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I'm not this (I'm not this)
I'm not that (not that)
Oh no
Maybe the other
I'm not this (I'm not this)
I'm not that (not that)
Oh no
Maybe the other
You like to tell me nobody changes
But I don't know about that
I look at life as a series of stages
Not a straight line, nothing as simple as that
Always another fork in the road
Sometimes no looking back
I'm not this (I'm not this)
I'm not that (not that)
Oh no
Maybe the other
I'm not this (I'm not this)
I'm not that (not that)
Oh no
Maybe the other
I don't wanna forever be stuck with a label
Always assigned to a particular table
Like this (like this)
Like that (like that)
Oh no
Or maybe the other
I know you like things you can wrap your head around
And it would be so easy if you strapped me down
Keep me there in a box, never to make a sound
If that's what you want, it's not what you've got
Take it or leave it, oh
I'm not this (I'm not this)
I'm not that (not that)
Oh no
Maybe the other
I'm not this (I'm not this)
I'm not that (not that)
Oh no
Maybe the other
I don't wanna forever be stuck with a label
Always assigned to a particular table
Like this (like this)
Like that (like that)
Oh no
Or maybe the other
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I don't know who he thinks he is, but he's a little absurd
He likes the ladies all around to only tell him, "Yes, sir"
Although he thinks he's very sharp, he couldn't understand her
Now how's he gonna live it down?
He was beaten by, beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a smarter individual at every single turn
Because he doesn't have the sense or humility to learn
He's used to women caving in to him all around the world
So how's it possible that he's been beaten by, beaten by a girl?
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
What happened to all the respect that was shown him?
How could any woman own him?
All he knows is this is not how it was meant to be
Oh, is he in the wrong century?
How could a man of his virility fail?
He's always been such a dominant male
He used to lord it on top of the world
It's all over now
'Cause he was beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
Beaten by a girl
He was beaten by a girl
Oh
Nobody prepared him for this
His ignorance is no longer bliss
He's gotta prove his worth if he has any
Now he's beaten by a girl
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3. |
You Really Blew It
03:02
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Yeah, all I needed was a decent excuse
A good reason for me to break up with you
And now you bring it to me
The merest hint of infidelity
I heard you talking in your sleep last night
Somebody else there in your dream
Oh, fine
That's how you want it to be
Don't say my mind was playing tricks on me
You really blew it
You really blew it with me
I always knew it
You weren’t the one for me
There’s somebody else you want to get alone
I’ve all the evidence recorded on my phone
You really blew it
You really blew it with me
You think I’m stupid
I heard your sordid fantasy
I’ll be the injured party here even though
I didn’t really want to stay anyway
Oh no
I might pretend to be really appalled
Might even tell you it doesn't surprise me at all
Yeah, whatever it takes
Because I really want to put the brakes on us
Maybe it's mean, am I a coward now?
Well, possibly, but I just don't know how
I'd end it out of the blue
That's why I'm gonna have to say to you
You really blew it
You really blew it with me
I always knew it
You weren’t the one for me
There’s somebody else you want to get alone
I’ve all the evidence recorded on my phone
You really blew it
You really blew it with me
You think I’m stupid
I heard your sordid fantasy
I’ll be the injured party here even though
I didn’t really want to stay anyway
Oh no
What kind of person really does this?
I don't know
I'll feel guilty for maybe a day or so
A lousy way to let anybody go
Oh oh oh oh
You really blew it
You really blew it with me
I always knew it
You weren’t the one for me
There’s somebody else you want to get alone
I’ve all the evidence recorded on my phone
You really blew it
You really blew it with me
You think I’m stupid
I heard your sordid fantasy
I’ll be the injured party here even though
I didn’t really want to stay anyway
Oh no
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Before You Do It Again
02:42
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Waking up in the morning
After everything went down
Another night of anger and bawling
Yeah, we really went to town
And I don't know why this always happens
It just keeps coming around
Will I never learn my lesson at all?
'Cause you broke my heart again
Soon there'll be nothing left to mend
Well, you can call it a misunderstanding
If that's what you want to pretend
Still you broke my heart again
Don't tell me that was just a friend
If it doesn't matter if I see it all
Don't even pretend
It's got to be the end
Before you do it again
Oh
One step forward and falling
You try to keep me in the dark
Now it's two steps back and you're stalling
Because you don't know where to start
Do you think I was born yesterday?
Your story I'm tearing apart
I can't do this anymore
Since you broke my heart again
Soon there'll be nothing left to mend
Well, you can call it a misunderstanding
If that's what you want to pretend
Still you broke my heart again
Don't tell me that was just a friend
If it doesn't matter if I see it all
Don't even pretend
It's got to be the end
Before you do it again
Oh
Oh, you tell me you can change
You can be more faithful
But I don't really think so
It's gonna be the same
Yeah, you're only bluffing
It's got to be all or nothing
So it's all over now
'Cause you broke my heart again
There's so little left to mend
Well, you can call it a misunderstanding
If that's what you want to pretend
Still you broke my heart again
Don't tell me that was just a friend
If it doesn't matter if I see it all
Don't even pretend
It's got to be the end
It's got to be the end
Before you do it again
Oh
I know you'd only do it again
And again
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Bottom of the Barrel
01:01
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Digging in the bottom of the barrel
Oh-oh-oh
That's where you're gonna find me
Digging through all the secondhand castoffs
Oh-oh-oh
Now what I had's behind me
I was an idiot
I said the things to hurt you
You're gone, and I don't blame you, no
Digging in the bottom of the barrel
Oh-oh-oh
Looking at the leftovers
All I can hope for is a miracle
You were the pinnacle
I didn't know how good I had it
I tend to be a little clinical
Maybe too cynical
And prudence? I don't know what that is
When you told me all of your dreams
I would only find the problems with them
So that's why you needed to get rid of me
You never ever, never ever want to see my face again
Digging in the bottom of the barrel
Oh-oh-oh
That's where you're gonna find me
Digging through all the secondhand castoffs
Oh-oh-oh
Now what I had's behind me
I was an idiot
I said the things to hurt you
You're gone, and I don't blame you, no
Digging in the bottom of the barrel
Oh-oh-oh
Looking at the leftovers now
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The Photocopies Michigan
Unapologetically old-school #indiepop in a mid-80s-to-early-90s vein, made without secret plans to fill stadiums (ugh). Think lo-fi #c86 #twee #postpunk #janglepop etc. Originally from London.
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