ROB THOMAS The Great Unknown LYRICS
I Think We'd Feel Good Together
Well I want to get to know you
What's your name?
And tell me what I'm gonna have to go through
Are you game?
To take a drive anywhere you want to
We'll leave these people behind
I don't know why I just imagine you're a good time
So you wanna get to know me?
Well then, hey
Well that's a start
I'll treat you like a picture
In a frame
A work of art
I think I want to paint you
And then I want to hang you
In my bedroom over my head
[Chorus:]
Hey, wait up baby
Well I really want to know you better
And maybe you can stay one night
Or stay forever
I think we'd feel good together
Say you wanna go to my place?
Well, okay
I'm kind of wild
Moving at a fast pace
Slow down baby
Have some wine, have a little champagne
We got no reason to rush
Cause soon enough I'm gonna do some things that make you blush
Do you like a little music?
Marvin Gaye?
What's going on? I like the way you move it
When you sway
I like the way you bump and grind do you mind if I take a little more time
You're so fine but I can't believe you're mine even only tonight
[Chorus:]
Hey, wait up baby
Well I really want to know you better
And maybe you can stay one night
Or stay forever
I think we'd feel good together
Wait up baby
Cause I only want to know you better
And maybe you can stay one night
Or stay forever
I think we'd feel good together
And in the morning when the sun comes up
You don't have to leave it's up to you
But I know that when I rise
I see that look in your eyes
I'll be thinking it's too good for only a night
Hey, hey, too good for only a night
Hey hey
[Chorus:]
Hey, wait up baby
Well I really want to know you better
And maybe you can stay one night
Or stay forever
I think we'd feel good together
Wait up baby
Cause I only want to know you better
And maybe you can stay one night
Or stay forever
I think we'd feel good together
Yeah, oh yeah
And if you'd only want to stay one night or stay forever
I think we'd feel good together
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Trust You
All my friends say "when you gon' play?"
I'm always too busy, I don't need to stay up late
But I change my mind when I see your face
Cause I trust you
Now it's on like Revlon, middle of the night
Gimme just a minute, man, I'm higher than a kite
And I can't come down, but I know I'll be all right
Because I trust you
[Chorus:]
When you say "hey, come on,"
I know I really, really want to
I trust you
When I stay, I know I really ought to go
But then I trust you
I trust you
I trust you
When you say "hey, come on"
I know I will because I trust you
I trust you
I like to think that I am reasonable
But I can't tell you why I'm down on the floor
I check my hair, but I don't know what it's for
I know tomorrow that I'll trust you some more
[Chorus]
I keep on making bad decisions cause I
I keep on drinking what you're giving cause I
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[Chorus]
(I trust you, man!)
Writer(s): Noel Zancanella, Robert Thomas, Ryan Tedder
Copyright: Write Me A Song Publishing, Blastronaut Publishing, Emi April Music Inc., U Rule Music, Songs Of Patriot Games
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Hold On Forever
Another night and here we are again
All our faults laid out ahead
Let it out, then let it right back in
All those voices in your head
And we both know everything, but we can't learn to leave
So I'll tell you what you need
First thing: we make you feel better
Next stop: we pull it all together
I'll keep you warm like a sweater
Take my hand, hold on forever
Just fall apart if you need to
I'm here and I won't leave you now
Don't look down
Hold on forever
Lay down all your troubles end to end
They could reach up to the stars
So many roads, you don't know where you've been
But you still know who you are
And if I seem preoccupied, I'm wondering what to do
So here's my recipe for you
First thing: we make you feel better
Next stop: we pull it all together
I'll keep you warm like a sweater
Take my hand, hold on forever
Just fall apart if you need to
I'm here and I won't leave you now
Don't look down
Hold on forever
And we both know everything, but we can't learn to leave
So I'll tell you what you need
First thing: we make you feel better
Next stop: we pull it all together
I'll keep you warm like a sweater
Take my hand, hold on forever
Just fall apart if you need to
I'm here and I won't leave you now
Don't look down
Hold on forever
Just take my hand; hold on forever
Hold on forever
Just take my hand; hold on forever
Writer(s): Robert Thomas
Copyright: Emi April Music Inc., U Rule Music
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Wind It Up
Wind it up and let it go
When it gets to the other side, oh no
Now wait a minute can't you see I'm lost
I try to get it but I may be too far gone
I think about it baby then I'm wrong
I try to beat it but I'm no good on my own
You say you don't see what you know about me
I got a penchant for the revelry
Now I been the best that I can be
But there ain't no good plans for me
[Chorus:]
Just wind it up and let it go
And when it gets to the other side, oh no
We will not care where it lands
When I'm wide awake, let it slide
Everyone says I'm crazy but my, my
I'll get my sleep when I'm dead
Right now I'm falling over but I'm keeping right
Feeling better than I did this time last night
I stumble out into the city lights
I got a voice in my head that I just can't bite
People seem uptight, there's no hope in sight
But if I loosen my head a little then I'll be all right
But when the morning comes I do it all again because I
[Chorus:]
Wind it up and let it go
And when it gets to the other side, oh no
We will not care where it lands
When I'm wide awake, let it slide
Everyone says I'm crazy but my, my
I'll get my sleep when I'm dead
Pull together all the moments I found
Man there's sure a lot of people in this town
They all do their best to bring me down
But I can't be stopped now
And the moment's just floating away
And I stutter
Maybe I'm too old to try and live this way
I should know better
I slow down and I'm falling behind
Break off a piece of this life and I call it mine
But you can't get back this time
[Chorus:]
So let's wind it up and let it go
And when it gets to the other side, oh no
We will not care where it lands
When I'm wide awake, let it slide
Everyone says I'm crazy but my, my
I'll get my sleep when I'm dead
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One Shot
Everybody wanna get high again and play it all night long
Everybody get a little wild and then they turn and go back home
Well, I say "Why? Why?"
Everybody, let's turn it up again, I wanna hear that song
Then I'm gonna fly like Superman, feeling so far gone
So tonight, let's ride
We get one shot to get it right
We get one shot, so hold on tight
We get one shot, so let it ride
We get one shot to live your life
We get one shot to go all night
We get one shot, so let it ride
Everybody's got a little love to give, let's give it all we got
I don't wanna feel all weighted down, let's hit it while it's hot
And burning bright, bright
I know you know exactly what I mean
Too fast, too slow, there ain't no in-between
So tonight, let's ride
We get one shot to get it right
We get one shot, so hold on tight
We get one shot, so let it ride
We get one shot to live your life
We get one shot to go all night
We get one shot, so let it ride
I say we let it ride
I know everything could fall apart
We get one chance to make this kickstart
Turn on your light
Cause we are made of stars
And I wanna let it shine
Everybody gonna be alright, I feel it in my bones
If it takes all night, I'm bleeding water from this stone
So tonight, tonight
Let's ride
We get one shot to get it right
We get one shot, so hold on tight
We get one shot, so let it ride
We get one shot to live your life
We get one shot to go all night
We get one shot, so let it ride
I say we let it ride
I say we let it ride
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The Great Unknown
People are talking, what you can't un-know
And what you wanted wasn't real at all
So many people never cross that road
Staring out the window of a combat zone
[Chorus:]
So just hold on
Driving through the valley of the great unknown
Hoping that the headlights shine on
Everyone around you has a heart of stone
But you just roll on
Just roll on
People are talking but you can't be sure
So many whispers at your own front door
And when you open up you lose that hope
Now you start to wonder if you're all alone
[Chorus:]
So just hold on
Driving through the valley of the great unknown
Hoping that the headlights shine on
Everyone around you has a heart of stone
But you just roll on
Remember walking when you thought you couldn't stand
Remember what it feels like
I know you think that they could never understand
Oh, but you don't want to be right
And now you only want to make it out alive
[Chorus:]
So just hold on
Driving through the valley of the great unknown
Hoping that the headlights shine on
Everyone around you has a heart of stone
But you just roll on
Just roll on
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Absence Of Affection
You got your hands down under the table
You got your head right up in the clouds
You take your best shot when you're able
But your world don't spin right now
It's high time you found a lover
It's high time you made a friend
The world won't keep you together, babe
And your heart won't see no end
I say
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And if everybody wants you
Tell me why are you so alone
In the absence of affection
We'll take anything and call it love
In the absence of affection
We'll take anything and call it love
You got your flash friends waiting to meet you
They're stuck like butterflies up on the wall
And in the night life no one can beat you
Ooh, you look so pretty it's a pity just to touch you
But you never know when it's gonna fall
You never know when it's gonna fall
So you fake it until you make it
And beat your head against that wall
[Chorus:]
And if everybody wants you
Tell me why are you so alone
In the absence of affection
We'll take anything and call it love
In the absence of affection
We'll take anything and call it love
And if everybody wants you
Tell me why are you so alone
In the absence of affection
We'll take anything and call it love
And if everybody wants you
Tell me why are you so alone
In the absence of affection
We'll take anything and call it love
We'll take anything and call it love
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Things You Said
When we were in love you were the damnedest thing
All uneven, I gave you everything
There's no reason, making me fall in line
But I fall in line, darling every time
You were floating, I was your satellite
I was drowning, you came and saved my life
Now you broke my heart, and it wasn't right
What you did to me, how do you sleep at night
[Chorus:]
All the things that you said
They all went to my head
And I don't know now
I don't know how to forget
What it is that I needed to get
And I don't know now
I don't know how to forget
I don't know how to forget
A hard luck story, you see it every day
Hearts get shattered, people are thrown away
Now we're crawling back and you know it's bad
When you can't stay home and you can't go back
I remember like it was yesterday
Hear you talking, seeing you walk away
Now I don't wanna give it up, give it up
But I don't know how to make it go away
I can't see the end
[Chorus:]
All the things that you said
They all went to my head
And I don't know now
I don't know how to forget
What it is that I needed to get
And I don't know now
I don't know how to forget
You wanna be loved by someone
Then love someone
In the face of all the world
[Chorus:]
All the things that you said
They all went to my head
And I don't know now
I don't know how to forget
What it is that I needed to get
And I don't know now
I don't know now
All the things that you said
They all went to my head
And I don't know now
I don't know how to forget
What it is that I needed to get
And I don't know now
I don't know how to forget
And I don't know how to forget (You wanna be loved by someone)
And I don't know how to forget (Then love someone)
And I don't know how to forget (Love someone)
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Paper Dolls
Better watch yourself
Cause it's gonna be a long night ahead
This is hallowed ground
And there's fear in every word that you said
Don't make any moves while you're angry, I beg
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Cause I don't know how we got this far
Don't know when we became who we are
The war goes on behind these walls
You and me are just worn paper dolls
Better not look down
Cause it's gonna be a long way to fall
This is our last chance
And it's everything or nothing at all
Don't make me a fool, darling don't make me crawl
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Cause I don't know how we got this far
Don't know when we became who we are
The war goes on behind these walls
You and me are just worn paper dolls
Worn from what's been said
And on and now the rest
Falls on where we go now
[Chorus:]
Cause I don't know how we got this far
Don't know when we became who we are
The war goes on behind these walls
You and me are just worn paper dolls
You and me are just worn paper dolls
