Snitches and Talkers Get Stitches and Walkers

Fall Out Boy

Show me, show me, show me a starry-eyed kid
I, I, I will break his jaw
I won't, I won't, I won't let him get his hopes up
No, oh, oh, oh
And I will save him from himself
Here's a picture with a note
"No, don't turn out like me"
It's only for your own good
No, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

And haven't you heard
The word on the street is
"I lost it, called it quits"
Get it into the sun
Out from behind the gossip
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

This story's getting old
The homewrecker with a heart of gold
Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind
Keep, k-keep talking
Keep this alive
This story's getting old
The homewrecker with a heart of gold
Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind now-ow-ow-ow

Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey

Even when there's n-n-nothing worth living for
You're still, you're still, still worth lying for
N-no one has to know-ow-ow
And haven't you heard
The word on the street is
"I lost it, called it quits"
Get it into the sun
Out from behind the gossip
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

This story's getting old
The homewrecker with a heart of gold
Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind
Keep, keep talking
Keep this alive
This story's getting old (this story's getting old)
The homewrecker with a heart of gold
Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind now-ow-ow-ow

This story's getting old
The homewrecker with a heart of gold
Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind
Keep, keep talking
Keep this alive
This story's getting old (this story's getting old)
The homewrecker with a heart of gold
Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind now-ow-ow-ow
Now-ow-ow-ow, now-ow-ow-ow, now-ow-ow-ow

Stop!


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  • +1
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    this song is amazing.

    it's so much better than anything on fuct.

    cuteiwwafon February 05, 2006   Link
  • +1
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    this song is definitely one of my favorites i love fall out boy more than anything my favorite part of this song is in the chorus when it's sung for the second time after the second verse and in the background you hear "this story's getting old" . sounds amaaaaazing, gives me warm fuzzies :) i love patrick stump so much

    mrsjoshramsayon December 27, 2007   Link
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    looks like this isnt the same as 'i liked you a whole lot better brefore you became a myspace whore'. shame that, i loved that live version, but in my opinion this totaly blows it out of the water!

    I can see why it didnt make it onto fuct but i ffor one think that it should have, just to make old fall out boy fans happy

    TimClarke_007on February 06, 2006   Link
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    thanks for the lyrics! i couldnt find them anywhere

    startstatic113on February 07, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song is quite good. I hope the new album sounds like this.

    fedhed7on February 12, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    dude! this song is awesome! though the lyrics here are wrong...

    Heres what I am 99% sure to be right [save the number of times]

    Show me, show me, show me a starry-eyed kid I, I, I will break his jaw I won't, I won't, I won't let him get his hopes up No-o-oh-o-oh-o-oh And I will save him from himself Here's a picture with a note "No, don't turn out like me" It's only for your own good No-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

    And haven't you heard The word on the street is "I lost it, called it quits" Get it into the sun, Out from behind the gossip Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

    This story's getting old A homewrecker with a heart of gold Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind Keep, k-keep talking Keep this alive This story's getting old A homewrecker with a heart of gold Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind now-ow-ow - ow

    Hey, hey [x3]

    Even when there's N-n-n-nothing worth living for It's still, it's still, still worth lying for N-no one has to know-ow-ow And haven't you heard The word on the street is "I lost it, called it quits" Get it into the sun Out from behind the gossip Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

    This story's getting old A homewrecker with a heart of gold Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind Keep, k-keep talking Keep this alive This story's getting old (This story's getting old) A homewrecker with a heart of gold Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind now-ow-ow-ow-ow

    [insert Pete Screams]

    This story's getting old A homewrecker with a heart of gold Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind Keep, k-keep talking Keep this alive This story's getting old (This story's getting old) A homewrecker with a heart of gold Keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind now-ow-ow-ow-ow N-n-now-ow-ow [x3]

    Stop!

    And this is going to go onto the limited Edition of FUCT (From under the cork tree) which is damn coool!! instead of the made up crash scene coverend in snow - there's a picture of the wreck - and the four guys are the crowd people... If I could find the picture I'd show you... but I can't find it =S

    Tyranon February 13, 2006   Link
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    yea tyran ur right on the lyrics. such a good song but i dont think it would have fit on fuct. still... worth the wait... and the trouble to buy it through the uk itunes store!

    you_know_me_21on February 13, 2006   Link
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    easily one of the best fall out boy songs out there.

    and yet only 6 comments?

    come on, teeny boppers, you can do better than that.

    cuteiwwafon February 24, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    amazing. i wish we were getting a whole new cd w/ 12 or so more tracks this good! :(

    risefromtheasheson March 07, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    Great Song...Could be about the FOB/Killers Fued?

    macatticus182on March 17, 2006   Link

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