I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut ... Lyrics

The song I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut ... is performed by Fall Out Boy in the album named From Under the Cork Tree [Limited "Black Clouds and Underdogs" Edition] in the year 2006 .



Joke me something awful just like kisses on the necks of "best friends"*
We're the kids who feel like dead ends
And I want to be known for my hits, not just my misses
I took a shot and didn't even come close
At trust and love and hope
And the poets are just kids who didn't make it
And never had it at all

And the record won't stop skipping
And the lies just won't stop slipping
And besides my reputation's on the line
We can fake it for the airwaves
Force our smiles, baby, half dead
From comparing myself to everyone else around me

Please put the doctor on the phone 'cause I'm not making any sense
Blame everyone but me for this mess
And my back has been breaking from this heavy heart
We never seemed so far
I'm hopelessly hopeful, you're just hopeless enough
But we never had it at all

And the record won't stop skipping
And the lies just won't stop slipping
And besides my reputation's on the line
We can fake it for the airwaves
Force our smiles, baby, half dead
From comparing myself to everyone else around me
to everyone else around me
everyone else around me
everyone else around me

[* CD cover says "JUST friends" here]



Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree [Limited "Black Clouds and Underdogs" Edition]

Mar 2006

  1. Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get ...
  2. Of All the Gin Joints in All the World
  3. Dance, Dance
  4. Sugar, We're Goin Down
  5. Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner
  6. I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut ...
  7. 7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)
  8. Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year
  9. Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends
  10. I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid ...
  11. Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me"
  12. Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part to Save the Scene ...)
  13. Xo
  14. Snitches and Talkers Get Stitches and Walkers
  15. Music or the Misery
  16. My Heart Is the Worst Kind of Weapon [Demo Version]
  17. Sugar, We're Goin' Down [Patrick Stump Remix]
  18. Dance, Dance [Lindbergh Palace Remix]

I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut ...