One of my favorite bands of the last 20 years. Their songs are different, stylish and well-produced in the studio and dynamic and more aggresive live! Loved by many they seem to be under appreciated by even more,NO DOUBT! And they've got one hell-of-a-hot lead singer(though I'm not including any of her solo work in this list!)
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SPIDERWEBS
Written by Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal Meaningful, descriptive lyrics: "You think that we connect! That the chemistry's correct! Your words walk right through my ears! Presuming I like what I hear! And now I'm stuck in the, the web you're spinning! You've got me for your prey! Sorry I'm not home right now! I'm walking into spider webs! So leave a message and I'll call you back! A likely story! But, leave a message and I'll call you back! You're intruding on what's mine! And you're taking up my time! Don't have the courage inside me to tell you, "Please, let me be!" Communication! A telephonic invasion! I'm planning my escape!...And it's all your fault! I screen my phone calls! No matter who calls, I gotta screen my phone calls! Now it's gone too deep!...You wake me in my sleep!...My dreams become nightmares!...Cause you're ringing in my ears!"
DON'T SPEAK
Written by Gwen Stefani and Eric Stefani Sad, romantic, meaningful lyrics: "You and me, we used to be together. Every day together. Always! I really feel that I'm losing my best friend! I can't believe this could be the end! It looks as though you're letting go! And if it's real, well, I don't want to know! Don't speak! I know just what you're saying! So please stop explaining! Don't tell me, cause it hurts! Don't speak! I know what you're thinking! I don't need your reasons!...Our memories, well, they can be inviting! But some are all together mighty frightening! As we die, oh, you and I! With my head in my hands, I sit and cry!...It's all ending! I gotta stop pretending who we are! You and me, I can see us dying! Are we?...I know what you're saying, so please stop explaining!...I know you're good! I know you're real good!...Hush, hush darling!"
JUST A GIRL
Written by Gwen Stefani and Tom Dumont Sarcastic, descriptive, meaningful lyrics: "Take this pink ribbon off my eyes. I'm exposed and it's no big surprise! Don't you think I know exactly where I stand? This world is forcing me to hold your hand! Cause I'm just a girl, oh little ol me! Well, don't let me out of your sight! Oh, I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite! So don't let me have any rights! Oh, I've had it up to here! The moment that I step outside, so many reasons for me to run and hide! I can't do the little things I hold so dear! Cause it's all those little things that I fear! Cause I'm just a girl! I'd rather not be! Cause they won't let me drive late at night! Oh, I'm just a girl, guess I'm some kind of freak! Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes!...Take a good look at me! Just a typical prototype!...Am I making myself clear?...I'm just a girl in the world! That's all that you'll let me be! Oh, I'm just a girl living in captivity! Your rule of thumb makes me worry some!...What's my destiny? What I've succumbed to is making me numb!...My apologies, what I've become is so burdensome! Oh, I'm just a girl! Lucky me! Tweedle dum? There's no comparison! Oh, I've had it up to here!"
HEY BABY
Written by Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, and Rodney Price Descriptive, meaningful lyrics "I'm the kinda girl that hangs with the guys. Like a fly on the wall with my secret eyes, takin it in! Try to be feminine with my makeup bag, watchin all the sin! Misfit, I sit! Lit up! Wicked! Everybody else surrounded by the girls with the tank tops and the flirty words! I'm just sippin on Chamomile! Watching boys and girls and their sex appeal! With a stranger in my face who says he knows my mom and went to my high school! All the boys say, 'Hey baby, hey baby, hey!' Girls say, girls say 'Hey baby!',,,All the boys get the girls in the back! I'm the one they feed upon! Give a bit, a star is born! And if you're hot enough you'll get the pass and you can tell your friends how you made it back! No matter what they say, I'm still the same! Somehow everybody knows my name! And all the girls wanna get with the boys and the boys really like it!...Check it out! It's Bounty Killer and No Doubt! Jump on the stage makes me goin crazy! Afterwards myself and one of them gorgeous ladies! There is no need to be actin shady! C'mon baby! Hey, hey baby!...When you rock your hips you know that it amaze me! Get me off the hook and nothing else don't phase me! Can you be my one and only sunshine lady? If no, no maybe? Hey baby!"
SIMPLE KIND OF LIFE
Written by Gwen Stefani Descriptive, meaningful lyrics: "For a long time I was in love. Not only in love, I was obsessed! With a friendship that no one else could touch! It didn't work out! I'm covered in shells! And all I wanted was the simple things! A simple kind of life! And all I needed was a simple man, so I could be a wife! I'm so ashamed. I've been so mean! I don't know how it got to this point! Oh, I always was the one with all the love! Then you came along. I'm hunting you down, oh! Like a sick domestic abuser looking for a fight!...If we met tomorrow for the very first time, would it start all over again? Would I try to make you mine? I always thought I'd be a mom! Sometimes I wish for a mistake! The longer that I wait, the more selfish that I get! You seem like you'd be a good dad! Now all those simple things are simply too complicated for my life! And how'd I get so faithful to my freedom? A selfish kind of life? When all I ever wanted was the simple things, a simple kind of life!"
IT'S MY LIFE
RUNNING
Written by Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal Romantic, meaningful lyrics: "Run! Running all the time! Running to the future with you right by my side. Me! I'm the one you chose! Out of all the people, you wanted me the most! And I'm so sorry that I've fallen! Help me up!...Don't let me fall out of love! Running, running as fast as we can!...Do you think we'll make it?...Keep holding my hand! It's so we don't get separated!...Be the one I need! Be the one I trust most! Don't stop inspiring me! Sometimes it's hard to keep on running! We work so much to keep it going! Don't make me want to give up!...I really hope we make it"
EX-GIRLFRIEND
Written by Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont and Tony Kanal Meaningful, descriptive lyrics: "I kinda always knew I'd end up your ex-girlfriend! I hope I hold a special place with the rest of them! And you know it makes me sick to be on that list! But I should have thought of that before we kissed! You say you're gonna burn before you mellow? I will be the one to burn you! Why'd you have to go and pick me? When you knew that we were different! Completely!...I'm another ex-girlfriend on your list!...Your wildness scares me! So does your freedom! You say you can't stand the restrictions! I find myself trying to change you. If you were meant to be my lover I wouldn't have to! And I feel so mean! I feel in between! Cause I'm about to give you away! I kinda always knew I'd end up your ex-girlfriend! For someone else to take!...Am I making a mistake?...All the time that was wasted!...I'm about to give you away for someone else to take! We keep repeating mistakes for souvenirs! And we've been between the days for years! And I know that when I see you, I'm going to die! I know I'm going to want you, and you know why! It's going to kill me to see you with the next girl! Cause I'm the most gorgeously jealous kind of ex-girl!... But I should have thought of that before we kissed!"
BATHWATER
Written by Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal and Tom Dumont Descriptive lyrics: "You and your museum of lovers! The precious collection you've housed in your covers! My simpleness threatened by my own admission! And the bags are much too heavy in my insecure condition. My pregnant mind is fat full with envy again. But I still love to wash in your old bathwater. Love to think that you couldn't love another! I can't help it, you're my kind of man! Wanted and adored by attractive women. Bountiful selection at your discretion! I know I'm diving into my own destruction! So why do we choose the boys that are naughty? I don't fit in! So why do you want me? I know I can't tame you, but I just keep trying! Cause I love to wash in your old bathwater!...On your list with all your other women!...You make me feel like I couldn't love another!...Why do the good girls always want the bad boys? So I pacify problems with kisses and cuddles. Diligently doubtful through all kinds of trouble! Then I find myself choking on all my contradictions!"
HELLAGOOD
Written by Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Pharrell Williams, and Chad Hugo Descriptive lyrics: "The waves keep on crashing on me for some reason! But your love keeps on coming like a thunderbolt! Come here a little closer cause I wanna see you baby real close up! Get over here!...You've got me feeling hella good so let's just keep on dancing! You hold me like you should so I'm gonna keep on dancing! A performance deserving of standing ovations! And who would've thought it'd be the two of us! I...think it ever could happen! Ha! Ha! So don't wake me if I'm dreaming! Cause I'm in the mood come on and give it up!"