The Ataris - So Long, Astoria - All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know - Lyrics, Music, Songs

Artist: The Ataris

Album: So Long, Astoria (2003)

"All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know"

Is this how it was intended?
The sunrise over smoke stacks in the Midwest, the beauty of this abandoned factory.
Christmas lights blinking on and off all out of time
in what used to be the bleakest dreams of middle class America.
I'm trying to believe in you, but all these satellites and shattered dreams are blocking out my view.
Please don't forget who you really are, because nothing really matters when we're gone.

Fell in love with his keno waitress.
They honeymooned in Memphis; they were married by the drive up window.
Trailer parks, neon signs, and an empty box of Lucky Strikes: all used up from the dashboard of America.
I'm trying to believe in you; this world sold its fate for parking lots and drunk sincerity.
Please don't forget who you really are, because nothing really matters when we're -
You'll be saddened to know the train tracks you once walked as a young boy are now nothing but a graveyard.
Please don't forget how small we really are, because nothing really matters when we're gone.

Anywhere But Here (1997)

1. As We Speak
2. Bite My Tongue
3. Hey, Kid!
4. Take Me Back
5. Are We There Yet?
6. Angry Nerd Rock
7. Let It Go
8. Lately
9. Alone In Santa Cruz
10. Make It Last
11. Sleepy
12. Four Chord Wonder
13. Blind And Unkind
14. Clara
15. Myself
16. Neilhouse
17. Perfectly Happy
18. Boxcar
19. Ray...
20. Blind And Unkind
21. Butterfly

Look Forward To Failure EP (1998)

1. San Dimas High School Football Rules
2. Not A Worry In The World
3. My So Called Life
4. Between You And Me
5. That Special Girl

Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exit (1999)

1. Losing Streak
2. 1*15*96
3. San Dimas High School Football Rules
4. Your Boyfriend Sucks
5. I Won't Spend Another Night Alone
6. Broken Promise Ring
7. Angry Nerd Rock
8. The Last Song I Will Ever Write About a Girl
9. Choices
10. Better Way
11. My Hotel Year
12. Life Makes No Sense
13. Answer
14. In Spite Of The World

Let It Burn (2000)

1. The Radio Still Sucks
2. Song For A Mix Tape
3. P.S. The Scene Is Dead
4. Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits
5. Let It Burn
6. How I Spent My Summer Vacation
7. On With The Show
8. San Dimas High School Football Rules (Acoustic)
9. Bad Case Of Broken Heart
10. San Dimas High School Football Rules (Acoustic)

End Is Forever (2001)

1. Giving Up On Love
2. Summer Wind Was Always Our Song
3. I.O.U. One Galaxy
4. Bad Case Of Broken Heart
5. Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
6. Road Signs + Rock Songs
7. If You Really Want To Hear About It...
8. Fast Times At Drop-Out High
9. Song For A Mix Tape
10. You Need A Hug
11. How I Spent My Summer Vacation
12. Teenage Riot
13. Song 13
14. Hello & Goodbye
15. Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
16. If You Really Want To Hear About It...
17. Hello & Goodbye

So Long, Astoria (2003)

1. So Long, Astoria
2. Takeoffs and Landings
3. In This Diary
4. My Reply
5. Unopened Letter to the World
6. The Saddest Song
7. Summer '79
8. The Hero Dies In This One
9. All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know
10. The Boys Of Summer
11. A Beautiful Mistake
12. Radio #2
13. Looking Back On Today
14. 8 of 9
15. Summer '79
16. Eight Of Nine

Miscellaneous Tracks

1. The Night The Lights Went Out In NYC
2. I Remember You
3. Carnage
4. Anderson
5. Ben Lee
6. Elvis Was A Skinhead
7. Kristine's A Punk
8. The Night The Lights Went Out In NYC

LOOK FORWARD TO FAILURE

1. Between You And Me
2. My So Called Life
3. Not A Worry In The World
4. San Dimas High School Football Rules
5. That Special Girl

BLUE SKIES, BROKEN HEARTS... NEXT 12 EXITS

1. Losing Streak
2. 1*15*96
3. San Dimas High School Football Rules
4. Your Boyfriend Sucks
5. I Won't Spend Another Night Alone
6. Broken Promise Ring
7. Angry Nerd Rock
8. The Last Song I Will Ever Write About a Girl
9. Choices
10. Better Way
11. My Hotel Year
12. Life Makes No Sense
13. Answer
14. In Spite Of The World