Here We Go Again - The Waterboys

And here we go again With all the things we said and not a minute spent To think that we'd regret, so we just take it back These words and hold our breath Forget the things we swore we meant I'll write you just to let you know That I'm alright Can't say I'm sad to see you go 'Cause I'm not (no, I'm not) Well, I'm not And here we go again With all the things we did, and now I'm wondering Just who would I have been to be the one attached At all times to your hip? Forget the things we swore we meant I'll write you just to let you know That I'm alright Can't say I'm sad to see you go 'Cause I'm not (no, I'm not) Well, I'm not (no, I'm not) Oh, oh (no, I'm not) I'll write you to let you know That I'm alright Can't say I'm sad to see you go 'Cause I'm not (no, I'm not) Well, I'm not (no, I'm not) I'm not I'm not (And here we go again) (With all the things we said and not a minute spent) (To think that we'd regret, so we just take it back) (So we just take it back, so we just take it back) no (So we just take it back, so we just take it back) I'm not (So we just take it back, so we just take it back) (So we just take it back, so we just take it back) I'm not (So we just take it back, so we just take it back)

Same old shit dog, just a different day (It is not a fucking game) You know how niggas do, when we play, how we play A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do If it's fuck me nigga, you know it's fuck you I kick it to shorty to try to help him understand Hit him with work, 'cause yo, that's my little man He asked a few questions 'bout the game and I told him So when he made a bad move it was my place to scold him Never told him nothin' wrong, kept it fair Didn't listen, so I might as well have been talkin' to the air Everybody makes mistakes, a mistake is aight But if it ain't, I'ma tell you straight, time to say, "Goodnight" Nobody likes to be played regardless of the relationship But shorty's fuckin' up big time, I hate this shit I'm caught in the middle of havin' love for a lil nigga Knowin' what's expected of me as a real nigga My next move is crucial, what do I do How do I keep it real with shorty in my crew Didn't want to kill him so instead of puttin' the Mac on him I did the only thing I could do, turn my back on him Here we go again Same old shit dog, just a different day Here we go again You know how niggaz do, when we play, how we play Here we go again A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do Here we go again So if it's fuck me nigga, then you know it's fuck you Niggas that I fuck wit, wanna get him dead But I'm cool with shorty's peoples, so I let him live Under normal circumstances, he would be a marked man But I hit him with a grand, just didn't shake his hand Go about your business, do what you gonna do Be what you gon' be, I wash my hands, I'm through I can forgive, I just can't forget You're on your own lil' man don't ask me for shit If you paid attention to what I taught you then you good If I see you again, get it, understood? Go 'head before I change my mind 'cause you know you should be dead I just wanted to say, "aight, go ahead!" Instinct told me to kill him but the savior is I'm a good nigga, plus I owed his peeps a favor But I also knew the decision I just made Went against the rules of the game that we played Here we go again Same old shit dog, just a different day Here we go again You know how niggaz do, when we play, how we play Here we go again A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do Here we go again So if it's fuck me nigga, then you know it's fuck you I should have followed my first instinct 'cause I knew Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do Now this nigga's fuckin' with the competition Ungrateful motherfucker, shoulda got him missin' This nigga got the nerve to take my kindness for a weakness Gotsta get back on some street shit so I can creep this Rat, when I act, take one, set him up, to take two Get him there, take three, get him done Wasn't hard for me to get him where I wanted him, confronted him Bzt, click, there was a bullet in one of them Feelin lucky, click looks like you are Click, click, click, luck ain't goin' too far What you did was put on another pair of shoes And they just happened to be too big What you did was stupid, real fuckin' stupid Well shorty I gave you a chance and what did you do? Threw it back in my fuckin' face so fuck you too Here we go again Same old shit dog, just a different day Here we go again You know how niggas do, when we play, how we play Here we go again A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do Here we go again So if it's fuck me nigga, then you know it's fuck you Here we go again Same old shit dog, just a different day Here we go again You know how niggas do, when we play, how we play Here we go again A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do Here we go again So if it's fuck me nigga, then you know it's fuck you

Here we go again He's back in town again I'll take him back again One more time Here we go again The phone will ring again I'll be her fool again, I will One more time I've been there before And I will try it again Any fool, any fool knows That there's no, no way to win Here we go again

We're sailing on a strange boat Heading for a strange shore We're sailing on a strange boat Heading for a strange shore Carrying the strangest cargo That was ever hauled aboard We're sailing on a strange sea Blown by a strange wind We're sailing on a strange sea Blown by a strange wind Carrying the strangest crew That ever sinned We're riding in a strange car We're following a strange star We're climbing on the strangest ladder That was ever there to climb We're living in a strange time Working for a strange goal We're living in a strange time We're working for a strange goal We're turning flesh and body Into soul

I've burned my bridges And I'm free at last All my chains are In the past The new life starts here The day is wide open The sky is blue The world is a miracle And so are you The new life starts here My papers arrived Stamped and complete All previous dispatches Are obsolete The new life starts here I can see my way so clear Rejoice for... The new life starts here There's a war in the Gulf But it ain't in my head I just declared a state of Peace instead The new life starts here Tempters and tricksters Banging at my door I'm not fighting with them Anymore The new life starts here. Generals, Presidents How do you do? I can make it with or Without you The new life starts here I can see my way so clear Rejoice for me The new life starts here Are you under the Mercy? Are you under attack? Are you going forward? Are you going back? The new life starts here Are you coming to grips? Are you coming apart? Are you listening to fear? Or to your heart? The new life starts here Citizens, criminals, Child, woman, or man, The keys to the Kingdom Are in your own hands The new life starts here Mock the devil Make him sweat! He hasn't won The battle yet The new life starts here A whole new age in seven more years A brave new age in ten more years Rejoice for me New life starts here.

I have heard the big music And I'll never be the same Something so pure Just called my name I have drowned in the big sea Now I find I'm still alive And I'm coming up for ever Shadows all behind me, ecstacy to come I have Climbed the big tree Touched the big sky I just stuck my hand up in the air And everything came into colour Like Jazz mana from sweet, sweet chariots I have seen the big mountain And I swear I'm halfway there (You'll never get there, you'll never get there, you'll never get there) But I will, I will always climb the mountain Because... I have heard the big music And I'll never be the same Something so pure Has called my name

Come here Her communique arrived with its expression of her feeling I swear I had no idea she'd been holding in conceiling Such a storm of words unsaid Though absurd as it appears Had been blowing in her head For twenty-seven years I knew I had to face her so I grabbed my Davey Crocket Threw a scarf around my neck And twenty Dollars in my pocket Found her in the same old place Pamflet in her fist When she saw my windblown face Well look at who it is Meet me on the mad parade When the midnight bells are chiming We'll dress up as the harlequin and the clown Pile up all the wonders that we've made In a tower too tall for climbing And we'll burn the damn thing down In the great November lake she was older still alluring Her hair grey and longer than it ever had been during The days we loved an slept In her bed of faded wood In the little place she kept In a crumbling neighbourhood We walked along a while Like we were old companions But I could feel the gap between us Yawning like a canian She with her church and code Her extravagant believes Me a creature of the road A child of dust and grief Meet me on the mad parade When the midnight bells are chiming We'll dress up as the harlequin and the clown Pile up all the wonders that we've made In a tower too tall for climbing And we'll burn the damn thing down She smoked a cigarette and blew smoke rings at the ceiling Said if you're problem is long standing man Why don't you try kneeling Now your face I see you're still a sinner in the mist Setting up your little will Is king in place of His I said I've heard about sin Down the long wheels of ages I cracked books of lies With a thousand twisted pages Then I looked her in the eye And asked her clear and plane If your religion was a lie Then what would remain Se said if God looked beaten hard To loving hands to heal it There's nothing in my day that I ain't got strength to deal me I said darling I confess The same things applies to me As for all the rest We agreed to disagree Meet me on the mad parade When the midnight bells are chiming We'll dress up as the harlequin and the clown Pile up all the wonders that we've made In a tower too tall for climbing And we'll burn the damn thing down Yes we'll burn the damn thing down

I'm still a freak, I never went straight I kept my appointment with fate And like every human being that was ever born I'm unique Things disappear, but I'm still here I'm still a freak I'm still a head and I'm doing fine I can hear your voice in my mind You ain't singing my praises now honey Do it when I'm dead I'm not bitter but I'm no quitter I'm still a head I'm still awake, I knew all along If you ain't crazy there's something wrong And there's no such thing as a coincidence Or a mistake And all this confusion is all just illusion I'm still awake I'm still a freak, I ain't been gagged I'm still flying the flag The game's movin' so fast, who knows where it's gonna Be this time next week! Empires rise and fall, but through it all I'm still a freak!