Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964, in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American United States alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia Music of Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s. He continues to release albums and tour. [read more] - Blue Fools
I met her down by the waterShe took me into her full like a motherI sent her some flowers for the weekendAnd she sent me away on a missionI went into another landStarin' into one another's *green poolsWe're a couple...
- Love I Trusted
Ever since I first ran aheadI've been living in the pastOnly wanting what might lastAnd up until today disappearedThough I saw it wasn't clearI could not admit the love I trusted in(love I trusted)Couldn't hold the...
- Watch You Walking
Safe in the nightWhen people look but can not seePale in the lightThat shines above onto the streetI watch you walkin' on the other sideAnd I turn my head away in shameWishin' they'd talk in the worthless--Quaint and...
- Catch Your Breath
Now you're never gonna get back to the boy you hadYou have broken the chains foreverNow you're never gonna get back to the girl you were(you are looking for a boy...)I have found you(Standing free, now that he...)No...
- This Above All
You can't give everythingThere isn't much I can giveIt's not a penny from the footHe left in the doorCan't say anythingNot say things though they *Some may beBut oh babyIt's only todayThis above allI thought you would...
- Quiet Her
Without a single breath of noiselessness she can't speak[But we'll] keep raging through the [cold rushes]So I will quiet herTell her the words that she needs to hearI will quiet herTell her the words that she needs to...
- Brotherhood
As my girl you make me strongWatching and helping alongCome in and I'll play any game you playI'll hear every word you sayDid you tell me how you feel about brotherhoodBetween any two have it half as goodWe must be...
- By Herself
I left her the messageShe won't let me downShe's coming right up my roadWe'll take a *(tribute to the finer shake down)We'll get her hard to *explode'Cause I will not let her out of my headTil she gets up on out of...
- Save Time For Me
I was thinking I could wait until the work is doneBut you'll only want to get back out and have some funSun's lighting up the skyAnd if it wasn't so brightI'd come undoneWhy can't you save time for meThere isn't much...
- Half Asleep
Shut your eyesAnd you'll remember like the first time what it meant to seeTake your timeAny reason why you can't go on is fine with meAs long as we don't sit in silenceI don't want to see the whole thing wastedAs long...
- We Lose Another Day
Daylight comes you lift your pretty head from your kneesIn the past you always knew you could talk to meI would look to help but certain things I can't seeYou raise your eyes and nod your headI'd rather talk this out...
- The Alcohol Talking
Do you realize you're laughing while you're reaching for the ginEven though I threaten that I'm never coming back againThe sweetest song you sing will never calm my fear'Cause once the alcohol is talking, you're not...
- When I Feel Again
You think you're so fast, but I know who Said it was the first....place, it wasn't youAnd you think you're so smart, but I don't know.........(know) Every now and then..... I guess it starts to showAnd I'm just like...
- Easy
She remembers how we metThrough a friend of oursI took her for a ride and laid herUnderneath the starsAnd even now it makes me laugh to think we wanted moreAnd always talked about how hard it wasWhen really it was...
- How Cool
The way that you remember there was nothing to saySo you threw your arms around me, threw your arms around meGirl you shouldn't think that I've got nowhere to goBut I'll tell you how I felt if you really want to...
- Children Of Time (Forever)
3014, we're still aroundEven the cure for cancer was foundPeople come to life every dayWatching their futures drifting awayAnd there's a nagging thought in the back of my headWould we love forever if we'd never be...
- Wind And The Sun
Oh I used to sit around all dayWhat would I do if I found herFiguring out what I might sayFor a moment she was wonderfulSo I know I've got a little luck comin' to meGot a little luck comin' to meI guess I'd never seen...
- Vertigo
Living with my hopelessnessI wasn't very smartBut I died an early deathBut now I know I wasn't alive yetThere's a mountain in the side of meMy vision that you can't seeShe never touched me like you do, mamaEach time I...
- Vixen
If we stop to think of lifeAs time that's running slowFrom birth to death like day to nightIt isn't very far to goSo I'm cruisin' (cruisin') with my pretty little vixenI can't believe the strength of my addictionTo...
- Having A Bad Dream
I like a little painIf it wasn't trueThere'd be nothing thatI had kept from you(Wonder whom I guess)We might be aliveThink it only saneI've seen them walkingWhen I was aloneI talked as much like youAs my words would...
- Underground
Me and my girl are going undergroundGot no time to tell you what we foundPeople in this world aren't very kindAnd love is blind, love is blindAll we want is on our mindsWe don't have a map, we don't follow signsSeems...
- Love
You could change your mind forever You could change your style of dressYou could find another loverBut you'll never find loveYou will never find loveYou could swear you never live hereForget you knew my nameYou could...
- I've Been Waiting
When you said to meYou are not so oldDid I know it then?'Cause I had just been toldI didn't think I'd find youPerfect in so many waysBut I've been waiting [waiting]And I want to [have you]I've been waiting...
- Day For Night
What you gave meI could feel itLike the warm rays of the sunSuch a small thingTook me fartherThen I'd been with anyoneWhat else can I tell you?My life was simply very brightSo I traded the day for nightWell I love...
- Thought I Knew You
I thought I knew youI was in for a surpriseI let my love flow From my heart into your eyesAnd then I found outThat there was nothing I could know or guess about youYou'd go as far as you could go And it took me years...
- You Don't Love Me
What a beautiful moment The truth comes out at last Once your heart would own me forever Then this passed And what a beautiful moment As my heard comes apart Drunk and in a manner of saying, wasted 'Cause you don't...
- Your Sweet Voice
Speak to me with your sweet voiceAnd take me through another nightSpeak to me with your sweet voiceAnd I will surely be alrightIf I can close my eyes without a fearSpeak to me with your sweet voiceNearHold me in your...
- Does She Talk?
She's just your sizeShe's ***y she's beautifulDoes she talk?She's just your sizeShe's ***y she's beautifulDoes she talk?'Cause man you can't teachA slithering snake how to walkDid she lick your palmTo tell you your...
- Holy War
I've spent twenty years learning to liveIn a world that takes back all that it givesBut I do not want a war'Cause I'm not in for killing another manDefending my holy landAs if there's a god who would understandFeeding...
- Don't Go
Don't Go Don't let my love drive you awayThere is so much I have left to sayOh don't go Don't bring my darkness to the dayThere is so much I have left to sayOh don't goThere is so much I have left to sayCome back You...
- Winona
I tried to call you but the line was busyWere you talking to a friend?And when I tried again much laterI didn't want to let it ring againSo you can see I've got a problemBack by popular demandSometimes I want to keep...
- Girlfriend
I want to love somebodyI hear you need somebody to loveOh I want to love somebodyI hear you're lookingfor somebody to love'Cause you need to be backin the arms of a good friendand I need to be backin the arms of a...
- Nothing Lasts
If one couldStop time, or make it upIf two could realize the best of luckIf I could locate a god aboveAnd you only wanted to be lovedThen I'd try to hang on to the pastBut you know that nothing, oh no nothing...
- I Wanted To Tell You
Do just what you want toI think you're rightI do what I want to toI do what I want to toI let the world surround me'Cause I saw no real harmI didn't stop to think of youYou were already in my armsI was wrong but IBut...
- Evangeline
She's on another planetShe's in my dreamShe's some kind of angelIf you know what I meanTry her onShe fits like a gloveToo bad she only thinks aboutThe lord aboveEvangeline EvangelineI think I love youBut Evangeline...
- Looking At The Sun
Do You really Want to run away with me?Would you really like to run away with me?I can feel very clearly but no longer see'Cause I'm Looking at the sunWaiting for you to appearWatched you getting nearer like I knew it...
- Divine Intervention
I don't know where I'm gonna liveDon't know if I'll find a placeI'd have to think about it someAnd that I do not wish to faceI guess I'm counting on hisDivine InterventionI cannot understand my GodI don't know why it...
- Evergreen
As soon as I found you baby you knowThey took you awayYou put your little hands together andYou started to prayBut all your prayers they brought no answerYour faith was a lieAnd there's no differenceBetween the earth...
- Dinosaur Act
Born on a Cloud, stupid and proudI'm gonna take you back nowCursed by the past, Held under glassI was too hard to shake downAnd I'm coming back with my dinosaur actDid you forget me baby after the factI'm telling...
- Falling
The further you goThe farther you've goneIt doesn't mean you were made to hang onAnd you're falling falling fallingBut you can't let goWhether you're cold, hot, bottled or notThis is the day for which you have...
- Someone To Pull The Trigger
Well I'm loaded and readyCalmly holding steadyLooking for a sign to show me whenWell I'm waiting and willingThe clarity is chillingBut I'm not turning backand neither can youI need someone to pull the trigger'Cause...
- Knowing People
Are you made like GodWhen you start to bleedDo you really knowWhat it is to breatheWithout a mind to thinkOr a hand in fateYou're an animalFilled with love and hate And youAnd the way you moveAnd the things you...
- Time Capsule
Stop what you're doing to meMy love don't want to seeThen-We were young and strongNow-Everything is wrong [so wrong]Did you want meDid you need meCould you not sayYou believed meCould you not sayAnd our love is in a...
- In Too Deep
I'm in too deepDrowning in the fireBurning in the lakeDying from desire, dying for desireI'm in too deepGrasping like a liarYeah, and do you want me'Cause I'm gonna fly, yeah, I'm gonna flyI'm in too deepAnd even when...
- Life Without You
Every time you go awayI know there's nothing I can sayBut I don't know how to stay aliveNo matter what I keep insideOr what I let escape from the place where you walked throughBut I wouldn't want a life without youNo...
- The Ugly Truth
You don't want to dieBut the living gets you downWe want you to act like nothing's wrongEven though you heard a soundAnd then you're ripped right out of the groundLike a ***in' rootNo you simply cannot hideFrom the...
- Devil With The Green Eyes
I can understand you're living in a prisonI know you can only see me as a visionI might fade away with the coming of a new dawnAnd your heart is breaking.What are you gonna do nowThat you're tired of faking it?Well,...
- What Do YOU Know?
Do you want to tell me somethingOpen up my world for me babyWith another stupid lie that gets you byOne of those stupid lies that gets you byDo you wnat to show me somethingOr are you just describing it to meJust look...
- Reaching Out
You've counted every starThat you could imagineBroken when everyone took you for a foolIt gave you a reasonTo find something strong enough to feelYou're reaching out (reaching out)You're reaching out (reaching...
- Do It Again
I'll do it againIf I have to love you from afarYou'll do it againBefore we get too farAnd I'll hurt you againBaby if you'll hurt me one more time'Cause love that's badIs better than noneYou know breaking up is half of...
- Back To You
You come looking for protection a revolver in your handAnd that puts it in a language that I think I understandDon't need to concentrate to push it throughYou know you've sent it so I'm coming back to youAnybody with...
- Make Believe
Everything is perfect in a wayBut not todayWhat could tomorrow bring?Even when I beg youWill you please be good to me?You're running freeJust make believe you love meAnd i'll try harder than before'Cause it's a real...
- Into Your Drug
Tell me what you want me to doTell me what you want me to sayWhen nothing I do or I say is enoughEverything fits but the size of my loveOut of proportion and into your drugInto your drugInto your drugNow how can I...
- Hollow
CaptureThe spirit of adversityBe sure to put the lid on tight and watch it carefullySew shutThe mouth of the river slutThe entrance to a place discussed but hardly there for youHollowAn evil bigger than you could...
- Missing Time
Do you realize what they have doneShowed me I am not the only onePlanted something in my mindNow I've begun to findMissing timeI want backI'm afraid that I can feelMissing timeI want backDidn't realize they took from...
- Over It
You're over itYou're not angry anymore becauseYou're over itNo big deal unless you make it oneYou don't even have to fake it nowYou're over it, You're over itAnd in a wayYou should never have to feelYou didn't get...
- Behind The Smile
I haven't been a good friendFor a long long timeYou know I wasn't happyBehind the smileAnywhere you lookA reason to believeBut I think of what it took To bring me to my proper placeAnd I haven't been a good friendFor...
- Come To California
Started with a rose, ended up a millionaress queenIn your new electric chair, sweetly sitting there building up steamWatch your mind little bit, or you're gonna have to make believeFlew into LA, caught a screening of...
- Where You Get Love
Instead of runningStay and keep it comingYou're getting your kicks right at the sourceYou're taking your guidance from the forceBut where do you get loveDown below or from somewhere aboveGot a scary feeling I...
- Heaven And Earth
When it shines the sun is hotAnd what you need you ain't gotHeaven and earthAre hardly worth itWe'll begin the race by living in ecstacyYou may have your mind to showBut you've got no place to goHeaven and earthAre...
- All Over My Head
Bad blood set you up for a fallThink you're so smart that you're fooling us allBut it seems, there must of been something wrongSay you'll get back if you have to crawlWell it's a fat chance that you'll make it at...
- Until You Break
Hanging on to your prideTrying not to decideWho could take youDo you hold it insideOr let it fall by the wayI'll feel the way you feelAnd tell you afterBut how long will it takeHow long until you breakTo talk you into...
- Hide
Now you'll have to beHurt when you think of meWith vision but you can't see farYou hide every thing you canBut the world keeps breaking throughAnywhere you runAnd it always willBefore I knew I had you you were...
- Millenium Blues
Well you can make your way through living and lovingLooking good from where I sitBut with your great big eyes you see what is comingAnd you're not a part of itMillenium BluesLived half in one and half in the otherThey...
- What Matters
In my mind I can't imagineHow the world has come to meAnd in my heart I can't detachThe feeling that it couldn't beAnd no, I don't want to kiss youDon't want to miss you if you go awayI'll fake it don't want to make...
- Beware My Love
Have to wonder if I careIf I want to know you onlyAs if you weren't really thereYou begin to touch me slowlyI don't feel it any moreThan I feel the path I followEverything I gave awayWas supposed to come backI believe...
- Write Your Own Song
I guess I live in a world you'll never get a glimpse inside ofIf the thought of me selling out gets you excitedDo you think everything that nobody else has thought ofDo you feel everything that no one else can feelI...
- Faith In You
I'm looking all around meAnd there's so much room to moveBut I don't believe in miraclesShould I put my faith in youI lay down in the eveningAnd I look up at the starsBut I don't believe in miraclesShould I put my...
- Thunderstorm
Sun is goneAnd I'm on my own in a thunderstormBut it's not about to turn me aroundHail is under my feetAnd lightning is in my headDeep inside I am tired of runningI don't mind if the rain is comingWalking onto the...
- If Time Permits
I don't wanna do it over 'cause I've made my caseBut I wish that I could live another placeTry to make it over but it won't eraseSo it looks like I'm still trapped inside this spaceIf time permits meTo right my wrong...
- Split Personality
I can't remember what I thought of youJust a minute beforeI've got to take another look at whoI do believe it's trueI've got a split personalityWhen I let it flyI've got a split personalityAnd I'm bottled up most...
- Worse To Live
If you're big enough to take itWhen the truth gets overwhelmingThen along with many othersYou fightIf you're small enough to fit yourselfAmong so many millionsWith your own set of problems to faceIf it's worse to live...
- I Should Never Have Let You Know
I should never have let you knowThat I could be what I was notI should never have let you knowThat I was weaker than you thoughtCan you show me'Cause I did it for you once and now you owe me'Cause you say that you...
- Untitled
Don't let me go onSad and unfinishedDon't make mine a chordThat is diminishedDon't make me go on longUntitledDon't let me get lostFighting with natureDo let me grow coldDeep in a glacierDon't let me hang on...
- Future Shock
I never wanted to be more than passing timeAnd you would rather disappear than cross the lineAnd I'm only waiting for you'Cause I can't decideIf you're only saying one thingWith something else insideFrom the start...
- Trade Places
Inside my deepest feelingsI know you won't do wrongDon't say that I believe youBecause you know it's trueYou've looked for something greater than thisI promise you it doesn't existAnd I wouldn't trade places for what...
- Sick Of Myself
You don't know how you move meDeconstruct meAnd consume meI'm all used upI'm out of luckI am starstruckBy something in your eyes that is keeping my hope aliveBut I'm sick of myself when I look at youSomething is...
- Super Baby
No MemoryIs quite the sameNo gentle breezeCan ease my painLover you're the oneSuper babyYou're the oneSuper babyYou're the onePromise you won't go farI want you right where you areI said it to your faceSo it cannot be...
- Smog Moon
There's a smog moon, in the amber sky, wavering and burning like a golden lieI fell so far, I didn't think I'd make it backWe are all made, as an afterthought,Destined to believe that we are what we are notI'm afraid,...
- I Almost Forgot
You would never turn aroundYou're laughing at everythingThat's bringing me downDid you say you loved me?I almost forgot, I almost forgotThat I will never be freeThere'll always be somethingStuck inside of meDid you...
- Not When I Need It
Look at you you're just as blindTrying to grab your little piece of mindAnd you want to hold it nearBut you know you can't keep itSay a little should sufficeBut more than a little of you is so niceAnd you give me what...
- Lost My Mind
Well I know you are dying to give me adviceSpeak to me once or a hundred timesThose are words I cannot hearThinking looks good but I don't like the tasteA mind is a terrible thing to wasteBut it was a thin veilDropped...
- Walk Out
When you look into a mirrorThe reflection that you seeIs a shell of what you wereIt's not who you want to beBut you're gonna changeYou've just about made up your mind(You're gonna change)You're gonna changeAnd when...
- Get Older
Who cares if they don't think your cool?They make everything about rules And your older than that nowGet olderThe world will fall into its placeYou may be sad When you get older You might be happy just to stayWho...
- Giving It Back
Your depth of sadness was a giftAnd for a while I cherished itI'm tired of wasting my time awaySo I'm giving it back to youGiving it back to youIt takes a lot to keep you goingWearing me down without you knowingMy...
- We're The Same
I don't have to speak, and you know what I'm thinkingYou don't need to hear what I say,I don't have to ask, 'cause you'll guess what I'm seekingYou don't need to hide what you knowBaby we're the same, when we fail in...
- Come To Love
You try to winAt a game that has no winnersYou try to learnWhen nothing can be understoodYou try to feelWhen all feeling is goneAnd you come to loveWhat you used to hateYou come to findWhat you threw awayYou thought...
- Everything Changes
It's a matter of choicesAnd a matter of time For you it's a matter of driveYou will let nothingGet in your wayYou set to conquer Each single day(everything) Everything Changes (changes)But change itself (change...
- Superdeformed
There's something I should tell youBefore I take your blindfold offI've been twisted and turnedBy what I have learnedI'm superdeformedBut my blood is warmYou know I'm superdeformedMy blood is still warmBut I'm...
- Ultrasuede
Ultrasuede heaven madeHoney never tasted so sweetUltrasuede finest gradeFrom my head up to your feetI'm aliveYou've got me running around in yourUltrasuedeUltrasuede I'll give anything you desireIf I get my wayI'm...
- Don't Cry No Tears
Don't cry no tears around meDon't cry no tears around me'Cause when all the waters goneThe feeling lingers onOld true love ain't too hard to seeDon't cry no tears around meWell I wonder who's with her tonightAnd I...
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