Jesse McCartney - In Technicolor Album Lyrics

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In Technicolor, Pt. I

Get a job, pay the rent
Wash, rinse, repeat, do it again
We all live in a black and white world
But let's face it, while time's wasting
We're all here with the same motivation
Tryna find that someone who sees your worth

Technicolor
Waiting for that
Technicolor
Searching for that
Technicolor
Waiting for that
Technicolor

When I'll find her, game over
My future, uncovered
The good, the bad, the in-between
Perfect insanity, oh
She'll hate me when I love her
And we'll fight like this forever
But she's a dream and she's mine
A spectrum of beauty and light

Technicolor
All I see is
Technicolor
She's loving me
Technicolor
Now I see
Technicolor

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Back Together

Lipstick on my cigarette
How you used to hog the bed
The little shit that I can't forget,
I wonder where you are
Still got your apartment key,
Voice mails that I can't delete
Man, I miss how it used to be, I wonder where you are
I reminisce with the stars tonight
And I think of how we knew them all by name
But they don't shine half as bright
Ever since you walked away, oh

If we get back together
It'll be like when I met ya
Even better, girl, I bet ya, baby
Let's get back together
Girl, I swear you are the reason
Love is something worth believing

Ooh (when we get together) ooh (it'll be forever) ooh (when we get together) ooh
Yeah

If we get back together
It'll be like when I met ya
Even better, girl, I bet ya, baby

Last call at the troubadour
Late night meals after four
Stumbling through my front door, it just don't feel the same
Can't go to our lunch spot, or grab Joe from the coffee shop
Looking down at my phone a lot, but I don't see your name
I reminisce with the stars tonight
And I think of how we knew them all by name
But they don't shine half as bright
Ever since you walked away, oh

If we get back together
It'll be like when I met ya
Even better, girl, I bet ya, baby
Let's get back together
Girl, I swear you are the reason
Love is something worth believing

Ooh (when we get together) ooh (it'll be forever) ooh (when we get together) ooh
Yeah

If we get back together
It'll be like when I met ya
Even better, girl, I bet ya, baby

If we get back together
If we get back together
If we get back together
If we get back together

I reminisce with the stars tonight
And I think of how we knew them all by name
But they don't shine half as bright
Ever since you walked away, oh

If we get back together
It'll be like when I met ya
Even better, girl, I bet ya, baby
Let's get back together
Girl, I swear you are the reason
Love is something worth believing

If we get back together
It'll be like when I met ya
Even better, girl, I bet ya, baby
Let's get back together!

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Young Love

We've been together a minute
Seen couples come and go
When people ask how we did it
I flash a picture of you

Cause lookin' at you, it still feels like the day I met you
Lookin' at you, I'm still weak in the knees

Young love, girl, I'm still drooling like a baby
Young love, it feels like I'm seventeen
So what if we're older than we're acting lately
Young love is all that we'll ever be
So hit the lights, crack the wine, baby lock the door
Slippin' out of our clothes, throw 'em on the floor
Dirty dancin' to our song on the radio
Young love, (hey!) is all that we'll ever be

You've always been something different
A cut above the rest
My number one with a bullet
You hit me right in the chest

Cause lookin' at you, it still feels like the day I met you
Lookin' at you, still knocks me off my feet

Young love, girl, I'm still drooling like a baby
Young love, it feels like I'm seventeen
So what if we're older than we're acting lately
Young love is all that we'll ever be
So hit the lights, crack the wine, baby lock the door
Slippin' out of our clothes, throw 'em on the floor
Dirty dancin' to our song on the radio
Young love, (hey!) is all that we'll ever be

And we both know that
we'll never find another (no)
That'll ever compare to you and me
Cause with you it's like the fun is never over (hey)
Forever young we will be
Young love
Young love (oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh)

Young love, girl I'm still drooling like a baby
Young love, it feels like I'm seventeen
So what if we're older than we're acting lately
Young love is all that we'll ever be
So hit the lights, crack the wine, baby lock the door
Slippin' out of our clothes, throw 'em on the floor
Dirty dancin' to our song on the radio
Young love, (hey!) is all that we'll ever be.

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Superbad

She's a miracle
She got everybody talking
She don't care at all
Watch the way she's walking
Oooo, she's a classy girl

Got danger in her touch
She should come with a warning
When she struts her stuff
Every head is turning
Oooo, she's a classy girl

[Chorus:]
My girl is superbad, super stacked
Got no time for photographs
Watch out!
My girl is superbad, that's a fact
Knock your train right off the track
Watch out!
She's divine, all the time
And everything she does is always by design
My girl is superbad, that's a fact
Knock your train right off the track
Watch out!

Treated like a queen
Don't need no permission
Sexy's her routine
She's the definition
Oooo, she's a classy girl

[Chorus:]
My girl is superbad, super stacked
Got no time for photographs
Watch out!
My girl is superbad, that's a fact
Knock your train right off the track
Watch out!
She's divine, all the time
And everything she does is always by design
My girl is superbad, that's a fact
Knock your train right off the track
Watch out!
You feel me

[Bridge:]
My girl's a super sonic sex machine
She'll put the technicolor in your screen
Yeah, she's a super psychedelic dream
My girl is super, super, superbad

[Chorus:]
My girl is superbad, super stacked
Got no time for photographs
Watch out!
My girl is superbad, that's a fact
Knock your train right off the track
Watch out!
She's divine, all the time
And everything she does is always by design
My girl is superbad, that's a fact
Knock your train right off the track
Watch out! Watch out!

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All About Us

I'm on cloud nine
I end your sentences, you start mine
When I'm wrong, you say that I'm right
I never felt the way I do when I'm with you
But it's been part time
And I feel it comin', we're in twilight
Grey area wants me to choose sides
And this line of questioning is new, out of the blue
She says

Are you all about us? (uh, all about us)
Tell me you're the that one I can trust (that I can trust)
Tell me that forever's never enough (nah, never enough)
That I'm the only one that's gettin' your love
Are you all about us?
(Damn)
Am I all about us? (all about us)
I know that she's someone that I can trust (I can trust)
But commitment somehow feels like giving up (gi-givin' up)
And I love this girl, but do I love her enough
To be all about us?
Are you all about us?

Now I'm tongue-tied
I kiss her lips tryin' to kill time
She tells me to say something and don't lie
My indecision is a clue (yeah)
I'm torn in two
If I had it my way (my way)
We'd stay the same, nothing would have to change (have to change)
But I hear those words like they're on replay (replay)
And this line of questioning is new, out of the blue
She says (Hey!)

Are you all about us? (uh, all about us)
Tell me you're the that one I can trust (that I can trust)
Tell me that forever's never enough (nah, never enough)
That I'm the only one that's gettin' your love
Are you all about us? (oooh)
Am I all about us? (all about us)
I know that she's someone that I can trust (I can trust)
But commitment somehow feels like givin' up, oh oh oh (gi-givin' up)
And I love this girl, but do I love her enough (hey hey hey)
To be all about us?
Are you all about us?

Can't nobody love you, baby, like I do (li-like I do)
And you better believe it (better believe it)
But I just need a little more time to think this through
(It's true, it's true, it's me, not you)
Are you all about us? (ah ah ah ah) oh oh oh
Are you all about us? (ah ah ah ah) oh oh oh
Are you all about us, 'bout us, 'bout us?
(Damn)
Are you all about us, (hey, hey, hey) 'bout us?
Are you all about us?

Are you all about us? (uh, all about us)
Tell me you're the that one I can trust (that I can trust)
Tell me that forever's never enough (nah, never enough)
That I'm the only one that's gettin' your love (hey, hey, hey)
Are you all about us? (Damn) Am I all about us? (all about us)
I know that she's someone that I can trust (I can trust)
But commitment somehow feels like givin' up (I'm givin' up, oh)
And I love this girl, but do I lo ve her enough (oh oh oh)
To be all about us? (hey, hey, hey)
Are you all about us?

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Checkmate

How would you feel when the king has gotta lie down
Will you finally see that this is something that couldn't work out
You thought that you'd be ready but I knew that you always had your doubts
I just wanted to be the one to save you, the one that knew how
But this all would have an ending, it was so clear to see
'Cause you couldn't wrap your head around the jealousy

That's why I'm calling checkmate, checkmate
I'm calling checkmate on you baby
I'm calling checkmate, checkmate
You are gonna lose 'cause you chose to make the moves you make
Checkmate, checkmate
I'm calling checkmate on you baby
Oh I'm calling checkmate, checkmate
Girl you will always lose when you choose to make the moves you make

Said how are you feeling when the king has gotta lie down?
'Cause you put up a wall around your castle and I just can't climb around
I can hear you on the other side of it, screaming
But you're too afraid to face the demons
So you let your heart just take a beating
And I'm the one who pays for it, think I gotta get

I'm calling checkmate, checkmate
I'm calling checkmate on you baby
I'm calling checkmate, checkmate
You are gonna lose 'cause you chose to make the moves you make
Checkmate, checkmate
I'm calling checkmate on you baby
Oh I'm calling checkmate, checkmate
Girl you will always lose when you choose to make the moves you make

And I don't really wanna do this
Girl it's breaking my heart in two
Yes I'd give anything to keep on playing here with you
And maybe we can pick these pieces up and start again another day when things have changed
But you left me with no other moves to choose

Checkmate
I'm calling checkmate on you baby
I'm calling checkmate, checkmate
You are gonna lose 'cause you chose to make the moves you make
Checkmate, checkmate
I'm calling checkmate on you baby
Oh I'm calling checkmate, checkmate
Girl you will always lose when you choose to make the moves you make

I ran out of options
I ran out of options

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Punch Drunk Recreation

Don't mess with it (punch drunk recreation)
Just move with it
Don't mess with it (punch drunk recreation)
Just move with it

Faded
Stumblin' through these ladies
None of 'em even phase me, hey
Drinkin'
Sippin' that liquid courage
Trying to get Mrs. Perfect, hey
You don't have to say a damn word
Your body says it all

Girl, I've wanted you from the jump
We can kick it off with some conversation
Your place will be fine for the night
Lookin' for that late night invitation
Cause I just want to be where you are
Just a little punch drunk recreation (punch drunk recreation)

Don't mess with it, just move with it
Don't mess with it, just move with it
Don't mess with it, just move with it

Baby, better go call that taxi
Cause we gonna work in that back seat, hey
Take it, I know just how you want it
Run it back in the morning, hey
You don't have to say a damn word
Your body says it all

Girl, I've wanted you from the jump
We can kick it off with some conversation
Your place will be fine for the night
Lookin' for that late night invitation
Cause I just want to be where you are
Just a little punch drunk recreation (punch drunk recreation)

Don't mess with it, just move with it
Don't mess with it, just move with it

Lookin' into your eyes, the party's begun (ahh, ahhh)
Got the invitation to be your plus one (ahh, ahhh)
Recreational girl, let's go get us some (ahh, ahhh)
Take it back to your place and punch drunk

Girl, I've wanted you from the jump
We can kick it off with some conversation
Your place will be fine for the night
Lookin' for that late night invitation
Cause I just want to be where you are
We can kick it off with some conversation
Your place will be fine for the night
Just a little punch drunk recreation

Punch drunk recreation
Punch drunk recreation
Punch drunk recreation
Punch drunk recreation
Punch drunk recreation
Punch drunk recreation
Punch drunk recreation
Punch drunk

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Goodie Bag

Lookin' round the room
Same people, different place
'Bout to make a move
But then I see your face
Shining like a jewel
So rare, so fine
The kind of beautiful from another time

Girl, you got it
Like that
And I want it
So bad
So, baby, let me peek inside
Show me what I won tonight

You know I like them finer things
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Sweeter than the best champagne
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Baby, I'm so glad I came
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Can't wait to take you home with me
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag

Can't believe my luck
I never had it like this
I can't get enough
You're the sweetest gift

Girl, you got it
Like that
And I want it
So bad
So, baby, let me peek inside
Show me what I won tonight

You know I like them finer things
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Sweeter than the best champagne
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Baby, I'm so glad I came
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Can't wait to take you home with me
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag

Come closer, let me hold you
You know what I want to do
Unwrap you all over and over
Wanna take my time with you
So, baby, come closer, let me hold you
You know what I want to do
Unwrap you all over and over
Wanna take my time with you

Girl, you got it
Like that
And I want it
So bad
So, baby, let me peek inside
Show me what I won tonight

You know I like them finer things
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Sweeter than the best champagne
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Baby, I'm so glad I came
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Can't wait to take you home with me (can't wait to take you home with me, oh)
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag

You know I like them finer things
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Sweeter than the best champagne (I know)
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Baby, I'm so glad I came
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag
Can't wait to take you home with me
Goodie, goodie, you're like a goodie bag

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In Technicolor, Pt. II

Once upon a time, babe
I was color-blinded
Nothing was real, no no no
I was just a blank page
You colored in the lines, baby
It's so surreal

You saved me
You took my life from black and white
Now I live in Technicolor

I don't want to be without you
Livin' in a world with no view
What the hell would I do, would I do?
No clue, I need you
In Technicolor
I don't want to be without you
Livin' in a world with no view
What the hell would I do, would I do?
No clue, I need you
In Technicolor

Technicolor
Technicolor
In Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor
In Technicolor

Give me red, give me red, give me romance
You change my color, baby, every time you give me that
Ohh, ooooooh
I'll run away with you, baby
I'll run away with you
Cause with you the spectrum's never been so clear

You saved me
You took my life from black and white
Now I live in Technicolor

I don't want to be without you
Livin' in a world with no view
What the hell would I do, would I do?
No clue, I need you
In Technicolor
I don't want to be without you
Livin' in a world with no view
What the hell would I do, would I do?
No clue, I need you
In Technicolor

Technicolor (She's lovin' me in)
Technicolor
In Technicolor
Technicolor (There's no other place I'd rather be)
Technicolor
In Technicolor
In Technicolor
In Technicolor

I don't want to be without you
Livin' in a world with no view
What the hell would I do, would I do?
No clue, I need you
In Technicolor

I don't want to be without you
Livin' in a world with no view
What the hell would I do, would I do?
No clue, I need you
In Technicolor (Girl, you got me seein')

I don't want to be without you (Girl, I don't know what to do)
Livin' in a world with no view
What the hell w ould I do, would I do?
No clue, I need you
In Technicolor

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Tie The Knot

Well it's about that time when all our friends around us
One by one they're stopping their own lives
And I can see it in your eyes you want some answers
Wondering when it's gonna be our time

Now I ain't never been a guy looking for marriage
That was something I just wouldn't do
But lately you've been on my brain and I go insane
Thinking 'bout a life without you

I, I know you...
You've been waiting to be taken
I, I know you...
You've been waiting so patiently

I'm ready, you're ready, we're ready, been ready
Come on girl, let's tie the knot
I'll never lie, never cheat, take care of you between the sheets
Come on girl, let's tie the knot
And after we say "I do!" (Hey!) Go anywhere we want to (Ho!)
Drive away, "Just married" on the car, yeah
I'm on my knees 'cause I believe
That you're the one that's right for me
Come on girl, let's tie the knot

They say the grass is always greener, temptation is a killer
Well girl that's all a lie
'Cause when we're standing in the mirror
There's really nothing clearer than you and I

I, I know you...
You've been waiting to be taken
I, I know you...
You've been waiting so patiently

I'm ready, you're ready, we're ready, been ready
Come on girl, let's tie the knot
I'll never lie, never cheat, take care of you between the sheets
Come on girl, let's tie the knot
And after we say "I do!" (Hey!) Go anywhere we want to (Ho!)
Drive away, "Just married" on the car, yeah
I'm on my knees 'cause I believe
That you're the one that's right for me
Come on girl, let's tie the knot

I can picture you all in white
So go pick out the dress that you like
I wanna spend the rest of my life
For rich or for poor, I will need nothing more when you're by my side

I'm ready, you're ready, we're ready, been ready
Come on girl, let's tie the knot
I'll never lie, never cheat, take care of you between the sheets
Come on girl, let's tie the knot
And after we say "I do!" (Hey!) Go anywhere we want to (Ho!)
Drive away, "Just married" on the car, yeah
I'm on my knees 'cause I believe
That you're the one that's right for me
Come on girl, let's tie the knot

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The Other Guy

The selfish part of me needs for you to stay
'Cause girl you keep a smile stretched across my face
And I would give anything now
But you would lose everything now
The way your lips move when you say my name
The smell of your hair on my pillow case
And I would give anything now
But you would lose everything now
If I'd had it my way I'd never let you walk out the door
But my heart is heavy with something that I just can't ignore

Girl, I'm sitting here wondering what it is that we've done
Baby who am I to be that other guy?
'Cause I've seen tables turned, a world of hurt
I'd never wanna feel twice,
I know what it's like from the other side
So baby who am I to be that other guy?

This could be our home girl, a special place
Something much more than your great escape
Girl I would give anything now if you didn't had everything now
It doesn't have to be that you feel the same
You're telling me your love for me would never change
Unless you change everything now it doesn't mean anything now
If it's him that you've chosen, then we need to stop closing the door
'Cause while he's at home waiting, then we can't pretend there's something more

Girl, I'm sitting here wondering what it is that we've done
Baby who am I to be that other guy?
'Cause I've seen tables turned, a world of hurt
I'd never wanna feel twice,
I know what it's like from the other side

Ooh oh, I know it's not an easy choice to make
Ooh, 'cause no matter what you do
A heart will break
Girl, I'm sitting here wondering what it is that we've done
Baby who am I to be that other guy?
'Cause I've seen tables turned, a world of hurt
I'd never wanna feel twice,
I know what it's like from the other side
So baby you decide who is that other guy?
'Cause baby, who am I to be that other guy?