Extreme

Songwriter: Gary Cherone Nuno Bettencourt

Producer: Bob St. John Nuno Bettencourt

You'll be gone tomorrow
You'll be gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow

Preoccupied with the latest fashion
Hip today, hip today
With wide open eyes on the next big thing you can cash in
Hip today, hip today
No never contrived it's an overnight sensation
A clever disguise that hides all of your pretension
Sally's selling out her seashells for souls
Hope I don't die before I get old

Hip today
You'll be gone tomorrow
You'll be gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow

Hip today
You'll be gone tomorrow
You'll be gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow

Dancing in your head visions of rave reviews
Hip today
Believing all that's read conceiving another guru
Hip today, hip today
And having made your bed falling short of filling shoes
You've been left for dead 'cause there's always someone new
Sally's selling out her seashells for souls
I hope I don't die, I hope I don't die before I get old

Hip today
You'll be gone tomorrow
You'll be gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow

Hip today
You'll be gone tomorrow
You'll be gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow

Hip today
You'll be gone tomorrow
You'll be gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow

Hip today
You'll be gone tomorrow
You'll be gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow

Hip today
You'll be gone tomorrow
You'll be gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow

Hip today
You'll be gone tomorrow
You'll be gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow

Hip today
You'll be gone tomorrow
You'll be gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow

Extreme is an American rock band, currently headed by frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The band reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with original line-up Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Geary and Patrick Badger.

Among some of Extreme’s musical influences are Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. The band played at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. Geary left the group in 1994 to form an artist management company, and Cherone joined Van Halen in 1996. The band has described their music as “funky metal” in the early days, but it would evolve much more in the mid-1990s by blending classic rock influences with post-grunge and alternative rock.

They have released five studio albums, two EPs (in Japan) and two compilation albums since their formation. The band was one of the most successful rock acts of the early 1990s, selling over 10 million albums worldwide. Extreme achieved their greatest success with their 1990 album Pornograffitti, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold in May 1991 and double platinum in October 1992. That album featured the acoustic ballad single “More Than Words”, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

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Waiting for the Punchline

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Waiting for the Punchline (1995)

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