RYAN STATES: Music & Lyrics
BETTER OFF
(RYAN STATES With CAMERON MORGAN)
Recorded in Highland Village Texas. Guitar parts recorded in Denton at Cameron's apartment with a portable 8-track digital recorder. My car died that night. I remember getting it towed. I rode in the tow truck and the 8-track rode in a cardboard box in the backseat of my car.
She always said that she’d go to college
used to be daddy’s little girl
lately doesn’t pay much homage
now she dances to pay the bills
She got a brand new place
a hundred-fifty million bucks a month
ooh, Richard gets in her face
he thinks the stage can’t be all that fun
JUST TRYIN’ TO MAKE THINGS BETTER SHE NEVER WAS BETTER OFF
JUST TRYIN’ TO MAKE THINGS BETTER SHE NEVER WAS BETTER OFF
She says she knows who she is
her fame gave her a thick skin
“can’t you see its just showbiz?
ain’t nobody gonna do me in”
And do what you want
not what they’re tellin’ you
even though it costs a lot
for the prize bet they would too
chorus: repeat
[rap]
it’s the home of the brave
but lets lay it on the table
it takes courage to be
compelled to be charitable?
everyone works
no one’s secure
being antigovernment
isn’t gonna be the answer
so turn it up!
eighteen incher in the trunk
gonna build house
gonna build a house of funk
it’s what you can’t debunk
he who says it, don’t posses it
millennium paranoia
all I hear is the same old noise
again and again all ye citizens
all ye nations, go grab your friends
“the end of the world is near” that’s funny
thought it was last year, I bet money
For the 900th time still sounds the same
did you ever notice we can’t even predict the rain?
chorus: repeat 2x
© 1997 Ryan States