Tragic Kingdom

written by Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal

You think that we connect
That the chemistry's correct
Your words walk right through my ears
Presuming I like what I hear

And now I'm stuck in the the web
You're spinning
You got me for your prey

Sorry, I'm not home right now
I'm walking into spiderwebs
So leave a message and I'll call you back
A likely story, but leave a message
And I'll call you back

You're intruding on what's mine
Yeah, and you're taking up my time
Don't have the courage inside me
To tell you please let me be

Communication
A telephonic invasion
I'm planning my escape

Sorry, I'm not home right now
I'm walking into spiderwebs
So leave a message and I'll call you back
A likely story, but leave a message
And I'll call you back

And it's all your fault
I screen my phone calls
No matter who calls
I gotta screen my phone calls

Now it's gone too deep (now it’s gone too deep)
You wake me in my sleep (wake me in my sleep)
My dreams become nightmares (dreams become nightmares)
Cause you're ringing in my ears (ringing in my)

Sorry, I'm not home right now
I'm walking into spiderwebs
So leave a message and I'll call you back
A likely story, but leave a message
And I'll call you back

And it's all your fault
I screen my phone calls
No matter matter matter matter who calls
I gotta screen my phone calls

Oooh, the spiderwebs
Leave a message and I'll call you back
I'm walking into spiderwebs
So leave a message and I'll call you back

It's all your fault
I screen my phone calls
No matter matter matter who calls
I gotta screen my phone calls

It’s all your fault
It’s all your fault
No matter who calls
No matter who calls

I'm walking into spiderwebs
So leave a message and I'll call you back
I'm walking into spiderwebs
Leave a message and I'll call you back

Oh, it’s all your fault
No matter who calls
I gotta screen my phone calls
It’s all your fault
No matter matter matter who calls
I screen my phone calls
I’m walking into spiderwebs
Leave a message and I’ll call you back

written by Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont

I'm like a beggar with no luck
I'm holding signs up
On your street corner stops
Like most you try not to see me
You stare straight ahead
Ignore the responsibility

Excuse me (Excuse me Mr.)
Well, I’ve been waiting in line
And I'd like to buy some of your time
I'm very anxious, eager, willing
What's your billing?

So please excuse me Mr.
You've got things all wrong
You make it feel like a crime
So don't confuse me Mr.
I've known you too long
All I need is a little of your time

For most love comes for free
They don't pay the high cost
Of mental custody
I'll pay bail for a guarantee
Please make space for me
In the time yet to be

Excuse me (Excuse me Mr.)
Well, I’ve been waiting in line
And I'd like to buy
Some of your time
I've been saving up my life
What's your price?

So please excuse me Mr.
You’ve got things all wrong
You make it feel like a crime
So don’t confuse me Mr.
I’ve known you too long
All I need is a little of your time

What should I do?
I'm about to crack
And there's a force
That comes over me
It's almost as if I'm tied to the tracks
And I'm waiting for him to rescue me

The funny thing is he's not going to come
He's not going to find me

This is a matter of fact, the desire you lack
This is the way I guess it has to be

A little of your time
I need a little of your time
Please, a little of your time

So please excuse me Mr.
You’ve got things all wrong
You make it feel like a crime
So don’t confuse me Mr.
I’ve known you too long, boy
All I need is a little of your time

Ooh, I’m in line to buy time
I'm in line to buy time
I’m in line to
I’m in line to

Excuse me
Well, I’ve been waiting in line
Excuse me
Excuse me Mr.

written by Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont

Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
I'm exposed, and it's no big surprise
Don't you think I know exactly where I stand?
This world is forcing me to hold your hand

Cause I'm just a girl, oh little ol’ me
Don't let me out of your sight
Oh, I’m just a girl, all pretty and petite
So don't let me have any rights

Oh, I've had it up to here

The moment that I step outside
So many reasons for me to run and hide
I can't do the little things I hold so dear
Cause it's all those little things that I fear

Cause I'm just a girl, I'd rather not be
Cause they won't let me drive late at night
Oh, I’m just a girl, guess I'm some kind of freak
Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes

Oh, I’m just a girl, take a good look at me
Just your typical prototype
Oh, I've had it up to here
Oh, am I making myself clear?

I'm just a girl
I'm just a girl in the world
That's all that you'll let me be!

Oh, I’m just a girl, living in captivity
Your rule of thumb makes me worrisome
Oh, I’m just a girl, what's my destiny
What I've succumbed to is making me numb
Oh, I’m just a girl, my apologies
What I've become is so burdensome
Oh, I’m just a girl, lucky me
Twiddle-dum, there's no comparison

Oh, I've had it up to
Oh, I've had it up to
Oh, I've had it up to here

written by Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal

You had the best but you gave her up
Cause dependency might interrupt
Idealistic will, so hard to please
Put your indecisive mind at ease

You broke the set
Now there’s, there’s only singles
There's no looking back
And this time I mean it

Are you happy now?
Oh, tell me how
You’re happy now
Are you happy?

The uncertainty you had of me
Brought clouded shady company
The tenderness habitual
A seldom-fading ritual
You killed the pair
Now only one is breathing
There's no looking back
This time I mean it

Are you happy now?
Oh, tell me how
You’re happy now
Are you happy?

Are you happy now?
How is it now?
Are you happy now?
Are you happy?

No more leaning on your shoulder
I won't be there, no more bother
If you feel you just might want me
That's too bad, I'm not that easy

The contemplator all those years
Now you must adhere to your new career of liberation
You've been cast all by yourself
You're free at last

You broke the set
Now there's, there's only singles
There's no looking back
This time I mean it

Are you happy now?
Tell me how
You’re happy now
Are you happy?

Are you happy now?
How is it now?
Are you happy now?
Are you happy?

You're by yourself
All by yourself
You got no one else
You're by yourself

All by yourself, all by yourself
All by yourself, all by yourself
No one else, no one else
By yourself, by yourself

written by Eric Stefani, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal

Well, things can be broken down
In this world of ours
You don't have to be a famous person
Just to make your mark

A mother can be an inspiration
To her little son
Change his thoughts, his mind, his life
Just with her gentle hum

So different, yet so the same
Two sisters only have their parents to blame
It's rare that two can get along
But when they do, they're inseparable
Such a blessing comes to few, yeah

The sky is full of clouds and
My world's full of people
You got the different kinds with different ways
It would take a lifetime to explain
Not one's the same

He and she, two different people
With two separate lives
Then you put the two together
You get a spectacular surprise

Cause one can teach the other one
What she doesn't know
While still the other fills a place inside
He never knew had room to grow, grow, grow, grow, grow

The sky is full of clouds and
My world's full of people
You got the different kinds with different ways
It would take a lifetime to explain
Not one's the same

Oh yeah, and once in a while I sit back
And think about the planet
And most of the time I trip on it
To kick back and think about how massive it all is
And oh, how many others are on it, yeah

I often think about the world
In which I live today, of animals and plants
And nature's gifts set on display
But the most amazing thing
That I've seen in my time
Are all the different people
And all their different minds, minds, minds, minds

And different ways
It would take a lifetime to explain
Not one's exactly the same

So many different people
So many different kinds
So many, many, many different people
So many different

Look at me, I'm a person
Look at me, I'm my own person
So many different people
So many different kinds
For better or for worse, different people

written by Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal

Hey you, with the wedding dress on
Made of white chiffon blowing in the wind
Hey you, with the dreams in your head
You've been so mislead by your heart's pull

I know you're waiting for your ship to come in
You anxiously wait for such a long time

You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll
You dress up and play the game
You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll
Your name will never change (Your name will never change)

Hey you, with eyes full of hope
You think you can rope your desires
Hey you, you naive thing
Your patience in time will tire

I know you're thinking that your tide will roll in
How did you ever get such high hopes?

You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll
You dress up and play the game
You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll
Your name will never change (Your name will never change)

You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll
In a plastic world of make believe
You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll
You know he’s just gonna leave (gonna leave)

Hey you, hey you, hey you

I know you're waiting for your life to begin
Well wake up, girl, you've got it all wrong
You want a prize that you're not gonna win
Well face it, girl, you've got it all wrong

You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll
You dress up and play the game
You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll
Your name will never change (Your name will never change)

You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll
In a plastic world of make believe
You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll
You know he’s just gonna leave (gonna leave)

written by Eric Stefani

Step by step, I come closer to reaching the top
Every step must be placed so that I don't fall off
Looking down to see about how much higher I am
Another cool wind comes through, brushes my skin

Oh, the harder I push, the tension does grow
I gather my thoughts the further and further I go
With some luck, I just might keep on climbing (climbing)
So better to climb than to face a fall (to face a fall)

So high the climb (so high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can’t turn back now)
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds (climb to the clouds)
So high the climb (so high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can’t turn back now)
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds (climb to the clouds)

Oh, pulling myself up by rope, I better my view
The only thing in sight is what I must do
As I turned, I could see myself falling, falling (falling)
Which in return gave me strength for the climb (strength for the climb)

So high the climb (so high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can’t turn back now)
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds (climb to the clouds)
So high the climb (so high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can’t turn back now)
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds (climb to the clouds)

Although many failed
I must now prevail with no questions
Have no time to stop
Onward to the top of the mountain
Oh, and I, I can't turn back now
It's so very high but I can't turn back now
If I keep it up, I'm gonna make it
I'm so very close, can't you see?

So high the climb (so high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can’t turn back now)
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds (climb to the clouds)
So high the climb (so high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can’t turn back now)
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds (climb to the clouds)

So high the climb (so high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can’t turn back now)
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds (climb to the clouds)

Getting closer, getting closer, coming closer, getting
closer, ooh
Looking back to you, looking back to you
Looking back to you, looking back to you
Looking back to you, looking back to you
Looking back to you, looking back to you
Looking back
To the top, to the top, to the top
To the top, to the top, to the top
To the top, to the top, to the top
Climb up
To the top, to the top, to the top
To the top, to the top, to the top, to the top

written by Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal

One, two, three, four…

Yeah!

You've been a juvenile
With a dolphin smile
With no elbow room
With your body in bloom

You've had your little backyard
Protected by big walls
You didn't dare look over
Cause you've been too small

Now you're finally sixteen
And you're feelin’ old
But they, they won't believe
That you've got a soul, no whoa no
Cause you're only sixteen
And you're feelin’ real
But you can't seem to cop a feel
No whoa oh no

Why do they have to force us
Through this metamorphose?
Little butterfly
No matter how you try

You'll be segregated
You're gonna be closed off
You're callow and you're green
Cause you're caught between

You're only sixteen
Try to cross the line
But your, your little wings are intertwined, no whoa no
You're only sixteen
And you're such a tease
And there's nothing you do
That can really please
No whoa oh no

“These children
They're not really bad, most of them
Just products of rotten neighborhoods
And bad family situations.”

You know you can’t forsake it
So sit back and take it
You see you're just not ripe
So don't try and fight that

You're only sixteen
You wanna catch a peek
But they look at you
Like you're such a freak, no whoa no
Well, you're only sixteen
With a lot to say
But they, they won't give you
The time of day
No whoa oh no

Well, you’re only sixteen! (you're only sixteen)
Hey, you’re only sixteen! (you're only sixteen)
Hey, you’re just sixteen! (you're only sixteen)
You poor little thing

written by Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, Eric Stefan

Sappy pathetic little me
That was the girl I used to be
You had me on my knees

I'd trade you places any day
I'd never thought you could be that way
But you looked like me on Sunday

Well, you came in with the breeze
On Sunday morning
You sure have changed since yesterday
Without any warning
I thought I knew you (whoa)
I thought I knew you (whoa)
I thought I knew you well, so well

You're trying my shoes on for a change
They look so good but fit so strange
Out of fashion so I can’t complain

Oh, you came in with the breeze
On Sunday morning
You sure have changed since yesterday
Without any warning
I thought I knew you (whoa)
I thought I knew you (whoa)
I thought I knew you well, so well

I know who I am, but who are you?
You're not looking like you used to
You're on the other side of the mirror
So nothing's looking quite as clear

Thank you for turning on the lights
Thank you, now you're the parasite
I didn't think you had it in you
And now you're looking like I used to

You came in with the breeze
On Sunday morning
You sure have changed since yesterday
Without any warning
And you want me badly
Cause you cannot have me
I thought I knew you (whoa)
But I've got a new view (whoa)
I thought I knew you well, oh well

Ooh, on Sunday morning
Without a warning
Sunday morning
I thought I knew you
Sunday morning
Ooh, you want me badly
Cannot have me
Sunday morning
Sunday morning
Sunday morning

written by Gwen Stefani, Eric Stefani

You and me
We used to be together
Everyday together
Always

I really feel
That I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe, this could be
The end

It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real, well, I don't want to know

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts

Our memories
They can be inviting
But some are altogether
Mighty frightening

As we die, both you and I
With my head in my hands, I sit and cry

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts, no no no
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts

It's all ending
I gotta stop pretending who we are

You and me
I can see us dying… are we?

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts, no no
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
And I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts

Don't tell me cause it hurts
I know what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't speak, don't speak, don't speak, oh

I know what you're thinking
And I don't need your reasons
I know you're good, I know you're good
I know you're real good, oh

La la la la la la la la la la la la
Don’t, don’t, ooh, ooh
Hush, hush, darling
Hush, hush, darling
Hush, hush, don’t tell me ‘cause it hurts

Hush, hush, darling
Hush, hush, darling
Hush, hush, don’t tell me ‘cause it hurts

written by Gwen Stefani, Eric Stefani, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal

Hoo
Hoo hoo hoo (ooh)
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo

Since you've been gone
Since you've been unglued
It's hard to figure out your next move
One minute here, the next you're gone
Let's make an end to this sad, sad song

For you, it's hard to take
Cause the pill has an awful taste
Just open up and swallow down
Once it hits bottom
Things may turn around

Unfortunately this is the case
You've got to catch up
And win the race
And straighten yourself out
You can do it
You’re gonna do it
Jumping through it
Yeah, yeah

Everything you say has been taken wrong
Enough to say it’s a sad, sad song
They can't understand
That you mean to do good
Well, I guess you could say you're misunderstood

I know you're meaning well
But you've been shot to hell
Just come back and join us now
Cause I know that you know how

Unfortunately this is the case
You've got to catch up
And win the race
And straighten yourself out
You can do it
You’re gonna do it
Jumping through it
Yeah, yeah

I know it seem they're messing with your mind
But you don't have to go forward blind
So let the bygones be bygone
And let's make an end
To this sad, sad song

Hoo hoo hoo, oh yeah
Hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo, oh
Hoo hoo hoo

Unfortunately this is the case
You've got to catch up
And win the race
And straighten yourself out
You can do it
You’re gonna do it
You can do it
You’re gonna do it
You can do it
You’re gonna do it
You can do it
You’re gonna do it

You can do it
You’re gonna do it
You can do it
You’re gonna do it
You can do it
So get to it
You can do it
You’re gonna do it
You can do it
You can do it
You can do it
You can do it
You can do it

written by Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani

In the quickness of our haste
It seems we forget how to live
The old blueprint
No longer manifests itself
As the correct way to exist

So wipe the grime off the view hole
And please take a closer look
Environmental bandits
Up to their shenanigans
Crooks disguised as, crooks disguised as

We've got to find another way
To make the world go around
(World go ‘round, world go ‘round)
We've got to find another way
To make the world go around
(World go ‘round, world go ‘round)

Individual roles we think
Not so important to the plot
The big picture unseen
Leaving life in between
Destroyed and overwrought

There's no need to point the finger
We understand who takes the blame
Delinquents caught
Red-handed in the act
Crooks disguised as you and I

We've got to find another way
To make the world go around
(World go ‘round, world go ‘round)
We've got to find another way
To make the world go around
(World go ‘round, world go ‘round)
We've got to find another way
To make the world go around
(World go ‘round, world go ‘round)
We've got to find another way
To make the world go around
(World go ‘round, world go ‘round)

You see there's many many many
People in the world
And I'm not sure if I like what I've heard
I'm not sure if I like
What I'm doing myself

I'm not sure if I like how it turns
Oh, degradation, great big world
I’m in violation, oh
Inexcusable exploitation
It's the dawning of a new era
People consciously don't care
How unfair

You find another way
To make the world go around
You gotta find another way
To make the world go ‘round
We gotta find another way
To make the world go ‘round, yeah yeah
And yeah, find another way, whoa
It’s every another way, hey
And find another way to make the world go ‘round
World go ‘round, world go ‘round
You gotta send me another way
In the quickness of our haste, we forget
In the quickness of our haste, we forget how to live
(Find another way to make the world go ‘round)
So find another way
To make the world go ‘round
World go ‘round, world go ‘round

written by Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Eric Stefani

You see in the past
I had a dream, a fantasy
I thought that we would last
Become a little family

Then one, two, three, four
The years were flying by, they soared
And it's my gut feeling
It's not happening for me, so

Let's end it on this
Give me one more kiss
Let's end it on this
Let's end it on this

You see it's hard to face
The addict that's inside of me
I want to fill my glass up
With you constantly

I've been here before
But I've never ever felt this sure
And now I know I've been dreaming
And your actions have inspired me, so

Let's end it on this
Give me one more kiss (it’s over)
Let's end it on this
Let's end it on this (it’s over)
Just one more wish
One last kiss (it’s over)

Let’s end it on this
Let’s end it on this

I open up, you ignore me
Oh, you’re not the same at all, nuh uh
And if I could turn back the pages of time
I'd rewrite your point of view, uh huh

Washed up on the shore
Given one last chance to try some more
But I'm tired, I'm freezing
Let's stop and call it history

Let's end it on this
Let’s end it on this (it’s over)
Let's end it on this
Let's end it on this (it’s over)
Let’s end it on this
End it on this (it’s over)
Let’s end it on this
Let’s end it on (it’s over)

Washed up on the shore
Given one last chance to try some more
But let’s end it on this
Let’s end it on this

It’s over
It’s over
It’s over

written by Eric Stefani

"Remain seated, please. Permanecer sentados, por favor"

Once was a magical place
Over time it was lost
Price increased the cost
Now the fortune of the kingdom
Is locked up in its dungeon vaults

The castle floor lies in traps
With coiled wires set back
Decoyed by old cheese
Now the drawbridge has been lifted
As the millions, they drop to their knees

They pay homage to a king
Whose dreams are buried in their minds
His tears are frozen stiff
Icicles drip from his eyes

The cold wind blows as it snows
On those who fight to get in
On heads that are small
Disillusioned as they enter
They're unaware what's behind castle walls

But now it's written in stone
The king has been overthrown
By jesterly fools
And the power of the people
Shall come to believe they do rule

They pay homage to a king
Whose dreams are buried in their minds
His tears are frozen stiff
Icicles drip from his eyes

Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Cornfields of popcorn have yet to spring open

Have they lost their heads or are they just all blind mice?
We've heard all their stories one too many times
Hypnotized by fireflies that glow in the dark
Midgets that disguise themselves as tiny little dwarves
The parade that's electrical, it serves no real purpose
Just takes up a lot of juice just to impress us

They pay homage to a king
Whose dreams are buried in their minds
His tears are frozen stiff
Icicles drip from his eyes

Ooh, they drip from his eyes into the night
They drip from his eyes
They pay homage to a king
A king who's buried, buried in their minds
They drip from his eyes

Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Cornfields of popcorn have yet to spring open

Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Welcome to the tragic kingdom