Jo Jo's Circus?
A few years ago a new show came on Nickelodeon
called "Jo Jo's Circus." The theme song sounded to me like Chrissy Hynde
of the Pretenders, a favorite band of my misspent youth. Well, it turns
out the song was by Becky, a band whose music I was not familiar with. I
had heard that the actor Keanu Reeves played guitar for some band, and this was
it. I found they had a website with their songs available for download.
So, I downloaded them.
I have come to enjoy these songs and a couple have
become favorites. Some have a fast, punk sort of sound. Others quite
the opposite. Because of their relative lack of popularity the lyrics to
these songs was not readily available.
Thanks to the internet, I was able to find a
listing of the lyrics to these songs. The site is hosted in Russia.
It is here
(click). I have plagiarized those lyrics and now they are here also.
I hope you who have found this page appreciate this music as much as I do.
The current Becky website
is here (click). Some of these songs can be heard on their recently
released CD. I highly recommend it. But then I've always been a
pushover for girl singers.
All copyrights are held by their respective owners.
- Chris
Oblivious
I could
bring some order to this mess
live a life less hideous
in my palace of distress
I won't be so oblivious
don't
leave me here today so fragile and so frayed
I don't wanna play if you're not here to stay
you're changing what you say please don't go away
I don't care what they yell at me
I don't hear
it's what you do that's compelling me oh
you're always selling me
in the
valley we kiss goodnight
sitting there you're sitting tight
if I lie down where you lie
what would it take to steal another try
don't
leave me here today so fragile and so frayed
I don't wanna play if you're not here to stay
you're changing what you say please don't go away
I don't care what they yell at me
I dont' hear
it's what you do that's compelling me oh
you're always selling me
I don't
care what they yell at me
I don't hear
it's what you do that's compelling me oh
you're always selling me out
you're always selling me out
you're always selling me out
I don't
care what they yell at me
I don't hear
it's what you do that's compelling me oh
you're always selling me out
you're always selling me out
In The Garden
have to
hide and shut my eyes
lost my ego and my pride
one two
three
if
you're ever disconnected
can't figure a reason why
everything's so introspected
overtures which don't tell lies
but in
the garden oh in the garden
all the
problems seems so serious
have to hide and shut my eyes
truth is that I'm quite delirious
lost my ego and my pride
but in
the garden ooh in the garden
there's
no need to be suspicious
the world is mad and so am I
but in my garden life's delicious
so that is where I spent my time
in the
garden
you'll find me every night
in the darkness
but I'll be basking in the light
given
up on clean society
got it joke by all their ties
me a garden of variety
not a tenement of lies
not a tenement of lies
not a tenement of lies
in the
garden
One Thing
Tell
yer something
You're the one thing
And I just, I just can't lie
We were lovers
Hidden in covers
Til I had to speak my mind
Itchy,
Ni, San, Shi
It's a
quick fix
It's a sickness
And I can't try to deny
You know I love you
And there's no one
Whom I'd rather spend my time
I-yi-yi
can't fake
That my sanity is starting to shrink
Over
and over, over again
Over and over, over again
Over and over, over again
All my
bitching
And all the hissing
It drove you out of your mind
If all goes crazy
No one'll faze me
To take your sweet hands from mine
I-yi-yi
feel weak
Like a child that's begging for sleep [oh]
Over
and over, over again
Over and over, over again
Over and over, over again
Over and over, over again
Over and over, over again
Over...again!
Just Because
everyday things don't go my way
I crawl into my shell
and it's where I stay
I need constancy
I need constancy
someone to watch for me
someone to watch for me
and in their arms
I might just find some remedy - yeah
isn't
that the thing
when you lose what you have gained
I feel no pain
but all the passion is restrained
morning's lush just the two of us
we build a fort where we can eat
and sleep in the underbrush
I will meet you there
I will meet you there
with my fast hair out
with my fast hair
we'll talk aloud
we will rant and shout
cuz we just don't care don't care don't care don't
isn't
that the thing
when you lose what you have gained
I feel no pain
but all the passion is restrained
I will
say I'm insane
that a man should make me tame
ah but you won't change
all the passion is restrained
when am
I tell me then oh tell me
he's only bringing you down down down down
you get
a rush
just the two of us
we laugh aloud
we sing and shout
just
because
Higher Ground
standing on the ledge it seems
that all the lights are vanishing
it's time for me to take a fall
you
tell me love will come in time
and I'll just be your concubine
comfort you and charm your car your car you
but if
I only say you're beautiful
when you come my way
how do you always know
the passion died and overflowed boy
why
come down
every time you come round
take me to a higher ground
don't make a sound
don't make a sound
every
night I fantasize
life is not a compromise
dreaming I can break the mold
morality is a mortal thing
let's just ditch this new jack swing
live until we get too old
but
what if I only say you're beautiful
when you come my way
how do you always know
if I get you I won't let go boy
why
come down
every time you come round
you take me to a higher ground
don't make a sound
don't make a sound
if we
try to leave the scene
or can we be just vanishing
Evangeline
Evangeline
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
I wouldn't know
I couldn't
Ignore the screams
You wouldn't know
You couldn't
You keep me clean Evangeline
Evangeline, Evangeline, Evangeline
Evangeline
Lockin' the door
Throw me the key
Well I've been there before
I look to you
Without you I can't see, yeah
Ultrasheen...
All the silence, tear apart your seams
And they silenced all the anguished screams
They'll
never know, not ever
Defeat my queen [my queen]
I need you so, I'll feed you
My sweet serene Evangeline,
My sweet serene Evangeline,
Evangeline, Evangeline
Lockin'
the door
Throw me the key
Well I've been there before
I look to you,
Without you I can't see, yeah
I dream...
All the
silence, tear apart your seams
And they silenced all the anguished screams
Never stay, shine your light
Without you there's no cause to fight
Shine your light, shine your light, shine your light
Shining bright
You wouldn't
know
You couldn't go
Evangeline
Vanishing
You’ve got
me hidden up your sleeve
now i think I’m vanishing
You deceive till i believe
now I’m just your fantasy
curse the woman that I see
all of my propriety
time for me to take the lead
time for me to break my leash and
hey ( hey ) yeah ah
hey ( hey )yeah ah
Can't bare what I’ve come to be
Everyone sees right through me
time for me to take the lead
time for me to break the leash and
hey ( hey ) yeah ah
hey ( hey ) yeah ah
when they find me (ooo)
your arms won’t be right there to guide me
Now I see it such a raid
you called me a renegade
life against ya, just got made
you should shiver, be afraid
then you’ll try to follow me
stare at me so helplessly
life's so empty, now you’ll see
in prison, now set yourself free
hey ( hey ) yeah ah
hey ( hey ) yeah ah
Rainy Day
Grab
your coat and take a step my way
it's gonna be a rainy day
and it rain's for you
on my knees I sit and wait and pray
Just to make you stay
and I stay for you
In my
darker days
(darker days)
In my darker days
All my
passes on that day
it's gonna be a time to pray
(it's gonna be)
I pray for you
(it's gonna be)
In my
darker days
you'll find me in your gaze
In your gaze
I Adore You
close the door now
feel a draught that's cold here tonight
got a book
flipping pages cuz you're on my mind
wait for some day
that's the day you hear me pray
and I
adore you
I adore you
I do
I adore you
you always knew
stop
pretending
we both know we've run out of time
I'm defending
a love that isn't mine
wait for Sunday
that's my one day
where silence came and took you away
And I
adore You (days and nights dear)
I adore you (Lived my worst fear)
I adore you (quite when you be here)
You always knew
And I
adore you (I can’t fight it)
I adore you (I know I'm trying)
And I adore you deep inside of you
you always knew you always knew
Close
the door now
feel a draught that's cold here tonight...
Frequency (I Need You)
If I
opened up my mind to thee
Do you think you’d give me what I need?
Sitting in the place you used to stair
Waiting for the day you take my hand
And
once again I’m turning down a one way street
Look away so I can see everything crashing around
Lock me in the place we go
Never seem to here me shout
That I need you
Still
you never look me in the face
(I think I loved you)
Do you understand all my disgrace?
(I finally dump you this time)
I don’t
think I’ve ever felt so bad
(Don’t think I’ve ever felt so bad)
Think I’ve lost the best I’ve ever had
(I lost the best I’ve ever had)
What I
say is not what I mean
All this noise keep’s on filling up my dreams
Still
I’m turning down a one way street
Look away
So I can see everything crashing around
Lock me in the place we go
Never seem to here me shout
That I need you
Sitting
here endlessly
Never mind you’d never see
Anyways you’re to drunk
Lock me in the place we go
Never seem to here me shout
That I need you
Still
you never loved me anyways
Lost In Space
Do you think
it would be wise
To fill me up with all your lies
Leave me wading in the dark
Like a moth without a spark
The way it seems is gonna make me scream
What if I'm just lost in space
With my hero as he fell from grace
No return I’m falling apart
What has become of the great upstart (no way)
Still I spend all my days
Begging for a little grace
Feel me melting in your arms
Got no choice but you decide
The way it seems gonna make me scream
But now you're here I don’t have to dream
What if I'm just lost in space
With my hero as he fell from grace
No return I’m falling apart
What has become of the great upstart (no way)
What if I'm just lost in space
With my hero as he fell from grace
No return I’m falling apart
What has become of the great upstart (no way)
Monster Fight
she drinks
the coffee from her tasting cup
reads the paper, doesn’t understand how everything’s screwed up
I think
it’s about time to celebrate
start another day, clean the slate
got
no..use for sleep
get down..get down with me
lose your..sanity
give them into ecstasy
Put a
smile on your face (on your face)
life’s a journey, not a race (not a race)
the sun is looking good and so are you
all the
children start to scream (start to scream)
They’re just living out their dream (out their dream)
need a little help to get them thru
got
no..use for sleep
get down..get down with me
lose your..sanity
give them into ecstasy
got
no..use for sleep
get down..get down with me
loose your..decency
give them all to ecstasy
save
your worries for another night (save your worries for a night)
days ahead have never looked so bright
got
no..use for sleep (use for sleep )
get down..get down with me
lose your..sanity
give them into ecstasy
got
no..use for sleep (use for sleep)
get
down..get down with me
loose your..decency
give them all to ecstasy
down with, down with,
down with me
Wasted Daisy
she said no
wake her up, she’s dreaming and, she can’t afford to sleep
what a lucky wallflower
lose, but you don’t see
I can make you see
what all the silence means, still
you still act like you never knew, never see
you still act like you never knew, oh,
you wasted daisy
don’t ignore the blatant stare
she looks, but still, you blink
finally, she’s beaten down
you don’t stop to think
I can make you see
what all the silence means, still
I can make you feel her violence
you still act like you never knew, never see
you still act like you never knew, oh,
you wasted daisy
you still act like you never knew, never see
you still act like you never knew, oh,
you silly little, weed
you silly little, weed
when you wanted her to have a heart
wouldn’t turn around and break it
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