The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We ? -
Lyrics
Copyright (C) 1993 The Cranberries. All rights reserved.



1. I Still Do
2. Dreams
3. Sunday
4. Pretty
5. Waltzing Back
6. Not Sorry
7. Linger
8. Wanted
9. Still Can't...
10. I Will Always
11. How
12. Put Me Down



1. I still Do
I'm not ready for this
Though I thought I would be.
I can't see the future
Though I thought I could see.

I don't want to leave you
Even though I have to.
I don't want to love you.
Oh, I still do.

Need some time to find myself.
I wanna live within.

Can I go my own way?
Can I pray my own way?
I don't want to leave you.
Oh, I need you.

Am I ready for this?
Did I think I would be?
Can I see the future?
No, I can't see.

I don't want to leave you
Even though I have to.
I don't want to love you.
Oh, I still do.

2. Dreams
Oh, my life is changing everyday
In every possible way.
And oh, my dreams,
It's never quiet as it seems,
Never quiet as it seems.

I know I've felt like this before,
But now I'm feeling it even more
Because it came from you.

And then I open up and see
The person falling here is me,
A different way to be.

I want more, impossible to ignore,
Impossible to ignore.
And they'll come true, impossible not to do,
Impossible not to do.

And now I tell you openly,
You have my heart so don't hurt me.
You're what I couldn't find.

A totally amazing mind,
So understanding and so kind;
You're everything to me.

Oh my life is changing everyday
Every possible way.

And oh, my dreams, it's never quiet as it seems,
'Cause you're a dream to me,
Dream to me.

3. Sunday
Oh, do you know
Where to go,
Where to go?

Something on your mind,
Wanna leave me behind,
Wanna leave me behind.

You're spinning me around,
My feet are off the ground.
I dunno know where I stand.
Do you have to hold my hand?
You mystify me,
You mystify me,
You mystify me.

Oh, when he walked into the room,
It happened oh so soon.
I didn't want to know.
Does he really have to go?
You mystify me,
You mystify me,
You mystify me.

And he couldn't find the words to say, "I love you."
And he couldn't find the time to say, "I need you."
It wouldn't come out right.
It wouldn't come out right.
It just came out all wrong.

You're spinning me around,
My feet are off the ground.
I dunno know where I stand.
Do you have to hold my hand?
You mystify me,
You mystify me,
You mystify me.

Oh, do you know
Where to go,
Where to go?

Something on your mind,
Wanna leave me behind,
Wanna leave me behind.

4. Pretty
You're so pretty the way you are.
You're so pretty the way you are.
And you had no reason to be so insolent to me.

La, la, you got to say it if you want to,
But you won't change me.

La, la, you got to say it if you want to,
But you won't change me.

You're so pretty the way you are.
You're so pretty the way you are.
And you had no reason to be so insolent to me.

La, la, you got to say it if you want to,
But you won't change me.

La, la, you got to say it if you want to,
But you won't change me.

5. Waltzing Back
Who gave them the right,
Waltzing back into your life,
Your life,
Your life?

Now I feel fear,
I wish that they'd never come here,
Here,
Here.

What they're gonna do,
what they're gonna say,
Taking you away
From my life, my life, my life?

What they're gonna do,
what they're gonna say,
Taking you away
From my life, my life, my life?

What they're gonna do,
what they're gonna say,
Taking you away
From my life, my life, my life?

I don't wanna know.
I don't wanna say.
I don't wanna say
'Cause it's your life, your life, your life.

Who gave them the right
Turning it back into light,
Light,
Light?

Then I felt fear,
I wish that they'd never come here,
Here,
Here.

Who gave them the right,
The right,
The right?

6. Not Sorry
Keep on looking through the window again,
But I'm not sorry if I do insult you.
I'm sad, not sorry 'bout the way that things went,
And you'll be happy and I'll be forsakin' thee.

I swore I'd never feel like this again,
But you're so selfish
You don't see you're doing to me.

I keep on looking through the window again.
No, I'm not sorry if I do insult you.
No, I'm not sorry if I do insult you.

You told me lies
And I cried, and I cried, and I cried.
'Cause you lied, lied
And I cried,
Yes I cried, yes I cry, I cry, I cry again.

I realize,
As he sighed and he sighed and he sighed.
'Cause you lied, lied,
And I cried,
Yes I cried, yes I try, I try, I try again.

Keep on looking through the window again,
But I'm not sorry if I do insult you.
I'm sad, not sorry 'bout the way that things went,
And you'll be happy and I'll be forsakin' thee.

I swore I'd never feel like this again,
But you're so selfish
You don't see you're doing to me.

I keep on looking through the window again.
No, I'm not sorry if I do detest you.
No, I'm not sorry if I do detest you.

You told me lies
And I cried, and I cried, and I cried.
'Cause you lied, lied
And I cried,
Yes I cried, yes I cry, I cry, I cry again.

I realize,
As he sighed and he sighed and he sighed.
'Cause you lied, lied,
And I cried,
Yes I cried, yes I try, I try, I try again.
Keep on looking through the window again.

7. Linger
If you, if you could return,
Don't let it burn,
Don't let it fade.
I'm sure I'm not being rude,
But it's just your attitude.
It's tearing me apart,
it's ruining ev'rything.

I swore, I swore I would be true
And honey, so did you.
So, why were you holding her hand?
Is that the way we stand?
Were you lying all the time?
Was it just a game to you?

But I'm in so deep.
You know I'm such a fool for you.
You got me wrapped around your finger,ah ,ha, ha.
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to,
Do you have to,
Do you have to let it linger?

Oh, I thought the world of you.
I thought that nothing could go wrong,
But I was wrong.
I was wrong.

If you, if you could get by
Trying not to lie,
Things wouldn't be so confused
And I wouldn't feel so used,
But you always really knew
I just wanna be with you.

But I'm in so deep.
You know I'm such a fool for you.
You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha.
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to,
Do you have to,
Do you have to let it linger?

Oh, I thought the world of you.
I thought that nothing could go wrong,
But I was wrong.
I was wrong.

And I'm in so deep.
You know I'm such a fool for you.
You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha.
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to,
Do you have to,
Do you have to let it linger?

You know I'm such a fool for you.
You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha.
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to,
Do you have to,
Do you have to let it linger?

8. Wanted
Sittin' in an armchair
With my head between my hands;
I wouldn't have to fell like this
If only you'd only understand.
Too many misunderstandings
Causing such delay.
And if it doesn't work like this,
Well I'll try another way.

Oh, if this is the way you wanted it,
Oh, I didn't understand.

Oh, if this is the way you wanted it,
Oh, I didn't understand.

You know that all I wanted
Was to be there by your side.
And if you didn't want it,
Well you shouldn't have denied.
You knew that you were someone special
Right from the start.
But if you treat me badly
We'd be better off apart.

Oh, if this is the way you wanted it,
Oh, I didn't understand.

Oh, if this is the way you wanted it,
Oh, I didn't understand, understand.

9. Still can't recognize the way I feel
Still can't recognize the way I feel.
Nothing of what you said to me was real.
And you still can't find the strength to apologize.
You just go on laughing and telling ev'ryone lies.

'Cause you wanted it all,
You wanted it all,
You wanted it all.

No, and there's nothin' at all,
There's nothin' at all,
There's nothin' at all.

Maybe if you could see beyond your nose.
Nothing of what has happened surely shows.
But your ego excelled and then your attitude.
And you went on laughing and shouting, it's all too shrewd.

'Cause you wanted it all,
You wanted it all,
You wanted it all.

No, and there's nothin' at all,
There's nothin' at all,
There's nothin' at all.

Still can't recognize the way I feel.
Nothing of what you said to me was real.
And you still can't find the strength to apologize.
You just go on laughing and telling ev'ryone lies.

'Cause you wanted it all,
You wanted it all,
You wanted it all.

No, and there's nothin' at all,
There's nothin' at all,
There's nothin' at all.

Wanted it all,
Wanted it all,
You wanted it all.

10. I will always
And now, it's all the same to me,
So be whatever you want to be
And go wherever you need to go.

And when it all seems like a mistake,
Take whatever you need to take
And leave the rest for my own sake.

I will always go beside you.
You will always understand.

And now, it's all the same to me,
So be whatever you want to be
And go wherever you need to go.

And when there's nothing left behind,
Taken whatever you needed to
And leave it all into my mind.

I will always go beside you.
You will always understand.

11. How
Look, you're standing alone,
(Standing alone)
However I should have known,
(I should have known)

Never before,
Never again,
You will ignore,
I will pretend.

Never before,
Never again,
You will ignore,
I will pretend.

In your world you're alone in your face.
You're alone in your world.
You're alone in your face.

How you said you never would leave me alone, oh.
How you said you never would leave me alone.

Now, you're just walking away,
(Walking away)
When you said you always would stay,
(Always would stay)

Never before,
Never again,
You will ignore,
I will pretend.

Never before,
Never again,
You will ignore,
I will pretend.

In your world, you're alone in your face
You're alone in your world.
You're alone in your face.

How you said you never would leave me alone, oh.
How you said you never would leave me alone.

Never before,
Never again,
You will ignore,
I will pretend.

In your world you're alone in your face.
You're alone in your world.
You're alone in your face.

How you said you never would leave me alone, oh.
How you said you never would leave me alone.

How you said you never would leave me alone, oh.
How you said you never would leave me alone, lone.

12. Put me down
Let me take you by the hand
Away from here,
To another land.
Oh, this land in which we live
Where people love and are meant to forgive.
And you always put me wrong,
'Cause you're always putting me down.

I can't take this anymore,
I decided to leave,
Walked out through the door.
Oh, and why do you think I go?
Because you know it can never be so.
And you always put me wrong,
'Cause you're always putting me down.

So let me take you by the hand
Away from here,
To another land.
Oh, this land in which we live
Where people love and are meant to forgive.
And you always put me wrong,
'Cause you're always putting me down.