My Papa told me
to stay out of trouble,

"When you've found your man, make sure he's for real!".


I've learned that nothing really lasts forever.

I sleep with the scars I wear that won't heal, they won't heal.



Cos every time I seem to fall in love,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

I find the heart but then I hit the wall,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

That's the call, that's the game

and the pain stays the same.



I'm walking down this empty road to nowhere,

I pass by the houses and blocks I once knew.

My Mama told me not to mess with sorrow,

but I always did, and Lord, I still do.

I'm still breaking the rules.



I kick it up. I kick it down.



Cos every time I seem to fall in love,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

I find the heart but then I hit the wall,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

That's my real middle-name,

it has always been the same.

That's the call, that's the game

and the pain stays the same.



I still feel the heat -

Slowly fallin' from the sky -

And the taste of the kissing,

shattered by rain -

Comin' tumblin' from behind -

And the wild holy war.



I kick it up. I kick it down



And every time I seem to fall in love,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

I find the roses dying on the floor,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

That's the tall, that's the game

and the pain stays the same.

That's my real middle-name,

it has always been the same.

Oh Yea Oh Yea Oh Yea ah-hah,

been the same, been the same.

It has always been the same.



It has always been the same.