Bare*** Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson and Tyler Stewart. Bare*** Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough Scarborough, Ontario , Ontario, then a suburban city outside Toronto. They are best known for their hit singles, "One Week One Week (song) ", "The Old Apartment", "Pinch Me", "If I Had $1000000, and "Brian... [read more] - If I Had A Million Dollars
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a house (I would buy you a house) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you furniture for your house (maybe a nice...
- Thanks That Was Fun
IÂ’m learning. IÂ’m yearning.IÂ’m burning all your stuff,But thatÂ’s not enough.IÂ’m thinking that IÂ’m aching:Mistaking lust for love.Thanks that was fun.DonÂ’t forget, no regrets (Â’cept maybe one)Did I scare you...
- Long Way Back Home
Its a long way back home To pack up and leave again To gather along Or you without me again Its a long way back home And a long way back here again I should have known That you would just plead again For the first...
- McDonalds Girl
I meet someone for practice every night, it's getting dark but the golden arches light up the way, I turn the corner at the traffic light, I count my money and then I rehearse what I'm gonna say, I'd like an order of...
- Lovers In A Dangerous Time
Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go byYou never get to stop and open our eyesOne minute you're waiting for the sky to fallThe next you're dazzled by the beauty of it allLovers in a dangerous timeLovers in a...
- She's On Time
Woke up I was on top of the world There was a beautiful girl in bed beside me. Rolled over, got a kiss on the ear She said "Listen up, dear There's a change inside me." Can't say how frightened I am How unenlightened...
- Maybe Katie
What's so maybe aboutWhat's so maybe aboutWhat's so maybe about Katie?What's the use in hesitating?Can't you see that Katie's waiting?Just because her youth is fading Doesn't mean she's not worth dating. What's so...
- Testing 1-2-3
Maybe it would be fun to get a new opinionGet a little work done and forgetMaybe it would be cool if I rocked it old schoolTry to break a gold rule and sweatBetter than the first time, better than the worst timeIf I...
- War On Drugs
She likes to sleep with the radio onSo she can dream of her favorite songThe one that no one has ever sung Since she was smallShe'll never know that she made it upShe had a soul and we ate it upThrown away like a...
- Take It Outside
Oh I watch it all go downClosed eyes; pretend no one's aroundSo I choose to play the clownOr blow by and never make a soundAny other guy Would wanna take it outside but I'd Never even tryWho wants to get their lights...
- Another Postcard (Chimps)
You can't imagine so many monkeys in the daily mailAll of them coming anonymously so they leave no trailI never thought I'd have an admirer from overseasBut someone is sending me stationery filled with...
- Upside Down
I'm not surprised it's come to thisSooner or later there must be another's kissBehind that kiss a promise of a life of blissYeah, great-I won't be takin' the baitI'd rather drownAnd I will not turn my whole life...
- Aluminum
How in every visible way you shineAs if the stars in your wake align Almost impossible to malign But just below where you shine you burn Although I know it, I never learn Just goes to show that I can't discernAluminum...
- Celebrity
Don't call me a zeroI'm going to be a heroLike Phil Esposito or the KennedysI'll be incorperated and I'll be imitatedAnd overrated but that doesn't bother meAll the jaws with dropAll the girls will screamAnd there...
- Shopping
Well you know it's going to be all rightI think it's going to be alrightEverything will always be all rightWhen we go shoppingWell you know it's going to be all rightWhen we go shoppingIt's always lalalalalala...Let...
- Next Time
You can always get if right next time, next time You can always get it right next time, next time You can count on meTo mess it up You can count on meTo let you down again And in time you'll seeThat I'm your only...
- Unfinished
I left a tip, but it was never a donationI took a trip, but it was never a vacationI took a seat, but I refuse to take a numberAnd so, defeated, I proceeded unencumberedI took her hand, but it was not in matrimonyI...
- Second Best
Everything's a lieWe're all gonna dieBefore we say goodbyeLet's attackI admit it's bleakBut I give it a weekUntil our friends the meekGive it backIs it true? Well it's true enough I guessJoin the chorus of the second...
- For You
I have set aside everything I loveI have saved everything else for youI cannot decide what this doubt's made ofThough I've thought over it through and throughIn a book in a box up on a shelfIn a locked and guarded...
- Have You Seen My Love?
Have you seen my love?Have you seen my love?Have you seen my little girl?Oh, have you seen my love?All that I want is to be your friend'Cause you're the only friend I've ever knownAll I need is our love - we...
- Never Is Enough
What, am I to wake up suddenly and thenenroll at the local college, earn me a degreeand I could work weekends?If I work real hardI could mow your backyardI can go to Europe, travel with my friendsI can blow a thousand...
- Light Up My Room
A Hydro-field cuts through my neighborhoodSomehow that always just made me feel goodI can put a spare bulb in my hand And light up my yard Late at night when the wires in the wallsSing in tune with the din of the...
- Leave
I've informed you to leave cause I can't afford to lose more sleep I get ill and I get tired. So I'll try to rest if you'll stand guard Chorus: Do do do?.. I've informed you to leave Cause I can't stand to hear you...
- It's All Been Done
I met you, before the fall of Rome and I bet you to let me take you home. You were wrong, I was right. You said good-bye, I said good night It's all been done, It's all been done, It's all been done before. I knew...
- Some Fantastic
One day, I will build a fountain - drink and never grow old Then I'll market an elixir that will eliminate the common cold Find your sickness on my list, pay up-front and make a wish One day I will work with animals,...
- When You Dream
With life just begun, my sleeping new sonhas eyes that roll back in his headThey flutter and dart, he slows down his heartand pictures a world past his bedIt's hard to believeAs I watch you breatheYour mind drifts and...
- In The Car
She fed me strawberries and freezer-burned ice cream I said "Good-bye I guess" She lifted up her dress and so I must confess we made out one more time before I left for good She thought I'd come back but I wouldn't...
- I'll Be That Girl
If I were you (and I wish that I were you)All the things I'd do to make myself turn blueI suppose I'd start by removing all my clothes,tie my pantyhose around my neckI'll be that girl - and you would be right overIf I...
- Who Needs Sleep
Now I lay me down not to sleep. I just get tangled in the sheets. I swim in sweat 3 inches deep Just lay back and claim defeat Chapter read and lesson learned. Turn the lights off while she burns. So while she's 300...
- Call And Answer
I think it's getting to the pointWhere I can be myself againI think it's getting to the pointWhere we have almost made amendsI think it's the getting to the pointThat is the hardest partAnd if you call, I will...
- One Week
It's been one week since you looked at meCocked your head to the sideand said I'm angryFive days since you laughed at me saying Get that together come back and see meThree days since the living room,I realized it's...
- Told You So
I never jumped in and rescued you,but I wanted toI didn't tell you which way to go,'cause I thought you'd knowYou had a problem with your new-found wealth,you brought it on yourselfI never told you I told you so,but I...
- Alcohol
Alcohol, my permanent accessory Alcohol, a party time necessity Alcohol, alternative to feeling like yourself O Alcohol, I still drink to your health. Refrain: I love you more than I did the week before I discovered...
- I Live With It Every Day
On August first, nineteen eighty-oneI cycled to Scott's house with a BB gunWe were almost twelve, but we looked thirteenHe had baby-blue eyes that I shot him betweenNature provides for us a safety netWhatever we do,...
- Same Thing
What does it mean to wake out of a dream and beWearing someone else's shorts?I've been around the block, at least on my bikeI was prepared for the news but not forA full scale warI found me an answer, in a grocery...
- Just A Toy
Look at my mouth, a thin painted lineLook at my limbs, bent up and bundled in twineForever, ever mineForm of a tree, shape of a childI wish I could cry, stuck in a permanent smileForever, ever mineI know you must have...
- In The Drink
Chorus: I'm in the drink for loveAnd I want to drink your loveSwimmin' a swim in the sudsI want to drink your...bloodUp like a rocket, down like the rainBack and forth like a choo-choo trainI have a secret that just...
- Spider In My Room
There's a spider in my roomThere's a spider in my roomThen the voice above my headSaid if that spider were made deadI'd better grow some fins 'causeIt would make it easier to swimI don't like spiders and snakesThe way...
- I Know
I know why I like youIt's 'cause of your clothing and your haircutAnd 'cause you're racistI have a match; your face,My asking you questions you can't answerYou want to box me?Our world works in a weird wayI've heard...
- This Is Where It Ends
I don't buy everything I readI haven't even read everything I've boughtI don't cry everytime I bleedMy eyes are dry but they're bloodshotI have faith in medicationsI believe in the prozak nationYou play doctorBut I've...
- Call Me Calmly
You and I were meant to beEven though you don't know meI don't even know your nameAnd do you think that you know mine?You were lonely, I was boredI may be more than you can affordBut I'm sure we'll meet halfwayAnd...
- The Old Apartment
Broke into the old apartmentThis is where we used to liveBroken glass, broke and hungryBroken hearts and broken bonesThis is where we used to liveWhy did you paint the walls?Why did you clean the floor?Why did you...
- Stomach Vs. Heart
In through my veins, without brains,I involuntarily take what I need, then I bleedAnd it comes right back to meBut guts only eatAnd sometimes they repeat on youKeeping on your toes or crouched above the looThat's what...
- Shoe Box
A key in the door, a step on the floor,A note on the table, and a meal in the microUpstairs I'm in bed, please make sure that you're fedIf you're taking a shower, you can borrow my bathrobeAnd When I'm asleep I dream...
- Go Home
Well let me tell you if you're feeling aloneInstead of whining and moaningJust get on the phone, tell her you're coming homeIf you need her, you should be thereIf you scream in your sleep, or collapse in a heapAnd...
- Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel
Driving home to be with youThe highway's dividing, the city's in viewAs usual I'm almost on timeYou're the last thing that's on my mindI wish I could tell you the way that I feelBut tonight is the night I fell asleep...
- Conventioneers
You walked into the roomAnd the whole place stopped to noticeStanding next to you, I feel hopeless and you know thisI've never been ashamed of my attractionI'd be happy if you gave me just a fractionAs we danced, I...
- Off The Hook
All around the room your things are placedAnd next to you he fills the spaceAnd so it seems your saving grace is only saving faceThe pictures of the two of you on holiday, on honeymoonYou thought that he was wanting...
- Pinch Me
It's the perfect time of yearSomewhere far away from hereI feel fine enough, I guessConsidering everything's a messThere's a restaurant down the streetWhere hungry people like to eatI could walk but I'll just...
- Hidden Sun
Suddenly things become unsoundStumbling on the shaky groundGiven arrows to shoot tornadoes downShoot them down, to the groundSaw a falling leaf, a good luck jump to grabMuch to our surprise, a butterflyThen it sunk in...
- Baby Seat
You left Billy with the kidAnd all the selfless things you did with BillyYou left you home town in the springAnd turned your back on everythingYou thought your life would just go byWithout a pause to wonder, don't be...
- The Humour Of The Situation
When you walked in, I said with a grinThat we were just talking about youWe all had to lie because you would cryIf you knew we were laughing at youIn the momentary lull before the band begins to playThere's an...
- Falling For The First Time
I'm so cool, too bad I'm a loserI'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured outI'm so brave, too bad I'm a babyI'm so fly, that's prob'ly why it feels just like I'm falling for the first timeI'm so green, it's...
- Sell Sell Sell
The credits roll, the camera pans,And in the mist our hero stands,He starts to speak then folds his hands in prayer.An awkward pause, then "What's my line?There's nothing left to say this time -And what do you say to...
- Helicopters
This is where the helicopters came to take me awayThis is where the children used to playThis is only half a mile away from the attackThis is where my life changed in a day,And then it changed backBuried in the din of...
- Too Little Too Late
You say "why does everything revolve around you?"You say, "why does everything I do confound you?"You say that I pulled the world from under you,You can't go through it this timeI could be good, and I would- If I knew...
- Never Do Anything
Wiped out down the stairsI tell you there's a song in thereNot sure I'm prepared to write it down.That guy should be me.I look much better on TV.Then the world would see that I could do anything.I can be that and soon...
- The Flag
The phone rings, it's early, it's seven o'clock.He says sorry I woke you, but I just had to talkYou know last night, remember when I tried to choke you?I didn't mean it, I was drunk, it was only a joke.You should know...
- Crazy
climb the walls of my mind just like I'm climbing on a jungle gymI am more than content with thestate of mind I am in'cause I am crazy just like youI am crazy just like you.I don't think I need a rubber room,but hey,...
- Be My Yoko Ono
If there's someone you can livewithout,then do so.And if there's someone you can just shove out,then do so.Chorus:You can be my Yoko Ono.You can follow me wherever I go.Be my, be my,Be my Yoko Ono.Isn't it beautiful...
- Wrap Your Arms Around Me
I concede that you were right about this placeI can make a perfect likeness of your body if I traceI can hold you until you turn out the lightand I can't seeDo you believe that we are all innately goodDo you think...
- Enid
Enid we never really knew each other anyway. Enid we never really knew each other anyway. It took me a year to believe it was over, and it took me two more to get over the loss. I took a beating when you wrote me...
- Hello City
Hello CityAnother Night at the palace,Cause there is nothin' else ta dowho,o unhuhhThe Same People, The same drinks and,The same Music, the same quicksand.I think this harbor town is waist deep and sinkin'...
- Box Set
I never thought that you wouldLove me the way that you doI never thought that you wouldLove me half as much as I doYou say you want to knowEverything about me- well here you goBut if you want it girl, you got it It's...
- What A Good Boy
When I was bornThey looked at me and saidWhat a good boyWhat a smart boyWhat a strong boyAnd when you were bornThey looked at you and saidWhat a good girlWhat a smart girlWhat a pretty girlWe've got these...
- Grade 9
I found my locker and I found my classesLost my lunch and I broke my glasses,That guy is huge! That girl is wailin'!First day of school and I'm already failing.This is me in grade nine, baby, this is me in grade...
- Blame It On Me
Here we are againAnd we're looking at each other as ifEach other were to blameYou think you're so smartBut I've seen you *** and I'll Probably see you *** againMilli Vanilli told you to Blame It On The RainBut if...
- New Kid (On The Block)
I didn't ask to be famous, but I'm not sore.'Cause you can see my face in the window of every store.You can buy my lunch box, and you can wear my clothes,You can remember my name just as plain as the face under your...
- The King Of Bedside Manor
You know he's not the kind of man who likes to see the world around himCrumble to a ball around his feet.So he's always ready, he's always set, he's always well prepared,he's the most peculiar man you'll ever meet.You...
- I Love You
I Love youAnd you love meI love youSo let's make a family treeI like soup, and I like ice creamSandwiches tooI like fish sticksBut I love youYou don't believe me, you say all I Think about's myselfLet me explain,...
- If I Had A $1000000
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000) I'd buy you a house (I would buy you a house) If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000) I'd buy you furniture for your house (maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman) If I...
- Brian Wilson
Drove downtown in the rain nine-thirty on a tuesday night, just to check out the late-night record shop. Call it impulsive call it compulsive, call it insane; but when I'm surrounded I just can't stop.It's a matter of...
- When I Fall
I look straight in the window, try not to look belowPretend I'm not up here, I try counting sheepThe sheep seem to shower off this office towerIts Nine-point-eight straight down I can't stop my kneesI wish I could...
- Break Your Heart
The bravest thing I've ever doneWas to run away and hideBut not this time, not this timeAnd the weakest thing I've ever doneWas to stay right by your sideJust like this time, and every timeI couldn't tell you I was...
- Straw Hat And Old Dirty Hank
I tend the wheat field that makes your breadI bind the sweet veal, pluck the hens that make your bedMother Nature & Mother EarthAre two of three women who dictate what I'm worth[Chorus]I'm the farmer.I work in the...
- These Apples
A friend brought me flowers, she said they were lilacs,But I've never been good with plants.Her next presentation, a new dictionary,She circled the word "romance".So enthusiastic, a little bit drastic,I shaved her...
- The Wrong Man Was Convicted
Who's lonely now? Which one of us is suffering?Who's in his cups? Which one of us recovering?Who likes to look at pictures and cries, but way too late?Who doesn't want to change a thing, accepting it was fate?The...
- Little Tiny Song
Hey I'm a cow, I'm curious.Hey watch me now, I'm furious.Hey I'm a cow, I'm full of hate.Hey watch me now, I'm on your plate...
- Everything Old Is New Again
Learn to lose, it's easier that way.We've paid our dues, but we can't make life pay.All across the world, people going mad,In their mother's cars, the kids are feeling sad.That's how it is, and I'll see you...
- Intermittently
Someone somewhere has unglued our epoxySomeone somewhere has unglued our epoxyAnd now I'm kissing you by proxy,Hope you don't mindSomewhere someone is dreaming of meTries to love me,Hope you don't mindI love...
- A
A is for angry, which is what you are at meA is for adult, which is what I'll never beA is for applesauce, my favorite mealA is for Adam, which is how I sometimes feel;Like I'm the only man on earth, and I've...
- Jane
The girl works at the store, sweet Jane St. ClairWas dazzled by her smile while I shopped thereIt wasn't long before I lived with herI sang her songs while she dyed my hairJane, divided, but I can't decide which side...
- Am I The Only One?
Am I the only one who gets to make you laugh,Laugh until you cry?Am I the only one who asks you to go,Go on without me?Am I the only one who loves when you leaveyour hair down in front of your eyes?And who do you...
- You Will Be Waiting
As we walk together through the autumn, nearing winter,Through the dying leaves and trees we call our home and native land,You say you don't believe a thing I say, I say you don't believe a thing.You say you can't...
- Great Provider
You and I have been through this before,I owe you my whole life, nothing more.I never said that I liked you the most,You're my father, I'm your son, who's the Holy Ghost?Where does the time go when it's not around...
- Life, In A Nutshell
When she was three Her Barbies always did it on the first dateNow she's with me, There's never any need for them to demonstrateShe's like a baby, I'm like a cat;When we are happy, we both get fat and stillIt's never...
- Alternative Girlfriend
You're in an all-girl band,Your futon's second-hand,Your parents understand but you don't care.I have a job in a shop,I'm an undercover cop,I make sure the customers aren't thieves.Old at being young, young at being...
- La La La La Lemon
Hello SteveOh, Hi EdSomeone left me this "L" and I don't know what to do with itWhy don't you put it in the middle of your forehead?Yeah thanks, no, I'm just kiddingIt's not my "L"I was thinking though you could sing...
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