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Lyrics for Proud!


Phunt; don't tell.

He was proud.
. proud proud proud
He was proud.

Of what he'd done.
Of what he'd done.
. ooh, of what he'd done.

He understood.
. proud proud proud
. PROUD
He understood.
but what he'd done had been quite (scrambled)
He understood!

But what he'd done had been quite bad.
He was sitting across the table from (scrambled) three men he'd made quite mad.

He was sitting across the table from me when it became clear.
The man had never lied before.

Ya, you were the pain in my neck and the ache in my back.
You could have died for your complete lack of tact.
You don't know how to mince words and you won't compromise.
You never understood the value of lies.

Proud!

Onward to yesterday
A backlog of dues to pay
Told to be proud
For holding it down

Making the best of it
Faking the rest of it
Review and replay
The last wasted day

Then you rise in the light of her eyes
And you find this is why you're alive

Blaze your undrafted path
Brace for the aftermath
That threatens your lives
And never arrives

Chasing obscurity
Facing eternity
You're told to be proud
For waiting it out

Then you rise in the light of her eyes
And you find this is why you're alive

(instr.)

Will you rise in the light of her eyes
When you find this is why you're alive

The Darkest Daves - Proud!

They say you're one of the seven sins
something you inflinct upon your kin
they say you come before a fall
so cum on everyone, one and all

Proud! Be Proud!
Proud! Be Proud!

They put you in a uniform, make you wear a tie
they say that you're weak, to keep you in line
they say to serve man, before yourself
so serve them up the words "go fuck yourself"

Proud! Be Proud!
Proud! Be Proud!

PROUD!

You know I have to shout it ‘cause you know it makes me want to be so Proud
To be a certified member Proud
To be the one that dogs look up to
And you know that every time another species goes extinct I say it loud!
I’m so proud to be a human —

You know back in the time, the time of Alley Oop
When creepy things and slime were pretty much as good as Man?
Who could predict that the runty little mammal hiding in the leaves
Would one day invent the oscillating fan?

It just makes you want to fall down on your knees and shout to heaven
Holy crap I’m just so Proud!
I’ll take one from Column A — Proud! A half-dozen from Column B —
Oh hell I’ll take the whole menu and the shovel that it comes with
I want it now! I’m so proud to be a human.

Plus, just let me say — (can I get a towel?)
Not only am I a human, a lord over all I survey,
I’m also a Man
I have special responsibility for the woman.
She can count on me, she can always count on me
to be a Man. (that’s right!)

Proud! Have a gasoline Mai-Tai
Proud! No need to question why-tai
Proud! Let me slip into something comfortable
Proud! Like my ’66 Eldo convertible
Proud! And I’m proud to say I’m proud
Proud! I can take the whole world down
Proud! And make sure what’s lost is never found
Proud! I can make the Earth sweat like me
Proud! You’ve never ever seen a threat like me
Proud! Please step to the rear of the car
Heyheyheyhey!! You can’t fade out on a human!
That’s right! I’m too proud!

Proud!
Mr. Lostman

He sits alone in his apartment up on 17th street
digging through old fan mail and throwing it back in the heap
He don't think they hear his words,
no, no one cares for the verse
but everyone sings along with the verse

Its not true
We still hear you and if you'd listen you'd hear us sing along right now
so stand up and smile with me and be...

Proud, of all you do and everything that you've been through
be proud, its a long way since you left home
you've made it on your own
no one else is quiet like you,
be proud!

I spot him in the subway everyday round three,
blowing through the turnstyles though he's got nowhere to be
He's got a pen and paper
writing down observations
of everyone he sees in the parks and bus stations

its not fair,
you should be out on the road playing to another sold out crowd
but your too busy hiding out
why cant you be...

Proud, of all you do and everything that you've been through
be proud, its a long way since you left home
you've made it on your own
no one else is quiet like you,
be proud!

He saw a mural today down on 16th street
depicting him in concert in 1963, and how hes back
in his apartment with pen and paper aside
hes got his guitar in his arms and he's been playing all night
singing with all his might, be...

Proud, of all you do and everything that you've been through
be proud, its a long way since you left home
you've made it on your own
no one else is quiet like you,
be proud!

Proud!
By Deux Freres

Well I'm throwin' me a party cause my team won the game
I guess we're going to the championships
You know I watched it all on TV, didn't do much to help
Except for drinking beer and eating some chips
But I'm Proud! to be from here
And I'm Proud! that we won
And I'm Proud! to wave my finger shouting "We're number one!"

You know I never thought too much about the girls at my school
I never thought that they were worth my while
But one is Miss Ventura County and I'm standin’ on the curb
Trying to catch from her a wave or a smile
And I'm Proud! to be from here
And I'm Proud! that she won
And I'm Proud! to wave my finger shouting "You're number one!"

You know I really can't do anything too good myself
All day I take things out of boxes and put em on the shelves
My self-esteem relies upon what others have achieved
I take what they accomplish and wear it on my sleeve
That’s the only way to get the ego boost I need

On the fourth of July I like to go the park
The fireworks give me hope
Those revolutionaries died to make me free
Though I don’t think I’ve ever casted a vote
And I’m Proud! to be from here
And I’m Proud! that we won
And I’m Proud! to wave my flag sayin’ “We’re number one!â€

Proud! by The Brush Pickers

I went to see Kay.
She said with a sigh:
I'll help you add, subtract, divide,
but not multiply.

Didn't come from the North
or go to the East.
Our focus was Central --
our knowlege increased.

When things go South,
don't look to the West.
She gather us in, got under our skin --
she was the best.

I went to see Kay.
She got kind of loud
whenever we play, wherever we go,
she make me so proud.

We go to the parties
way out in the wood.
The drink and the flower
and the people were good.

In the dark cow pasture
we go tripping and fall.
I want to go back and look for my hat,
but it's under a mall.

And now we are different,
but still we're the same.
She's with me forever,
and I'm proud to say
I went to see Kay.

PROUD / King Arthur

Ashamed would be too strong a word,
Embarassed might be, too,
But these days I'm disappointed
In the bulk of what I do.
I thumb through my old scrapbooks,
Play one of my old CDs
These reminders make me wonder
Whatever became of me.

I was proud... of all I could do
Proud that I'd survived all that I went through.
Proud, thought I could do it all - heh,
See how fast the self-deluded fall.

I wasn't good at talking
But then I never thought I needed to,
I believed that my accomplishments
Were enough to get me through.
I cling to my old journals,
I pick up my old guitar
And I wonder how... who we used to be
Turns into who we are.

(chorus)

I kick back in my Lazy Boy
And I take another drink,
I spend so much time obsessing
That I never stop to think.
Doctor tells me I should do my best
And just be pleased,
But I don't like having my defense
Be diminished capabilities.

(chorus)