderful thing

Well I’ve got a van
And you’re a beautiful man
But I’m just passing through
And your place just won’t do
A dark secluded spot
In a deserted parking lot
Tinted windows are a wonderful thing

Well I’ve got a van
And you’re a beautiful man
It’s our chance to be alone
Before we both must go
Sticky vinyl seats
Amplify every squeak
Tinted windows are a wonderful thing
(Wipe off the steam)
Are a wonderful thing
(I’m gonna cream)
Are a wonderful thing

GLENVIEW  (Ginoli)

Waiting in a restaurant
Sitting at the bar
A glance at the label
On the back of a mustard jar
Suddenly a memory
Springs to life again
The name of the town
Of a long forgotten flame
Glenview

Flashback in an instant
To a boy who grow up there
We met while escaping
The stale suburban air
Our friendship blossomed
Then stopped in its tracks
One mention of his hometown
And it all comes flooding back
From Glenview

It hits you like it’s yesterday
It hits you by surprise
It hits you so completely
It brings tears to your eye
And I wonder if I miss him
Or just miss the way I felt
That pure and noble feeling
When there’s just nobody else

After graduation
We didn’t stay in touch
To try to keep in contact
Would have hurt too much
He knew how much I loved him
And he once gave me a kiss
He said “I wish you all the luck
In finding your prince…”
But not in Glenview

USED TO TURN ME ON (Freeman/Ginoli)

Letters you once wrote Are too painful now to read
It was long ago
And it’s easy now to see
That we did not belong
In the same room, in the same bed
And we couldn’t get along
In the same room, in the same bed

Your picture makes me sick
It used to turn me on
your picture makes me think
How glad I’m you’re gone
You behaved like such a prick
And now your picture makes me sick
And it used to turn me on

Feelings buried deep
I thought I’d worked it out
Bitterness remains
And that’s the reason why I left your town
Cause we did not belong
In the same room, in the same bed
And we couldn’t get along
In the same room, in the same bed

Your picture makes me sick
It used to turn me on
your picture makes me think
How glad I’m you’re gone
You behaved like such a prick
And now your picture makes me sick
And it used to turn me on

Looking back from here today
You were so full of shit
I’m glad I got away

Your picture makes me sick
It used to turn me on
your picture makes me think
How glad I’m you’re gone
You behaved like such a prick
And now your picture makes me sick
And it used to turn me on

OBSTACLE COURSE (Ginoli)

If I could hold a mirror
To the boy a I used to be
I’d see your face staring back at me
And if you could see ahead
To the man that you’ll become
You’d understand where I’m coming from

But you stare at me
And I stare back at you
And neither one can figure out
Our next move
And the years that separated us
Are an obstacle course
And it’s gonna take some work
To get us through

There were times I wished
That I had a little help
From someone who had gone along
The path that I tread
And the knowledge I’ve acquired
Is the best thing I can share
With someone on his way
But not quite there
I don’t want you thinking
That you’re not unique
When I say I know
How you really feel

But you stare at me
And I stare back at you
And neither one can figure out
Our next move
And the years that separated us
Are an obstacle course
And it’s gonna take some work
To get us through

VICIOUS BEAUTY (Ginoli/Pansy Division)

In the video store
On my way home
Flipped to the gay porn
When my mind was blown
A blast from my past
Could it really be
The high school boy
Who tormented me

He was a vicious beauty
He had it and he knew
That he was top of the heap
Looking down on you

So graceful
Athletic too
But so conceited
Too good for you
He was the one
I loved to hate
And the one I hated that I loved
Make no mistake

He was a vicious beauty
He had it and he knew
That he was top of the heap
Looking down on you

Years have passed but I recall
His arrogant glare
I’d know that body and that look
Anywhere

Swallowed up by the VCR
It was him alright
Coming at me long and hard
Here was my fantasy
Of him in the buff
Even though I got erect
I pressed eject
I’d seen enough

He was a vicious beauty
Such a vicious beauty

To see him with another guy
Doing things I fantasized
Feeling vindicated
Bummed out and elated

He was a vicious beauty
Such a vicious beauty