don’t worry, i won’t hurt you
i only want you to have some fun

i was dreamin’ when i wrote this
forgive me if it goes astray
but when i woke up this mornin’
coulda’ sworn it was judgment day
the sky was all purple,
there were people runnin’ everywhere
tryin’ to run from the destruction,
you know i didn’t even care

‘cuz they say two thousand zero zero party over,
oops out of time
so tonight i’m gonna party like it’s 1999

i was dreamin’ when i wrote this
so sue me if i go to fast
but life is just a party, and parties weren’t meant to last
war is all around us, my mind says prepare to fight
so if i gotta die i’m gonna listen to my body tonight

yeah, they say two thousand zero zero party over,
oops out of time
so tonight i’m gonna party like it’s 1999
yeah

lemme tell ya somethin’
if u didn’t come to party,
don’t bother knockin’ on my door
i got a lion in my pocket,
and baby he’s ready to roar
yeah, everybody’s got a bomb,
we could all die any day
but before i’ll let that happen,
i’ll dance my life away

oh, they say two thousand zero zero party over,
oops out of time
we’re runnin’ outta time (tonight i’m gonna)
so tonight we gonna (party like it’s 1999)
we gonna, oww

say it one more time
two thousand zero zero party over oops,
out of time
no, no (tonight i’m gonna)
so tonight we gonna (party like it’s 1999)
we gonna, oww

alright, it’s 1999
you say it, 1999
1999
1999 don’t stop, don’t stop, say it one more time
two thousand zero zero party over,
oops out of time
yeah, yeah (tonight i’m gonna)
so tonight we gonna (party like it’s 1999)
we gonna, oww

yeah, 1999 (1999)
don’tcha wanna go (1999)
don’tcha wanna go (1999)
we could all die any day (1999)
i don’t wanna die,
i’d rather dance my life away (1999)
listen to what i’m tryin’ to say
everybody, everybody say party
c’mon now, you say party
that’s right, everybody say (party)
can’t run from the revelation, no (party)
sing it for your nation y’all (party)
tell me what you’re singin’, baby say (party)
telephone’s a-ringin’, mama (party)
c’mon, c’mon, you say (party)
everybody, [two times] (party)
work it down to the ground, say (party)
(party)
come on, take my body, baby (party)
that’s right, c’mon, sing the song (party)
(party)
that’s right (party)
got a lion in my pocket mama, say (party)
oh–and he’s ready to roar (party)

mommy–why does everybody have a bomb?
mommy–why does everybody have a bomb?

nothing i can say
can make your picture talk
i feel so tired and
nothing i can do
will make your picture move
i feel so helpless but
i can feel
a child with the ghost here
you let your heart slip away

if i had one wish
i’d wish to talk with you
i have some questions
things only you could know
if i had one wish
i’d wish to talk with you
nothing you can feel
can feel as cold as this
i’ll sing this song and
i’ll say goodbye forever

i wonder
if god is all they say
i can’t believe in such things.
i suppose
some games are hard to lose
but you don’t have to play ‘cos
i can feel
a child with the ghost here
you let your heart slip away

you and me are old
you and me are young
you and me have always
let words go unsung

nothing left to see
nothing left to do
nothing left to talk about

how i intrude
this impossible dream
i still believe
that great american smile

nothing’s ever right
nothing’s ever wrong
but nothing’s ever quite like
the stories and songs (nothing’s ever)

nothing is the same
nothing ever changes and
nothing’s ever quite like
the pictures i’ve seen (nothing’s ever)

no-one’s in the dark
no-one’s in the corner and
no-one’s in the wardrobe
just waiting to pounce (nothing’s ever)

heroes always bleed
but heroes never cry
heroes always get the best girl
and then die (nothing’s ever)

how i intrude
this impossible dream
i still believe
that great american smile

here we play games
like turning men into boys
and everyone must cry or love

recall ‘my circuit’
recall ‘i’m not-you are’
remember that i moved too soon

corridor empty
time to call in the stars
a game called echo

now i ask questions
i get so nervous of
a game called echo

we rename vehicles
you rename heroes
i switch to auto

you are reception
i can take it or leave
do i need permission to stop?

so, i prayed…
but you weren’t listening.
making miracles?

so, i begged…
but you were far away.
saving souls perhaps?

so, i screamed…
but she was very small
and you have worlds to mend.

so, she died…
and you were glorious.
but you were somewhere else.

if you are my shepherd
then i’m lost and no one can find me.
if you are my saviour
then i’m dead and no one can help me.
if you are my glory
then i’m sick and no one can cure me.
if you light my darkness
then i’m blind and no one can see me.

if you are my father
then love lies abandoned and bleeding.
if you are my comfort
then nightmares are real and deceiving.
if you are my answer
then i must have asked the wrong question.
i’d spit on your heaven
if i could find one to believe in.