John MAYER

"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
Condescendingly
"Take a seat, take your life
Plot it out in black and white"
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding up my sleeve
They love to tell you "stay inside the lines" But something's better on the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing
As the real world
Just a lie you've gat to rise above
So the good boys and girls take
The so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits, maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't
Find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older

I wonder if they've wished for anything better While in their memories Tiny tragedies
They love to tell you stay inside the lines But something's better On the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing
As the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above
I am invincible as long as I'm alive
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing
As the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above
I just can't wait 'til my 10 year reunion I'm gonna bust down the double doors And when I stand on these tables before you You will know what all this time was for

2. Why Georgia

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I am driving up 85 in the
Kind of morning that lasts ail afternoon
Just stuck inside the gloom
4 more exits to my apartment but
I am tempted to keep the car in drive
And leave it all behind
Cause I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why Georgia, why?
I rent a room and I fill the spaces with
Wood in places to make it feel like home
But all I feel's alone
It might be a quarter life crisis
Or just the stirring in my soul
Either way I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life
Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Why Georgia, why?
So what, so I've got a smile an
But it's hiding the quiet superstitions in my head
Don't believe me
When I say I've got it down
Everybody is just a stranger but That's the danger in going my own way I guess it's the price I have to pay Still "everything happens for a reason" Is no reason not to ask myself
If I am living it right Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Why Georgia, why?

3. My Stupid Mouth

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My stupid mouth
Has got me in trouble
I said too much again
To a date over dinner yesterday
And 1 could see she was offended
She said "well anyway...."
Just dying for a subject change
Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one soon
We bit our lips. She looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess with the
Salt and pepper shaker
And 1 could see clearly
An indelible line was drawn
Between what was good, what just
Slipped out and what went wrong
Oh, the way she feels about me has changed Thanks for playing, try again.
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before No filter in my head Dh, what's a boy to do I guess he better find one
I'm never speaking up again. It only hurts me I'd rather be a mystery than she desert me
Oh I'm never speaking up again Starting now
One more thing.
Why is it my fault?
So maybe I try too hard
But it's all because of this desire
I just wanna be liked, I just wanna be funny
Looks like the jokes on me
So call me captain backfire
I'm never speaking up again. It only hurts me I'd rather be a mystery than she desert me
Oh I'm never speaking up again Starting now

4. Your Body Is A Wonderland

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We got the afternoon
You got this room for two
One thing I've left to do
Discover me
Discovering you
One mile to every inch of
Your skin like porcelain
One pair of candy lips and
Your bubblegum tongue
And if you want love
We'll make it
Swimming a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break em
This is bound to be a while
Your body Is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder
(I'll use my hands)
Your body Is a wonderland
Something 'bout the way
Your hair falls in your face
I love the shape you take when crawling
Towards the pillowcase
You tell me where to go and Though I might leave to find it I'll never let your head hit the bt Without my hand behind it
You want love?
We'll make it
Swimming a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break 'em
This is bound to be a while
Your body Is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder
(I'll use my hands)
Your body Is a wonderland
Damn baby
You frustrate me
I know you're mine all mine all mine
But you look so good it hurts sometimes
Your body is a wonderland Your body is a wonder (I'll use my hands) Your body Is a wonderland Your body is a wonderland

5. Neon

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When sky blue gets dark enough
To see the colors of the city lights
A trail of ruby red and diamond white
Hits her like a sunrise
She comes and goes and comes and goes Like no one can
Tonight she's out to lose herself
And find a high on Peachtree Street
From mixed drinks to techno beats it's always
Heavy into everything
She comes and goes and comes and goes
Like no one can
She comes and goes and no one knows
She's slipping through my hands
She's always buzzing just like Neon, neon Neon, neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long She can go before she burns away
1 can't be her angel now You know it's not my place to hold her down And it's hard for me to take a stand When I would take her anyway I can
She comes and goes and comes and goes Like no one can
She comes and goes and no one knows She's slipping through my hands
She's always buzzing just like
Neon, neon
Neon, neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long
She can go before she burns away

6. City Love

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I never liked this apple much
It always seemed too big to touch
I can't remember how I found
My way before she came around
I tell everyone
I smile just because
I've got a city lave
1 found it in Lydia
And I can't remember life before her name
She keeps a toothbrush at my place
As if I bad the extra space
She steals my clothes to wear to work
I know - her hairs are on my shirts
I tell everyone
I smile just because
I've got a city love
I found it in Lydia
And I can't remember life before
The day
Sbe called up and came to me
Covered in rain
And dinnertime shadowing And as her clothes spun, we spooned And I knew I was through When I said "Hove you"
Friday evening, we've been drinking
2 AM, I swear I might propose
But we close the tab
Split a cab
And call each other up when we get home
Falling asleep to the sound of sirens
I've got a city love
I found it in Lydia
From the battery
To the gallery
It's the kind of thing you only see
In scented, glossy magazines
And I can't remember life before her name

7. 83

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I've these dreams I'm walking home
Home when it used to be
And everything is as it was
Frozen in front of me
Here I stand 6 feet small
Romanticizing years ago
It's a bitter sweet feeling hearing
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" on the radio
And these days I wish I was 6 again Oh make me a red cape I wanna be Superman
Oh, if only my life-was more like 1983
All these things would be more like they
Were at the start of me
Had it made in 83
Thinking bout my brother Ben
I miss him every day
He looks just like his brother John
But on an 18 month delay
Here I stand 6 feet small
And smiling cause I'm scared as hell
Kind of like my life is like a sequel to a movie
Where the actor's names have changed
Oh well
Well these days 1 wish I was 6 again Oh make me a red cape I wanna be Superman
Oh, if only my life was more like 1983
All these things would be
more like they were at the start of me
If my life was more like 1983
I'd plot a course to the source of the
Purest little part of me
And most my memories
Have escaped me
Or confused themselves with dreams
If heaven's all we want it to be
Send your prayers to me care of 1983
You can paint that house a rainbow of colors
Rip out the floorboards
Replace the shutters but that's my plastic in the dirt
Whatever happened to my whatever happened to my
Whatever happened to my lunchbox
When came the day that it got
Thrown away and don't you think I should
Have had some say in that decision

8. 3X5

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I'm wtilinn you to catch you up on places I've been
You held this letter probably got excited.
But there's nothing else inside it
Didn't have a camera by my side this time
Hoping 1 would see the world with both my eyes
Maybe I will tell you all about it
When I'm In the mood
To lose my way
With words
Today skies are painted colors of a cowboy's cliche
And strange how clouds that look like mountains
In the sky are next to mountains anyway
Didn't have a camera by my side this time
Hoping I would see the world with both my eyes
Maybe I will tell you all about it
When I'm In the mood
To lose my way but let me say
You should have seen that sunrise
With your own eyes
It brought me back to life
You'll be wilh ma next time I go outside
No more 3x5's

Guess you had to be there
Guess you had to be with me
Today I finally overcame
Tryin' to fit the world inside a picture frame
Maybe I will tell you all about it
When I'm in the mood
To lose my way but let me say
You should have seen that sunrise
With your own eyes
It brought me back to life
You'll be with me next time I go outside
No more 3x5's
Just no more 3x5's

9. Love Song for No One

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Staying home alone on a Friday
Flat on the floor looking back
On old love
Or lack thereof
After all the crushes are faded
And all my wishful thinking was wrong
I'm tired of being alone So hurry up and gel here
So tired of being alone So hurry up and get here
Searching all my days just to find you
I'm not sure who I'm looking for
I'll know It
When I see you
Until then, I'll hide in my bedroom
Staying up all night just to write
A love song for no one
I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
I could have met you in a sandbox
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away?
I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
Hurry up and get here
You'll be so good
You'll be so good for me

10. Back to You

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Back to you
It always comes around
Back to you
I tried to forget you
I tried to stay away
But it's too late

I'm so good at forgetting And I quit every game I play But forgive me, love I can't turn and walkaway
Back to you
It always comes around
Back to you
I walk with your shadow
I'm sleeping in my bed
With your silhouette
Should have smiled in that picture If it's the last that I'll see of you It's the least that you Could not do
Leave the light on I'll never give up on you Leave the light on For me too
Back to me
I know that it comes
Back to me
Doesn't it scare you
Your will is not as strong
As it used to be

11. Great Indoors

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Check your pulse it's proof
That you're not listening to
The call your life's been issuing you
The rhythm of a line of idle days

Scared of a world outside You should go explore Pull all the shades and Wander the great indoors The great indoors
Lamplight makes the shadows play And posters take the walls away The TV. is your window pane The view won't let you down So put your faith in a late night show I bet you didn't even know Depends on how far out you go The channel numbers change
Scared of a world outside You should go explore Pull all the shades and Wander the great indoors
Though lately I can't blame you I have seen the world And sometimes wish your room Had room for two
So go unlock the door And find what you are here for Leave the great indoors Please leave the great indoors
Check your pulse it's proof That you're not listening to The call your life's been issuing you The rhythm of a line of idle days

12. Not Myself

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Suppose I said
I am on my best behavior
And there are times
I lose my worried mind?
Would you want me when
I'm not myself?
Wait it out while I am someone else?
Suppose I said
Colors change for no good reason
And words will go
From poetry to prose
Would you want me when
I'm not myself?
Wait it out while I am someone else?
And I, in time, will come around I always do for you
Suppose I said You're my saving grace

13. My Stupid Mouth

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And come January we're frozen inside Making new resolutions a hundred times February, won't you be my valentine? And we'll both be safe 'til St. Patrick's Day
We should take a ride tonight around the town And look around at all the beautiful houses Something in the way that blue lights Dn a black night can make you feel more Everybody, it seems to me, just wants to be Just like you and me
No one wants to be alone at Christmas time Come January we're frozen inside Making new resolutions a hundred times February, won't you be my valentine?
And if our always is all that we gave And we someday take that away I'll be alright if it was just "til St. Patrick's Day

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