Label type Indie
Label name Victory Records
Sounds like Catch-22. Not really.
Members Delano Bonner
Mike Brown
Jim Conti
Tomas Kalnoky
Pete McCullaugh
Mike Soprano
Chris Thatcher
Run, run, run all you do is fucking run,
But you'll never run away from yourself.
I know it's hard but you've been there before,
and you know you're gonna be there again.
I don't care what the stars may say
because they always feed their bullshit to me.
It's kinda sad how you lost what you had,
and you're never gonna have it again,
and so I say:
Hey Sergio, you've got to get us out of here
And so I say:
Hey Sergio, it's getting kind of hot in here
And so I say:
Hey
Every other day you don't care what they say
because they always leave you two steps behind.
You try to smile and it lasts for a while,
but they always send you back to the start.
Eenie meenie miney mo they shoot down everyone you know,
and then they leave you there all alone.
You wish they'd stop but they never give up,
and you know deep inside that you're stuck,
and so I say:
Hey Sergio, you've got to get us out of here
And so I say:
Hey Sergio, it's getting kind of hot in here
And so I say:
Hey
Sergio laughed for the last time today,
He said It never really bothered me:
we all have dues to pay.
Like a man that's cut off at the knee,
he hobbles, and hobbles because nothing is free.
So wake up, wake up, wake up,
but don't cry because you'll fuck up your make up,
and if you do, you won't get laid,
you won't make money, no you won't get paid.
And you act so free, you act so free,
everybody's happy because you act so free.
Well you might fool them,
but you can't fool me with your mindless chatter
like I don't need them, I don't need help,
I don't even need to see the end.
Hey Sergio, you've got to get us out of here
And so I say:
Hey Sergio, it's getting kind of hot in here
And so I say:
Hey
Sick and sad again,
sometimes I'd like the rain to end.
Sick and sad again,
sometimes I like to stand on my own two feet.
Went to the corner of second and main
but there was someone there who mentioned
that they hoped it would rain forever, forever,
so they could drown in peace.
Went down to the Hodskin P.L.
But there was nobody to answer
when I rang the doorbell forever,
forever.
So now I'm sad all the time.
Sick and sad again,
sometimes I'd like the rain to end.
Sick and sad again,
sometimes I like to stand on my own two feet.
Today was the day but she threw it all away
and I could never understand
'cause she was never one to play by the rules of the game
her and me we're so the same.
I try so hard and I never give in,
and I am never satisfied
until the day that I win against them.
But I don't care I'll follow her to anywhere.
Sick and sad again,
sometimes I'd like the rain to end.
Sick and sad again,
sometimes I like to stand on my own two feet.
Sick and sad again,
sometimes I'd like the rain to end.
Sick and sad again,
sometimes I like to stand on my own two feet.
Sick and sad again,
sometimes I'd like the rain to end.
Sick and sad again,
sometimes I like to stand on my own two feet.
Sometimes I like to stand on my own two feet.
It was the summer of 95 (so what!)
In the backyard, shaving the old plies
Feeling so strong (strong!), something went wrong (wrong!)
Straight into my finger, what a stinger, it was so long
I still remember that day, like the day that I said that I swear
"I'll never hurt myself again", but it seems that I'm deemed to be wrong
To be wrong, to be wrong
Gotta keep holding on...they always played a slow song.
When they come for me, I'll be sitting at my desk
With a gun in my hand, wearing a bulletproof vest singing
"My, my, my, how the time does fly, when you know you're going to die
By the end of the night." And said hey
I still remember when we were young and fragile then.
No one gave a shit about us because times were tougher then.
Feeling so good (good!) cruisin the hood (hood!)
straight into the real world where rich kids never understood.
But I don't care.
I can fade away to anywhere don't stop
because you might get dropped
and if you do who's going to pick you up
well I wont, well I won't...
they always played a slow song.
When they come for me, I'll be sitting at my desk
With a gun in my hand, wearing a bulletproof vest singing
"My, my, my, how the time does fly, when you know you're going to die
By the end of the night." And said hey
When they come for me, I'll be sitting at my desk
With a gun in my hand, wearing a bulletproof vest singing
"My, my, my, how the time does fly, when you know you're going to die
By the end of the night." [x3] and said hey. HEY, HEY, HEY
don't want to barge in on your secrecy (see)
Dependency (see)
It means nothing to me;
I don't want to hear about your problems.
And I don't want to listen to your apathy (see)
You're not like me (see)
You mean nothing to me;
That cash doesn't make you any greener.
I don't need anyone, I don't need anyone,
I don't need anyone to tell me what to feel.
I don't need anyone, I don't need anyone,
I don't need anyone to hate the world with me.
(Day in day out) It's not that bad.
(I worry and I worry) But you'll never have to worry again.
(Day in day out) It's not that bad.
(I worry and I worry) But You'll never have to worry again,
(Won't have to worry again) Never be, alone.
Even if I told you what it meant to me (see)
You'd disagree, (see)
You'd never let it be,
You just wanna tense around the problem,
And everybody's talking about humility,(see)
indecency, (see)
smoke, and mirrors to me,
You had the world, and you pissed it all away
I don't need anyone, I don't need anyone,
I don't need anyone to tell me what to feel.
I don't need anyone, I don't need anyone,
I don't need anyone to hate the world with me.
(Day in day out) It's not that bad.
(I worry and I worry) But you'll never have to worry again.
(Day in day out) It's not that bad.
(I worry and I worry) But You'll never have to worry again,
(Won't have to worry again) Never be, alone.
(Oooooh's...)
Alone, in my room, with a bucket full of phlegm,
I don't need, a music scene, to tell me who I am,
Should've got a warning,
Should've came a year ago,
Should I send her a birthday card?
My conscience tells me "No".
I don't need anyone, I don't need anyone,
I don't need anyone to tell me what to feel.
I don't need anyone, I don't need anyone,
I don't need anyone to hate the world with me.
(Day in day out) It's not that bad.
(I worry and I worry) But you'll never have to worry again.
(Day in day out) It's not that bad.
(I worry and I worry) But You'll never have to worry again,
(Won't have to worry again) Never be, Never be, Never be alone.
I got no cash, got no girl, got the world in the palm of my hand,
I dont care if you care, or if you understand,
cause Im a little kid and Ive got little problems yeah, and
I dont give a shit if you dont even understand,
I got me (But I got me)
Thats all I need (thats all I need)
And I live comfortably (and I live comfortably)
And I sleep peacefully
GO!
I got no cash, got no girl, got the world in the palm of my hand,
I dont care if you care, or if you understand,
cause Im a little kid and Ive got little problems yeah, and
I dont give a shit if you dont even understand,
I got me (well I got me)
Thats all I need (thats all I need)
And I live comfortably (and I live comfortably)
And I sleep peacefully
GO!
I give up,
I dont wanna hear,
I dont wanna be near,
You, your friends, your dime a dozen miseries,
I dont care if you care about the way you wear your hair,
Your shoes, your idiot attitude,
Dont stop cause I wanna hear your problems,
Dont stop cause I wanna help you solve them,
Dont stop whatever I might say got a problem,
About your day, Im moving things out the way.
I GIVE UP!
I GOT NO CASH!
I still remember that night it was the 4th of July,
Still engraved in my mind and I'm not surprised,
There was no guns, hand to hand,
Their black, their white, their purple,
But they still down understand,
I'm gonna be alright, I'm gonna be okay, everything is gonna be fi-i-i-i-ine,
Back off, I wanna be alone, I wanna think it out and I'm thinking I want to go home,
Looks whos laughing now (look whos laughing now),
Pull it off some how and I said,
As I pass her by, I can see her cry, and ill never forget,
The look that was in her eye, and when the music you know it played,
On and on and on so wont somebody tap her on the shoulder tell her life goes on.
3 years, 2 months, 1 week, 4 days, I am always counting down
cause there ain't no easier way so trust me, you know that I tried,
and if I say its easy than you I told a lie am gonna be alright,
Im gonna be just fine, I down 5 billion left to go, am I next in line do I really want to know
Look whos laughing now (look whos laughing now),
Pull it off somehow and I said,
As I pass her by, I can see her cry, and ill never forget,
The look that was in her eye, and when the music you know it played,
On and on and on so wont somebody tap her on the shoulder tell her life goes on.
I still remember that night it was the 4th of July,
Still engraved in my mind and Im not surprised,
There was no guns, hand to hand,
Their black, their white, their purple,
But they still dont understand,
Im gonna be alright, Im gonna be okay,
Everything is gonna be fi-i-e-ine,
Back off, cause I wanna be alone, I wanna think it out and Im thinking I want to go,
3 years, 2 months, 1 week, 4 days, I am always counting down
cause there aint no easier way so trust me, you know that I tried,
and if I say its easy than you know I told a lie am gonna be alright,
I'm gonna be just fine, 1 down 5 billion left to go am I next in line do I really want to know,
Look whos laughing now,
Pull it off some how when I said,
As I pass her by, I can see her cry-y-y, and ill never forget,
The look that was in her eye, and when the music you know it played,
On and on and on, so wont somebody tap her on the shoulder and tell her life goes on.
Staring out the window in somebodys pick up truck,
Well I never mind the boredom cause I use I for a crutch,
Just to get me to that plane its a different state of sane,
And every time I try to change I always end out quite the same,
Thinking back to happier days everyone was ignorant and all the kids behaved,
But me, my friends, and the ice cream man,
That was our existence,
That was our clan,
This one goes out to the friends I never had!
Hey I dont understand (but Id like to anyway)
Hey I dont understand (but I like it anyway)
Hey I dont understand (but I like you anyway)
I dont understand HEY
I dont understand
I dont understand HEY
I dont understand
Shelter in the city we decided to go in,
And I gave a man some money to buy us heroin,
The homeless man returned and he gave me back a dime, he said,
Put it in your sock my friend and save it for another time,
Lessons are learned and later unlearned,
And if he knew what he knows now,
Well he could rule the world,
But Im not one to judge,
What happened yesterday,
Cause I got me, I got myself, my future is at stake.
This one goes out to the friends I never had!
Hey I dont understand (but Id like to anyway)
Hey I dont understand (but I like it anyway)
Hey I dont understand (but I like you anyway)
I dont understand HEY
I dont understand
I dont understand HEY
I dont understand
Shelter in the city we decided to go in,
And I gave a man some money to buy us heroin,
The homeless man returned and he gave me back a dime,
Put it in your sock my friend and save it for another time,
Lessons are learned and later unlearned,
And if he knew what he knows now,
Well he could rule the world,
But Im not one to judge,
What happened yesterday,
Cause I got me, I got myself, my future is at stake.
This one goes out to the friends I never had!
Hey I dont understand (but Id like to anyway)
Hey I dont understand (but I like it anyway)
Hey I dont understand (but I like you anyway)
I dont understand
I dont understand
I dont understand HEY
I dont understand
I dont understand
I dont understand
I dont understand
I dont understand
He wakes up sad again and he wonders when the rain will end,
She acts like she dont care cause to her its just a game, that he plays,
Im a super, Im a nothing, Im a no one, goin nowhere fast,
But I dont care, but I dont care,
Im a super, Im a nothing, Im a no one, goin nowhere fast,
But I dont care, but I dont care.
All the times he said he would she never really understood,
What he said, or what he meant, he won't forget what wasn't said,
Hell find himself alone standing in the rain,
Im a super, Im a nothing, Im a no one, goin nowhere fast,
But I dont care, but I dont care,
Im a super, Im a nothing, Im a no one, goin nowhere fast,
But I dont care, but I dont care.
He wakes up sad again and he wonders when the rain will end,
She acts like she dont care cause to her its just a game, that he plays, yeah,
Im a super all or nothin, Im a no one, going nowhere fast,
But I dont care,
Im a super all or nothin, Im a no one, going nowhere fast,
But I dont care, but I dont care.
All the times he said he would she never really understood,
What he said, or what he meant, he won't forget what wasn't said,
Hell find himself alone standing in the rain, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Im a super all or nothin, Im a no one, going nowhere fast,
But I dont care,
Im a super all or nothin, Im a no one, going nowhere fast,
But I dont care, but I dont care.
(WHA!)
Well I know I shouldn't care,
But I do and I don't,
And I always crack a smile,
When I see your punk rock clothes,
And you try, try, but you never fit in,
And you're never going to so pack it up, pack it in, so there.
Steve took three or four,
Heather took more,
Lit a cigarette,
Now they're walking out the door,
With a semi automatic and a ski mask on,
And they look to one another,
And they say to themselves,
"What fun."
Well I never want to bother,
And I never want to hover,
Over his or her affairs,
Cause (that's not fair!),
And it seems to me that your,
Running out of time, and it seems to me,
Like you're never going to do whats right.
Jack dropped 21,
Jill 22,
The look in his eye said,
"Brother what are you going to do,
with a 9mm and a three piece suit?"
They look to one another and say,
"Hey motherfucker, who's the fool.?"
(BRRRAH!)
(WHOA!)
Steve took three or four,
Heather took more,
Lit a cigarette,
Now theyre walking out the door,
With a semi automatic and a ski mask on,
They look to one another,
And they say to themselves (what fun),
Jack dropped 21,
Jill 22,
The look in his eye said,
"Brother what are you going to do,
with a 9mm and a three piece suit?,"
They look to one another and say,
"Hey motherfucker, who's the fool?"
Not long ago in my high school days,
I watched a girl from far so away,
But every time she passed me by,
I turned my head away and quietly sighed.
And when she walked by her hair would dance,
A secret tango that only I could understand,
And when shed ask me for the time of day,
Id look her in the eyes and quietly say.
Oh Kristina, Kristina, do you have any clue who I am? (HELL NO!)
So listen up cause Ill tell ya once and Ill explain myself the best that I can, whoa,
Kristina, Kristina you dont know me so ill have to persist, (whistle)
Im kinda shy so no wonder why,
Kristina she dont know I exist.
From class to class, I followed her,
But I swore id leave her undisturbed,
And if shed ever stopped and turned around,
Id get so nervous that Id stare at the ground.
And then one day in photography,
I found a contact print that I could not believe,
and there she was staring back at me.
So I took her home so quietly.
Oh Kristina, Kristina, do you have any clue who I am? (HELL NO!)
So listen up cause Ill tell ya once
and Ill explain myself the best that I can,
Kristina, Kristina you dont know me so I'll have to persist, [whistle]
Im kinda shy so no wonder why,
Kristina she dont know I exist.
1.17.98 has been a day that Ive come to hate,
As I walked into the video store,
There she stood as my jaw fell to the floor.
Tapping her toe, and waiting in line,
With a movie and another guy,
Why did I bother, Why did I care,
About this girl named Kristina Behr?
Kristina, Kristina, youll never get to know who I am (YOUR LOSS!)
This is goodbye so please dont cry and ill let you down as softly as I can,
Kristina, Kristina, another name to cross off my list.
Another life, it couldve been nice, but Kristina she wont know what she missed.
She was diagnosed on a Friday,
The kids were almost home,
The kids were on their way back home from school,
Lying face down in the gutter,
Of unaccomplished dreams,
And broken memories of things to come.
"Sorry ma'am, I really am. I had to break the news.
I had to make the phone call to tell you that you're due,
You know where, I'll tell you when,
And I suggest you start living these next three weeks,
The best way that you can."
Every night for three long weeks,
Shed roam the hallways half asleep,
And as the footsteps fade away,
In my mind, I could swear, I could swear, I heard her say:
Don't wait for me, youve got a lot to do, youve got a lot to be,
And in the end maybe, I'll see you there.
Lost her strength on a Saturday,
Spent the day in bed.
Yeah, I'm fine; it's just the flu she said, with a smile,
But when they turned their backs,
The tears would flow.
She knew she only had a while, to live,
To breathe, to be, to see, to bleed,
To stand on her own two weakened feet,
"And so I pray everyday: don't take my mother away"
Every night for three long weeks,
Shed roam the hallways half asleep,
And as the footsteps fade away,
In my mind, I could swear, I could swear, I heard her say:
Don't wait for me, youve got a lot to do, youve got a lot to be,
And in the end maybe, I'll see you there.
Every night for three long weeks,
Shed roam the hallways half asleep,
And as the footsteps fade away,
In my mind, I could swear, I could swear, I heard her say:
Don't wait for me, youve got a lot to do, youve got a lot to be,
And in the end maybe, I'll see you there.
And in the end you know ill see you,
There and in the end Ill see you there.
Dont wait for me, youve got a lot, to do youve got a lot, to be,
And in the end maybe, Ill see you there.
You, you try, you try to get by,
youre never going to pull it off,
you shouldn't even try.
You're a wet cigarette,
youre always second best,
they're never going to give a shit about anybody but themselves.
So you fight for them to realize,
there's more to life,
there's more to you,
there's more than meets the eye.
And when you're done, the battle's been won,
you sit back, you smile,
And this is what you hum, you hum,
Whoa, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh,
Whoa, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh.
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You, you try, you try to get by,
youre never going to pull it off,
you shouldn't even try.
You're a wet cigarette,
youre always second best,
they're never going to give a shit about anybody but themselves.
You fight for them to realize,
there's more to life,
there's more to you,
there's more than meets the eye.
And when you're done, the battle's been won,
you sit back, you smile,
And this is what you hum, you hum,
Whoa, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh,
Whoa, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh.
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(Years!) go by, the time it does fly, (Whoa oh oh)
Every single second is a moment in time, (Whoa oh oh)
that passes oh so quick, and it seems like nothing, (Whoa oh oh)
but when you're looking back, well it amounts to everything,
(Whoa) I've got myself, I've got my friends, (Whoa oh oh)
I've got my little family, but that's not where it ends, (Whoa oh oh)
This one goes out to you, it goes out to everyone, (Whoa oh oh)
It's in the name of honesty because life has just begun.
Whoa, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh,
Whoa, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh.
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Look around little brother can you tell me what you see?
You're a big boy now, so take responsibility,
you never had it hard, but now it's getting tough,
so you (whine! whine! whine!) and you say you've had enough.
You say I'm full of shit, that I'm a hypocrite
I shouldn't talk when I can't take the advice that I give,
Well maybe you're right, but open your eyes:
the main difference here is that I (try! try! try!)
Streetlight Manifesto is a third-wave ska band from East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. They released their first album, Everything Goes Numb, on August 26, 2003, which was distributed by Victory Records. The band also headlined their first ever show at Rutgers University in New Brunswick on December 9, 2003. Several of Streetlight's members were already well known among the New Jersey ska community for their roles in past ska bands from that area, most notably Catch 22's Tomas Kalnoky, Jamie Egan, Mike Soprano, and Josh Ansley, as well as One Cool Guy's Stuart Karmatz, Pete Sibilia, Dan Ross, and Chris Paszik. The line-up has gone through several changes since the band's inception and currently consists of Delano Bonner, who plays the trumpet, Mike Brown who plays the alto and baritone saxophone, Jim Conti, who plays the alto and tenor saxophone, Tomas Kalnoky, who plays the guitar and is a singer, Pete McCullaugh who plays the bass guitar, Mike Soprano who plays the trombone, and Chris Thatcher who plays the drums.
Though the band have enjoyed no mainstream commercial success, they have received acclaim in alternative music circles, and their debut album is currently in Interpunk.com's top 100 items, over 2 years after its release. In addition, they regularly sell out their live shows, and their first few shows at Rutgers and The Stone Pony not only soldout, but had people coming from afar afield as Minnesota and Canada[1]. Their second album, a reworking of Catch 22's Keasbey Nights was released on March 7, 2006.
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