Panorama (1980)

Panorama

Lead Vocal: Ric Ocasek

i'm going to get what's coming to me

no surprises, no impressions

hey, what's wrong with you tonight

just sitting on your can can

doing the panoram

with nothing to comtemplate

with nothing to search for

with nothing to integrate

with nothing to do

except think about you

with nothing to do

except fall for blue

i just want to be in your panorama

i just want to be in your panorama

i'm going to take what's coming to me

no entanglements and no compromise

get the picture, i'm on my knees

looking at your hot shot

turning down your offer

well i'm ripping it up

i'm looking away

i'm pulling my flag up

i'm miles away

with nothing to do

except think about you

i just want to be in your panorama

i just want to be in your panorama

i'm going to find my way out of here

no pushing the buttons

no deals with daddy-o

i'm going to get myself in trouble

and i'll take my chances

if i break your bubble

Touch and Go

Lead Vocal: Ric Ocasek

all i need is what you've got

all i'll tell is what you're not

all you know is what you hear

i get this way when yo come near

CHORUS

then I know it's gone too far

oh, oh, I touched your star

and it felt so right

like the hush of midnight

until you said

with me it's touch and go

all i need is you tonight

i'm flying like a cement kite

in your headlock on the floor

who could ever ask for more

CHORUS

all I want is you tonight

i guess that dress does fit you tight

and how that look does make me shake

it almost looks too good to take

CHORUS

Gimme Some Slack

Lead Vocal: Ric Ocasek

i want to shake like Liguardia

magic mouth in the sun

train ride to the courtyard

before you can run

down at the end of lonely street

where no one takes a walk

someone's lying at your feet

and someone's getting off

CHORUS

just gimme some slack

the seven floors of walkup

the odor musted cracks

the peeping keyhole introverts

with the monkeys on their backs

CHORUS

the rooftops strung with frauleins

the pastel pinned up sails

the eighteen color roses

against your face so pale

CHORUS

i want to float like Euripides

all visions intact

i'm alright with Fellini fiends

tripping over the track

CHORUS

down at the end of Lonely Street

where no one takes a chance

someone's in the cheap light

and someone wants to dance

CHORUS

Don't Tell Me No

Lead Vocal: Benjamin Orr

it's my party, you can come

it's my party, have some fun

it's my dream, have a laugh

it's my life, have a half

CHORUS

don't tell me no

it's my transition, it's my play

it's my phone call to betray

it's my hopscotch, light the torch

it's my downtime, feel the scorch

CHORUS

it's my ambition, it's my joke

it's my teardrop, emotional smoke

it's my mercy, it's my plan

i want to go to futureland

CHORUS

Getting Through

Lead Vocal: Ric Ocasek

i don't want to be your party doll

all flaked out in Tinsel Town

circus mouth shooting all directions

with TV ads that sell erections

CHORUS

i got no clue what they want to do with you

it's just getting through, getting through to you

living outside the misdemeanor

some get lost and some are screamers

it's easy to tell the great pretender

broken wings and flip top fenders

CHORUS

i don't want to be your suffering box

argue art or untie your knots

i don't want to be your bad connection

or fit into your reality vision

CHORUS

Misfit Kid

Lead Vocal: Ric Ocasek

i dream frequently

sometimes they come out funny

i go through insanity

all they want is money

all these parties get so habitual

the same sea of faces

always pushing, always pulling

always in the races

i get cooled out

i get the come ons

i get rumbled

i get crumbled

CHORUS

i'm the American misfit kid

still wondering what I did

i'm on the inside taking a fast ride

i'm stiletto so

so sharp and I'm willing to cut

sometimes nebulous

I'm ready to strut

lost and frantic

new age romantic

checking out the race

never cared about what it meant

always loved disgrace

i get rhythm

i get Cornflakes

i get fast love

i get wasted

CHORUS

i dream frequently

sometimes they come out funny

i live with absurdity

always warm and runny

all these parties get so ritual

lonely hearts and aces

always pushing, always pulling

always in the races

CHORUS

Down Boys

Lead Vocal: Benjamin Orr

you were trying to be cute

and it didn't work out

you were trying to be charming

and it didn't come off

you were trying to be clever

a big waste of time

you were trying to get rough

but you're waiting in line

CHORUS

you can't make it with the down boys

they don't hear a word you say

you can't make it with the down boys

just stay out of their way

you were trying to be sharp

but they couldn't wait

you were trying to be eternal

but that didn't rate

you were trying to be smooth

you're rough on the edges

you were trying to be hysterical

well i still ain't laughing

CHORUS

you were trying to be in

but they left you out

you were trying to be in

two different worlds

you were trying to be in

oscillation in shame

you were trying to be in

but you're lost in the game

CHORUS

You Wear Those Eyes

Lead Vocal: Ric Ocasek (?)

you wear those eyes that never blink

you always were the missing link

you paint your mouth, you let me know

you really are the only show

just take your time

'cause it's not too late

i'll be your mirror

so you won't hesitate

i'm easy to be found

whenever you come down

you got that walk, you do the stroll

you make me lose my ground control

you got that look I can't resist

like something missing, never kissed

you do the pogo without the bounce

you got the name I can't pronounce

you fall in love like the sting

you make believe it's everything

Running to You

Lead Vocal: Benjamin Orr

i'm coming around

y want you to come

i'm coming around

just for the fun

i'm having a real time

taking what's not mine

and I'm doing what I want to do

CHORUS

that's running to you

you're looking for someone

maniacal shots

you're looking for someone

over the top

i'm having a real time

reading your headline

and I'm doing what I want to do

CHORUS

you're hoping for someone

fits in the plan

you're hoping for someone

two in the hand

i'm having a real time

taking what's not mine

and I'm doing what I like to do

CHORUS

Up and Down

Lead Vocal: Ric Ocasek

do you have to be so hard to get

especially with those emerald eyes

you might have been a neon lover

but you didn't have to advertise

well come on, well come on

you might have been a crackshot shooter

hung up on your figurine

under the cold and darkly sky

you're the only light I've seen

CHORUS

well come on, well come on

and it happens everytime

i'm still hanging on the line

don't want to go up and down

you don't have to be so touch

i'll tell you when I've had enough

you don't have to reek with charm

you won't have to twist my arm

well come on, well come on

CHORUS

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