_Grand Prix_ (Teenage Fanclub) Lyrics Last Modified: 7/5/95 Taken from the LP liner notes by: Chris Bray (zenandjuice@gmail.com) "ABOUT YOU" (Raymond McGinley) I always knew the way about you I always knew the way about you Always on my mind Always take my time Take my time and I can find my way I never took the time to see through I always knew the way about you Always on my mind Always take my time Take my time and I can find my way Always on my mind Always take my time Take my time and I can find my way {Break/Solo} Always on my mind Always take my time Take my time and I can find my way Always on my mind Always take my time Take my time and I can find my way Take my time and I can find my way Take my time and I can find my way "SPARKY'S DREAM" (Gerard Love) If she lived in space, man I'd build a plane Out of luck so beam me up To hear her talking again She painted pictures That never dried Always tried to keep the feeling alive Need a crystal ball to see her in the morning And magic eyes to read between the lines. I take a wrong direction From a shooting star In the love dimension Fading fast from taking this too far That summer feeling is gonna fly Always try and keep the feeling inside Need a crystal ball to see her in the morning And magic eyes to read between the lines I took a wrong direction From a shooting star In the love dimension Fading fast from taking this to far Need a magic ball to see her in the morning And crystal eyes to read between the lines Need a magic ball to see her in the morning And crystal eyes to read between the lines "MELLOW DOUBT" (Norman Blake) It gives me pain, when I think of you And the things together that we'll never do At first it's code, and then it's hot Tried to be someone that I know I'm not I'm in trouble, and I know it How I'm feeling, I can't show it But these feelings, don't go away I remember you, lines on your face. Sharing a moment in the perfect place. I'm deep in your eyes, and inside your head. And I try to reach you, when I'm in my bed. I'm in trouble, and I know it How I'm feeling, I can't show it But these feelings, don't go away [Whistling solo] There is no choice, in what I must do. Nothing is greater than to be with you. I'm in trouble, and I know it How I'm feeling, I can't show it But these feelings, don't go away "DON'T LOOK BACK" (Gerard Love) If I could find the words to say The sun shines in your eyes So brighten up my city sky Break out the news, it's back again The voice that tried to sing She don't hang on And hope's never going to teach me Wake up the story's over Climb aboard I'm going nowhere And understand if I must say I'd give both these wings away I'd steal a car to drive you home I don't look back on an empty feeling Repaint the Blues, my saving grace Is lost without a trace The morning sun's a fire in space She lives in your life everyday Stretching time to stay Got my mind set something else so it's hard to see I don't need a guiding light to lead me in the dark And understand if I must say I'd give both these wings away I'd steal a car to drive you home I don't look back on an empty feeling (Don't look back) on an empty feeling (Don't look back) on an empty feeling (Don't look back) on an empty feeling (Don't look back) on an empty feeling {SOLO} "VERISIMILITUDE" (Raymond McGinley) I've got a pocketful of words in my brain I pull something out when I think I should I feel like I'm going insane I'm not I just said it cos I thought I would I always feel the need to profane I've always said fuck when I thought I could To me this seems so inane I don't need an attitude Rebellion is a platitude I only hope the verse is good I hate verisimilitude I've got a reason to think of your name I always feel good when I look at you I never feel the need to defame Irony is something I mistook In you I know our needs are the same I'm thankful for not overlooking you Still I need to declaim I don't need an attitude Rebellion is a platitude I only hope the verse is good I hate verisimilitude I don't need an attitude Rebellion is a platitude I only hope the verse is good I hate verisimilitude I've got a pocketful of words in my brain I'll try to find something I can give to you I feel like I'm going insane I know I'll calm down when I live with you You always feel the need to profane I guess that's something I'll forgive of you Still I need to explain I don't need an attitude Rebellion is a platitude I only hope the verse is good I hate verisimilitude I don't need an attitude Rebellion is a platitude I only hope the verse is good I hate verisimilitude "NEIL JUNG" (Norman Blake) You had a girlfriend That wasn't good enough for you She was younger But that was old enough you knew To get undressed for you Stressed for you Distorting everything Became depressed for you You were changing Didn't want to stay the same Re-arranging Dropped a letter from your name She'd get uptight with you Would fight with you And you would never win It wasn't right for you Was going nowhere Couldn't take the pain and left it there Was going nowhere Couldn't take the pain and left it there Not understanding Had a different point of view Tried to reach her When she moved away from you She was confusing you Using you You couldn't understand Began amusing you Was going nowhere Couldn't take the pain and left it there Was going nowhere Couldn't take the pain and left it there {SOLO} Was going nowhere Couldn't take the pain and left it there Was going nowhere Couldn't take the pain and left it there Couldn't take the pain and left it there Couldn't take the pain and left it there {SOLO} "TEARS" (Norman Blake) There's no future so don't fake it Don't know if you're going to make it When everything becomes unclear You're tired and you're broken You're true feelings remain unspoken You couldn't hide behind your name You're excited and ecstatic You're exit was so dramatic When all your passion disappeared You're no sucker so don't blow it You're succeeding but you don't know it You've got to turn yourself around "DISCOLITE" (Gerard Love) Could you light me up on what I'm doing And waken up the sleeping words inside my head The morning that surrounds you The feelings that have found you Can grow every world you'll ever need If you think there's a better place to see Get your mind made up on me Got another thing to be? Ooo ooo... Ahhhh.... Ahhhh.... Ahhhh.... Ahhhh.... When the morning fades too soon Is there life in this cartoon? Woke up in a place where I belong The endless fights The disco lights If you think there's a better place to see Get your mind made up on me Got another thing to be? Ooo ooo... Ahhhh.... Ahhhh.... Ahhhh.... Ahhhh.... When the DJ plays your tune There's a light inside your moon If the takes don't take you And the breaks don't brake you Get the train on time I've waited much too long If you think there's a better place to see Get your mind made up on me Got another thing to be? Ooo ooo... If you think (ooo ooo) If you think (ooo ooo) If you think (ooo ooo) If you think (ooo ooo) "SAY NO" (Raymond McGinley) Say no I know you're gonna stay With more than one way To say no Don't go I know you're here today You never knew the way To say no I know I never got it wrong With only this song To say no You know The way we've been taught With only one thought To say no I know You never had a lot But never had a thought To say no Don't go Now you don't belong With only this song To say no I'll go Anywhere at all And wait for you to call To say no We'll know The things you can't recall And life'll seem too small To say no I know I knew it all along With only one song To say no "GOING PLACES" (Gerard Love) Bound in motion Found my headwind was blowing fine I've requested the stars to shine For words that no longer rhyme Drank the ocean Moved my feet to a different sound Tried to find what was left unfound It's funnny how it lets you down Just kick my feet off the ground, I'll embrace the sky I've got no beat in time, got no place in line Got the notion That this rain's never gonna last 'Cos the scene always moves too fast I've read all about the past Just kick my feet off the ground, I'll embrace the sky I've got no beat in time, got no place in line Just kick my feet off the ground, I'll embrace the sky I've got no beat in time, got no place in line Just kick my feet off the ground, I'll embrace the sky I've got no beat in time, got no place in line "I'LL MAKE IT CLEAR" (Norman Blake) They think they know us But they don't know us In love there's nothing That they can show us anymore It's never been like this before I'll make it clear I love you dear Just something simple And unaffected We're getting closer Than we expected to be It's me for you and you for me I'll make it clear I love you dear Dear... Dear... Your life was darker And I think you lost your way Stumbled into your life To brush the past away I'll make it clear I love you dear Dear... Dear... Dear... Dear... "I GOTTA KNOW" (Raymond McGinley) I got a feeling I know what I mean Feel like deceiving is almost obscene Always believing I'll always believe I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know I got a feeling I know what I need Always believing I gotta succeed Always believing I'll always believe I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know {SOLO} I gotta know I gotta know I got a feeling I know it's naive Feel like I'm stealing from what I perceive Always believing I'll always believe I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know {SOLO} I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know "HARDCORE/BALLAD" (Norman Blake) You're my friend but that's not all You're way above them all Staying here, staying dear And love is easy to define Mine is yours as yours is mine Through the pain through the pain