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On My Way Lyrics
I want to kill this man
but he turned around ran.
I'll kill him with karate that i learned in japan.
He wouldn't see my face, i wouldn't leave a trace
I would'nt use a bullet cause i bullet's a discrace.
Aw, mom, i never though that i was a murdering man
but tonight i'm on my way.
There's this drawer that i know in a house up the road
that's full of things that are easily sold.
When they go out of town i could go and snoop around
and make myself rich off the things i'd found
aw, mom i never thought that i was a stealing man
but tonight i'm on my way.
I was sitting on the bleacher staring at the speaker,
reading his lips but i could not understand.
So i opened up my ears and clearly i could hear
this detailed story all about a grain of sand.
aw, mom i always dremt of being a good listener
so tonight i'm on my way.
There's this kid you gotta meet. He lives across the street.
He's got spirit and heart. We're 10 years apart.
He is up for anything. He can hang with anyone.
He still likes the things we used to think were fun.
aw, mom i never thought that i could have a friend
but tonight i'm on my way.
I'm in love with someone who's as pretty as a flower.
Her life gives me power so i'm buying her a ring
She makes hats with her hands.
she is such an artist.
I'm her biggest fan and i'm teaching her to sing.
aw, mom i never thought that i could love no one
but tonight i'm on my way.
oh, tonight
I'm on my way.
but he turned around ran.
I'll kill him with karate that i learned in japan.
He wouldn't see my face, i wouldn't leave a trace
I would'nt use a bullet cause i bullet's a discrace.
but tonight i'm on my way.
that's full of things that are easily sold.
When they go out of town i could go and snoop around
and make myself rich off the things i'd found
but tonight i'm on my way.
reading his lips but i could not understand.
So i opened up my ears and clearly i could hear
this detailed story all about a grain of sand.
so tonight i'm on my way.
He's got spirit and heart. We're 10 years apart.
He is up for anything. He can hang with anyone.
He still likes the things we used to think were fun.
but tonight i'm on my way.
Her life gives me power so i'm buying her a ring
She makes hats with her hands.
she is such an artist.
I'm her biggest fan and i'm teaching her to sing.
but tonight i'm on my way.
I'm on my way.
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first comment, woohoo!
I like this song. I think it's my favorite on this cd so far. I just like the feel and the way it flows. That is all.
i think this is truely about growing up and changing. it's pretty clear that good old bK has changed a lot since his radish days or even his last album. i think it's a very honest song, and that honesty pours out of it, even in the simple sounding recording.
the first time i heard this song i actually wasnt so into it. after i heard it live though - i fell in love with it - the way ben performs this song (as well as different but the same) is amazing - so full of feeling and with a lot more power chords. you cant help but fall in love with ben all over again :)
This song is amazing! Hes a great lyricist...
I heared this song live before the album came out. I was at a Bright Eyes show and conor begged BK to play this song cuz he thought it was so pretty.
Such a great Kweller song. I like how the song starts off a little random and by the end of the song he goes into "mom i never thought that i could love no one" and somehow creates a more simple and pleasing mood.
The way BK wrote this song was that he was on an airplane, and he took five words (murderer, theif, listener, friend, lover) and wrote a verse about each. I want to start a tradition of people making up their own verses to the same words. That would be cool.
"i'm her biggest fan, and i'm teaching her to sing"
so. friggin. cute. ack!
i love ben kweller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that is cool wrapid. this song is so beautiful.
I met my first real boyfriend at a Ben Kweller concert, where he told us how he wrote it on a plane. The boy left the next day for a state far away on a plane. He left a note, saying that he would be back in my hometown in three months, and he just wanted to tell me he thought the world of me. The day he was flying back I played that song for hours and was very happy. It always makes me smile.