cadallaca - introducing - lyrics to the introducing album

Cadallaca: Lyrics to the Introducing album

Lyrics to most of these songs do come with the CD. The lyrics below are altered slightly in spots, so that they match what I hear. Lyrics to "You're My Only One" and "O Chenilla" were not included with the CD, and so they are total guesses on my part.

Your One Wish

your one wish, you'll never get
your one wish, you'll never get
and you try, and you try, but you haven't yet
cuz i'm your one wish that you'll never get
you'll never get

and you say, you get three,
but your never ever gonna get me
(I'm like the stars, like the sun)
you say you get three
but your never ever gonna get me
(Reach and look high at what you want)
you say you get three
but your never ever gonna get me
(I'll stay right here out of touch)
you say you get three
but your never ever gonna get me
(you can't take for granted what you don't got)

your one wish, you'll never get
your one wish, you'll never get
and you try, and you try, but you haven't yet
cuz i'm your one wish that you'll never get
you'll never get

once in my life, i think i will get my way
once in my life, i think i will get my way

June -n- July

wrote this song in '42
i'll reincarnate just for you
marching to the battle drum
when this song was just a hum
rolling in my head
and keeping me from losing it
is this little soldier gonna make it
'till it's june n july?
till june n july?

it's hard to tell this story without
giving away confidential facts
about the secret army camp
and all it's occupants
two girls in particular
had the eyes of officers
upon them, they were twins
and their names happened to be
june n july
they were june n july
calling june n july
they were june n july

i can't fight the fever
when i think about that summer
i can't fight the fever
when i think about that summer

it was the coldest morning
we had seen upon the battlefield
two of the enlisted were frozen
from the inside out
and when they called for
special volunteers then
i knew that it was my turn
i stood up
and so did june n july
so did june n july

what happened on that day
i can't repeat
i'm sworn to secrecy
we thought we were
the side of righteousness
freedom and liberty
now i look back through the years
and i feel differently
what if we had waited
had held out
till it was june n july?
till june n july
calling june n july
oh june n july

i can't fight the fever
when i think about that summer
i can't fight the fever
when i think about that summer

will you listen to my story
call it testimonial
will it matter to you
will it change your mind at all
i know that you're young, girl,
got so much ahead of you
listen to your heart then
only to yourself be true

i can't fight the fever
when i think about that summer
i can't fight the fever
when i think about that summer

You're My Only One

it's all gone and i think that i'm alone
call you up, i'll call you on the phone

cuz you're my only one
you're my only one
you're my only one
you're my only one

wish upon a star and i wonder where you are
shining in the night, you make everything all right

you're my only one... (sing this about 16 or so more times)

Pocket Games

terminal 31 a
that's my gate
lead the way
i don't know if i'll make it
distracting me
with 21 questions
i use them up
right away

and i feel like i'm a runway on the ground
like a bird that goes up but won't be coming down
and i die right as the plane takes off the ground
like a kid i know but i can't stand the sound

ordinary crying
in front of everyone
my initials are C.T.
can you tell me who i am?
am i a famous person,
am i someone on tv?
tell me something baby,
am i hot or am i cold?

and i
and i feel like i'm a runway on the ground
like a bird that goes up but won't be coming down
and i die right as the plane takes off the ground
like a kid i know but i can't stand the sound (of leaving?)

it's almost time to go
time to board
give me one more chance
not to go

ordinary crying
in front of everyone
tell me something baby,
am i your highest score?

and i
and i feel like i'm a runway on the ground
like a bird that goes up but won't be coming down
and i die right as the plane takes off the ground
like a kid i know but i can't stand the sound

pocket games, pocket games...

Night Vandals

(junior, did you get the bag?
yes kissy are you ready? come on, let's go)

(take to the alleys dark and tight
behind the shadows my eyes are bright)

i've been sneakin' 'round your door
i've been sneakin' 'round your door
i keep you up at night, i will do you right
i've been sneakin' 'round your door

night vandals, start
night vandals, caught
night vandals, hot
night vandals, start

i've been sleepin' on your roof
i've been crawlin' on your roof
i see you down below, and you will never know
i've been crawlin' on your roof

night vandals, start
night vandals, caught
night vandals, hot
night vandals, start

i'll slip you a mickey and fleece you like a sheep
take off with your wallet while you deeply sleep
i'll make more money in an hour than what you make all week
bills stuffed into my brassiere, stuffed where my heart should beat
(i, i know where you go at night
it's so easy to catch you in the light
you will never know what i do all day
the night is my curtain, i will suck you dry)

i've been listening through your walls
i've been listening through your walls
i, i hear everything, i, i hear everything
i've been listening through your walls

night vandals, start
night vandals, caught
night vandals, hot
night vandals, start

and i could cost you everything
and i could cost you everything

Two Beers Later

after the speeches and after the show
your Brooks Brothers outfit looks ready to go
with your polished words and your leather pumps
your ivy league cheers for the girls for the cause
well now the room is different boys, beers and boobs
what will go over, what do you think?
money can't buy you everything
don't trade your pride for alcohol

two beers later, that's where we left her
took one for the money, two for the show, let's go
two beers later, that's where we left her
took one for the money, two for the show, let's go

you brought our band here for just one show
said we'd play for the ladies, play for the folks
but i saw you at the party in the back end room
talkin' to the boys, hangin' with the dudes
our music doesn't matter not a thing to you
what will go over, what do you think?
money can't buy you everything
don't condescend to me in starched white cuffs

two beers later, that's where we left her
took one for the money, two for the show, let's go
two beers later, that's where we left her
took one for the money, two for the show, let's go

O Chenilla

(phone ringing.. "ahem" "hello?" "hi uh chenilla, um this is junior" "oh hi junior" "hi um, i was wondering if you want to go out with me um, on friday night and if not, if you can't do it friday, if you wanna do it saturday?")

when we heard she touched a man, everybody knew her well
when we heard she touched a girl, chenilla, you change my world
you girls think she's such a drag
but i know better, i know better
chenilla i will stay with you, stay with you forever

o chenilla
o chenilla
o chenilla
o chenilla

wooh ooh woah ooh chenilla
woah chenilla

o chenilla
o chenilla

i've seen you around the mall
i know you outslut them all
you have broken a million hearts and
you broke mine and that's a start(??)

chenilla will you please be mine
i'll stay with you till the end of time
chenilla i will stay with you, stay with you forever

o chenilla
o chenilla
o chenilla
o chenilla

wooh ooh woah ooh chenilla
woah chenilla

o chenilla
o chenilla

i've seen you walk by with yr head held so high
you can't see the tear appear in the corner of my misty eye
you've gone out with all those girls chenilla
you've gone out with all those guys
you went out with me once and then left me
and i wanna know why why why?!?

o chenilla
o chenilla
o chenilla
o chenilla

wooh ooh woah ooh chenilla
woah chenilla

o chenilla
o chenilla

o chenilla
o chenilla
o chenilla
o chenilla

Cadallaca Theme
(instrumental song)

Firetrap

don't play with matches to a kid i might say
and to you i repeat the same
within this girl a fire does burn
sparks fly, eyes flash and heads will turn
careless words that were spoke with disrespect
calling me names? i'm calling you back
come to close to the center and feel the flame
steal my fire? ha, no way
(don't burn me)

you're caught in a firetrap (you burn away)
you're caught in a firetrap (in your lightening grave)
you're caught in a firetrap (you burn away)
you're caught in a firetrap (in your lightening grave)

i heard you spit your curses, spinning your tale
treading on my turf, now you're in the way
i contemplate bringing you down
showing you a lesson, owning my town
but should i waste my time on someone like you?
fight fire with fire, nail and tooth...
in the end, you're not worth it, so i turn away
i'll save my breath for another day
(don't burn me)

you're caught in a firetrap (you burn away)
you're caught in a firetrap (in your lightening grave)
you're caught in a firetrap (you burn away)
you're caught in a firetrap (in your lightening grave)

you're caught in a firetrap (i turn away)
you're caught in a firetrap (i'll see you on another day)
you're caught in a firetrap (you burn away)
you're caught in a firetrap (in your lightening grave)

you're caught in a firetrap (you burn away)
you're caught in a firetrap (in your lightening grave)
you're caught in a firetrap (you burn away)
you're caught in a firetrap (in your lightening grave)

you're caught in a firetrap (i turn away)
you're caught in a firetrap (i'll see you on another day)
you're caught in a firetrap (cuz you burn away)
you're caught in a firetrap (in your lightening grave)

Winter Storm '98

i thought i knew you well, what did i know?
you think it's okay to drive, to drive in snow
well i don't know, i don't know
can't we just walk around, c'mon let's go

why can't we walk, just walk around?
there are no cars, there is no sound
inside i feel very still and i wonder if you will
come out with me, i turn around
i see my footprints on the ground
not like it was in '96, not like it was, not like it was
(i never thought a night could be this long
promise me that i will see the end
don't leave me here, i long to see the sun
don't lock the door, it makes me want to run)

i thought i knew you well, what did i know?
you think it's okay to drive, to drive in snow
well i don't know, i don't know
why can't we just sit here and kiss, c'mon let's go

nothing ventured, nothing gained
oh you girls are all the same
and i can't trust my memory
those days were nothing to me, oh i mean everything
i walked for blocks in the freezing rain,
and now you're gone, it's '98, and
i'm waiting for the snow to melt
(i never thought a night could be this long
promise me that i will see the end
don't leave me here, i long to see the sun
don't lock the door, it makes me want to run)

don't leave me here, i long to see the sun (three days)
don't lock the door, it makes me want to run (three days)

i thought i knew you well, what did i know?
you think it's okay to drive, to drive in snow
why can't we walk, just walk around?
there are no cars, there is no sound
and the icy memory will mean nothing to me

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