Come Down Where You Ought To Be

[rone rivendale]

I don't need you
Don't need you
I don't need us
Don't need us
You are way too happy
Stop being happy
Get off your high horse
I'll buck you off

Come down where you ought to be
down with me in despair
Misery loves company you know
I hate you so much
So join me in the fun of ruin
We'll kill each other
And laugh at our own misforunes
Over a shot glass of torment
Come down where you ought to be
Don't need you but I want you
If you leave you might be happy
But I don't care

Stick around a while my ex love
We'll celebrate with break up sex

[EmbersOfAutumn]

Embers of Autumn
Come Down Where You Ought To Be

The Night
The Beat
The Song you Need

I say this isn't my style
You say try it out for awhile
I say I have my reason for doubt
You say this is what music's about...

CHORUS:
This is what makes a song turn out alright
Play out the beat 'til your body moves right
Lyrics, emotion are old hat, you see
they say, 'Come down to where you ought to be'

I say I'll give this one last try
you say I thought that you just might
I say what is this thing I hear
You say the future of music is here.

[Ethan]

come on down
to the ground
come right next to me
come down where you ought to be

it doesn't have to end
like this
a broken sidewalk
a quiet fist

a ladybug who
no longer lives
on my street

i gave it away threw it to
the side
i tried my best
but got lost inside

you buried yourself
when you tried to fly
away

so come on down
to the ground
come right next to me
come down where you ought to be

you went in the sky
like you said you would
when we laid under the stars
on my car's hood

you pointed out
your favorite constellations
but now at
the local train station

your picture lays in the fog
yeah, your picture lays in the fog

come back
to the ground
come back right next to me
come down where you ought to be

[Henrietta]

Come Down Where You Ought to Be - Quimby

Staring down hard at a Polaroid
You and I spent the day skiing
Where does a soul go when it floats away?
Does it read the thoughts that I am praying?

Could it be, if I only found the right words
Some magical phrases, an epic poem, a ballad song
And could it be, if a dozen sang the same thing
Might mister Jesus let you come down where you ought to be?

I tossed aside the Best Friend pendant
In those years that we hated each other
You got sick in the head, and I got sick of it
But I can't say I ever found me another

Could it be, if I only found the right words
A beautiful sonnet, or a tragic flawed solliloquey
And could it be, if a dozen sang the same thing
Might mister Jesus let you come down where you ought to be?
Where you ought to be...
Where you ought to be...
Could it be if I only found the right words
A short sweet haiku, poet laureate approved
And could it be, if we all just said that one thing
Might mister Jesus let you come down?

[nyjm]

Ford's Theater Disaster

ladies and gentlemen - welcome to the show
tonight you will be watching me let my feelings go
all my fears & worries - my hatred & my love
i will reach the zenith-zen i have been dreaming of

this constant wait for heaven cuts me to the bone
it pares away the skin to leave my soul exposed
this void where i am floating - this vacuum filled with grief
has left my prayers all shattered - just fragments of belief

come down - where you
where you ought to be

note upon your programs there is a change in cast
our leading man removed his heart & nailed it to the mast
a Luther born asea - the albatross brought low
these omens of good tidings must now reap what they have sown

& so the rite begins - the guillotine is honed
now Descartes shall separate the soul from flesh and bone
this single point in space has no weight or size
but we shall split it down the middle before your very eyes

come down - where you
where you ought to be

now crawl - on your knees - let go your keening noise
lift up - your voice - sing your hymn of healing void

[Clif]

Lyrics:
It’s been a long time
Since you’ve seen your mother’s face
When you remember home
It’s just another place
You feel your life
Is passing at a breakneck pace

Chorus
Don’t you think it’s time
To come down where you ought to be
Come down where you ought to be
Come down where you ought to be

It seems like yesterday
You were hanging out with friends
Great big plans
Like life would never end
Watched your bridges burn
Now you want to make amends

Chorus

Bridge
Now it’s hard to remember what kept you away
Your hopes, or your fears, or just day-to-day
But you’re never too lost to make your way
Back home

Chorus x2

[inevitableguy]

Come Down Where You Ought To Be
by Naked Philosophy

I read another one today
Where a friend's world falls apart
Things are changing too quickly these days
And I can't even start...to understand

When they take your livelihood away
I hope you come down where you ought to be
Where you can have what you fought for
Where you can land on your feet
When you come down where the grass is green

I read another one today
Where a friend's world falls apart
Things are changing too quickly these days
And I can't even start...to understand

When they take all of your dreams away
I hope you come down where you ought to be
Away from the things that destroy us
Away from all of this mess
When you come down too far away to see

I read another one today
Where a friend's world falls apart
Things are changing too quickly these days
And I can't even start...to understand

The politics is far behind us
But the reality is just taking hold
Good people are feeling it now
Feeling their dreams have been sold

I read another one today
Where a friend's world falls apart
Things are changing too quickly these days
And I can't even start...to understand

[deetak]

Come down where you ought to be
It's okay, you can pay when I leave
Baby's satisfied
Didn't they tell you I was good?

I'll take him back
I'll take him back
If he comes from you

They won't hear you if you're asleep
Neighbors talk but we'll never meet
Baby's satisfied
Don't you worry what you heard

Detective's back
Don't talk or snap
You paid. It wasn't really you

Darling,
Why won't you come down
They're coming up
They'll know it wasn't us
They'll get it soon
Soon enough -

Through the regency
We must lay down
Some minimum basis for our morality
Codify sin
It's written in

Calm down

[Steve Durand]

Come Down Where You Ought To Be

By Steve Durand

New York City always gets so cold and dark
This time of year
So I moved to someplace
Where the sky is warm and clear

It's always surprising just how much a change of
Scene can make
Your troubles disappear

Copacabana beckons me
Golden sand and azure sea
Just the place
To set your spirit free

Take the plunge and you can be
A carioca just like me
Come down to Rio
It's where you ought to be

O Christo Redentor will welcome you
With open arms
Symbol of the friendliest
City in the world

When they play the samba you can dance with me
At carnaval
My belo girl

Copacabana beckons me
Golden sand and azure sea
Just the place
To set your spirit free

Take the plunge and you can be
A carioca just like me
Come down to Rio
It's where you ought to be

[adamadamant]

Mortimer the Tortoise

theres a place far away
and i've been there for a day
wouldnt stay wouldnt stay
coming back home on the train

in this town there are bars
parties every night and cars
driving round, round the town
up and down very fast

in this town women are
hanging out at the bars
i met a lady very lovely
drinking champers and the bubbly

pretty soon it was late
we were driving home in cars
so i put it on the plate
though i was speaking very fast


come with me, back with me
bring no bags there is no need
we could be easily
living life so happily

take a trip, spend a week
out of town, dressing down
family, security,
these are the things we really need

take a look, what you have
isn't very much whats more
anything you have to lose
you will gain again and more

come with me travel down
move away out of town
come with me, down with me
come down were you ought to be

[jast]

Come Down Where You Ought To Be by Jan Krüger

What do you think you're doing
Acting like you are on top of the world
It's quite ridiculous, your elation
With all that bunk you're spewing
Standing there with your wings almost unfurled
Your plans meticulous, your creation

Give up now, it will never work the way you want it to
Drop your delusions now, it's not too late to get a clue

Come down where you ought to be
Obey the laws of gravity
I'll lock you up and eat the key
Before I'll admit honestly what everyone can see
You're smarter than me

How dare you show me up like that
Showing off with all your grace and your charm
I feel like gagging, it's suffocating
We were the best of friends
Neither of us would do the other harm
There'd be no nagging, just commiserating

Those days are done, you have changed into a man I cannot be
People love you, I can't bear it, what will now become of me?

Come down where you ought to be
You don't deserve prosperity
I'll lock you up and eat the key
Before I'll admit honestly what everyone can see
You're more successful than me

I'm sure that you would agree
You're living too happily
Please adhere to my plea

Come down where you ought to be
You don't deserve to be free
I will defame you on TV
I just can't admit honestly what everyone can see
I'm a pathetic loser

[john m]

Come Down Where You Ought To Be
by Doctor Worm

A word to the papers
I wrote you a letter
An eye on the pavement
A joke of a barrier
And it's not fair
Why would you leave
Why would you notice
Anyone but me?

Can you see?

Come down where you ought to be
He said I'll be taking this step easily
I'll take on the world

A glance in the bedroom
An eye on the calendar
A passport, a pocketknife
A ticket to Lancashire
And it's not fair
Why should I not leave
Why should I stand beside you
As you ruin me?

Can you see?
I want you to see

Come down where you ought to be
She said you're not leaving this life painlessly
I'll take on the world

I'm not the one who's supposed to lose
I won't come down and hear the news

Come down where you ought to be
I said I'm not letting you take this from me
I'll take on the world

[JonPorobil]

I didn't submit this because I prioritized writing and recording for FAWM over recording this, but I was pretty happy with my lyrics, so here they are.

When the clock begins to beep
And you're still fast asleep
I like watching you smile and wondering what's in your dreams
But the kids are late for school
And the bills are overdue
And we need every second to seize the day back from the world

Need you to
Come back down where you ought to be

When the house begins to creak
And the pipes begin to leak
I had hoped I'd have saved some more cash before things got this bad
But we work with what we've got
Whether we're prepared or not
But I love you too much to let waking you up make me glad

We need you to
Come back down where you ought to be
Come back down where you ought to be

You are the vessel
You are the sails
You are the anchor
You are the rails

You are the binding
You are the book
You are the story
You are the hook

You are a tractor
You are the field
You are the paint
That I have let peel

You are the primer
You are the wood
You're the foundation
You are still good

We need you to
Come back down where you ought to be
Come back down where you ought to be
Come back down where you ought to be
Come back down where you ought to be

[The Weakest Suit]

Song Fight Song 068
Come Down Where You Ought To Be

Miss Mina, I gave you a gift of evolution
You can side-step most of your life and be happier than if you died
‘Cuz you’re not gettin’ any younger, you’re not gettin’ any younger
Bodies goin’ to hell, just what you’re waiting on
Oh, you’re faking it, did you think this was all just a waste of time
You better…
Come down where you ought to be
Over and over again, over and over again
Come down where you ought to be

Miss Mina, I saved you from your life of devotion, ah
You can side-step all of your days and be happier than if you died
‘Cuz you’re not gettin’ any older, you’re not gettin’ any older
Your body’s goin’ to hell, just what you’re waiting on
Oh, you’re faking it, did you think this was all just a waste of time
You better…
Come down where you ought to be
Over and over again, over and over again
Come down where you ought to be

You’re still fakin’ it, did you think this was all just a waste of time
Come down where you ought to be
Over and over again, over and over again
Come down where you ought to be
Over and over again

© 2009 Weakest Suit Songs

[phetal]

You Veteran Renegade,
You're chained now
you've turned your friends away

With the wind
through the rain
The match strikes
notes within your brain

You're quiet and uncertain of
Your new lightness
With your curtains drawn

Cut through this scene
Come down off the movie screen
Come out and see
Come down where you ought to be

Get Out...

Cut through this scene
Come down off the movie screen
Come out and see
Come down where you ought to be

The place we called
When you got lost
Has cut the cord and made it clear to us

Who watched you crawl
and helped you up
has swept their memories away like dust

Get Out...

Cut through this scene
Come down off the movie screen
Come out and see
Come down where you ought to be

[Reist]

Come Down Where You Ought To Be - By Andrew Reist

Come on down to where you ought to be
With me hey
And for now we both begin to see
We're free free

Hey I bought a little trinket
Just to let you know I'm thinking of you
Hey oh
And I hope that you will like it
And that maybe you will try it
Someday hey

Come on down to where you ought to be
With me hey
And for now we both begin to see
We're free free

Hey you know what I've been thinking?
I've been thinking that we'll make it out someday
Hey heyoh
Even though I need the feeling
When I see you I know that we will be okay
Hey hey

Ya I know we're free to live it
But you're the muse so you keep giving anyway
Hey hey
Even though I need the feeling
When I see you I know that we will be okay

Come on down to where you ought to be
With me hey
And for now we both begin to see
We're free free

[Ross]

By Ross Durand

They say you’re watching earth from a distance
And it’s blue and green and peaceful
But I i think you’d better get a closer look
It’ll tell you something meaningful
Cause there’s brothers fighting brothers down here
And if it’s your own image the image ain’t too clear

You better - come down where you ought to be
Cause there’s a lot goin’ wrong down here that you ought to see
And we could use a little help from up above
You better come down here
If you’re up there at all

They say the lord helps those who help themselves
But some have helped themselves a little too much
And we’re all goin’ down - if we don’t get some help from somewhere
Perhaps a little heavenly touch
Cause there’s madness and corruption in the air
But I guess you just can’t see it from up there

Chorus

So come and give another visit to the place where we all live
Wouldn’t you rather stop the sins, than just forgive

Chorus

[Teplin]

Come Down Where You Ought To Be, as presented by Humboat


Child of mine, I know that you have dreams
You imagine the future and who you'll someday be
There are so many jobs you can get confused
So I've written this song... to help you choose

You can be
Anything that you want to be
But I suggest janitor
Come down where you ought to be
And you can do
Anything that you want to do
But you'll never be president
Don't bite more than you can chew
Because I think you know we know
You're not the brightest kid on the block
Sharpest tack in the box

I love you
And I know that you love me
But I gotta be honest here
You're gonna be trimming trees

The wheels on the bus
Have gotta go round and round
And you'll be the one driving it
Because you weigh 200 pounds
And you're only eight years old, my God
You're gonna have your name on your shirt
Get used to moving piles of dirt

Can't be a fireman, when you're an asthma case
Can't be a surgeon, the sight of blood makes you faint
Can't be an astronaut, not with your mother's genes
Can't be a physicist, you don't even know what that means
And Jedi is not a real job
Believe me, I looked into it

You can see
All the world that you want to see
I recommend Delaware
you could manage an Applebee's

And no you can't just be a pirate
They're not around anymore
Unless you're from Singapore

You're better off
With lower expectations

[Nigel (spOOn) Clements]

Come Down Where You Ought To Be
by Nigel Clements

You stand so high
You speak so slowly
I never wanted
You to go

Come down where you ought to be
Come down here and be with me
I'll bring you down with my disease
Come down where you ought to be

I see your smile
I feel your eyes
Reflecting in the
Back of my mind so

Come down where you ought to be
Come down here and be with me
I'll bring you down with my disease
Come down where you ought to be

Standing outside your door
Watching your every move
Imagining your
Naked body
Spread all over my
Naked Body

Come down where you ought to be
Come down here and be with me
I'll bring you down with my disease
Come down where you ought to be
Come down where you ought to be
Come down here and be with me
I'll bring you down with my disease
Come down where you ought to be

[Henrietta]

Come Down Where You Ought to Be - Q feat. Billy's Little Trip

My love, to you, must be like deaf girls in a choir
Just might try forever but never get it right
My love, to you, must be like beasties in the heather
You don't always see them, but you'll hear them cry at night

The last thing that I remember is falling
And the last thing that I remember is falling
And the last thing that I remember is
Falling in love
So come down, come down where you ought to be
Oh, Come down, come down where you ought to be

Or maybe you'll tell me it's like Peter Pan's shadow
Cuz I don't always follow where ever you might go
Or maybe you'll tell me it's like magma in a mountain
It's really hard to feel it cuz it don't exactly flow
It don't exactly flow

But last thing that I remember is falling
And the last thing that I remember is falling
And the last thing that I remember is
Falling in love,
So come down, come down where you ought to be
Oh, Come down, come down where you ought to be
Oh, Come down, come down where you ought to be
And I will try again

[reve]

Come on Down Where You Ought to Be - Chthonic Chthock

you can't just run and hide
they're coming for your mind
whilst you are unaware
follow you everywhere you go
selling death
selling song
selling wasted lives
all in good time

come on down to where you oughta be we we'll disrupt control
we're gonna subervert everything that you know

if you think you can hide
(they'll find you)
when you just want to die
(they'll keep you)
don't wanna disassociate
instead unite, recriminate

come on down where you oughta be we'll disrupt control
we're gonna teach 'em everything we know
OF
REV
O
LU
TION

come on down
burn it down
tear it up and apart
time to start
something other than nothing

(repeat)

i don't want us to die
alone in ourselves
in this room
in this death
in this death brigade

the surgeons have eyes
the surgeons have knives
and they're stepping forward
hovering and smiling all the way

[Phil. Redmon.]

by Abominominous

I'm awake in the blue light baby alone
you got a lock on a log, gonna saw it
main floor, mainroom, workin' in solitude
without a sugar fried rainbow baby to pass it to

I'm alone in the blue light baby, awake
you're tucked an' harvestin' beauty
I acquiesce, you gotta hit it in the mo'
but I sure wish honey sugar baby mama you could come down
where you ought to be.