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Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I had the start of a good thing
I had the start of a good thing
Now it's gone
Can't seem to keep my head screwed on
I had the start of a good thing
I had the start of a good thing
Now it's gone
Can't seem to stay on-track too long
'Cause I don't know what I don't know
I don't know what I don't know
Important details won't stay in my head
Oh, I don't know what I don't know
I don't know what I don't know
Important information you once said
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
If I could only do one thing
If I could only do one thing, then move on
I'd get you back with me again
If I could only have one thing
If I could only have one thing very long
I wouldn't have let our good thing end
But I don't know what I don't know
I don't know what I don't know
Like how to change all my destructive ways
I don't know what I don't know
I don't know what I don't know
Like what I could have done to make you stay
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Ooh...
And now again I have nothing
Now again I have nothing
Now you're gone
Maybe this is all I'm worthy of
And now I'll always be wondering
Now I'll always be wondering what went wrong
I can't remember now because... umm...
Oh, I don't know what I don't know
I don't know what I don't know
And now it doesn't matter anyway
No, I don't know what I don't know
I don't know what I don't know
Do you think I might have learned something today?
I don't think so, no
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
And I don't know if I will ever know
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Ooh, it doesn't seem that long ago
The two of us would share what's going on
Now am I the only one?
Who's the one I saw you with today?
Of course I'm gonna ask what's going on
Am I not the only one?
Well, I know
You pause where you would gush before
I don't know why you won't talk to me anymore
No
You, you used to tell me everything
The good, the bad, just anything
Where did your words all go
Oh
You, you used to tell me everything
Now you don't even wear the ring
Where did the feeling go?
Oh
Ooh, I wonder could this turn around
If you should stumble down the path you're on
Would you choose to be back home?
Ooh, whatever this is you have found
I'd love to tell you it won't last that long
But maybe this is what you've become
Well, I know
You stop where you would rush before
I don't know if there's a future here anymore
No
You, you used to tell me everything
The good, the bad, just anything
Where did your words all go?
Oh
You, you used to tell me everything
Now you don't even wear the ring
Where did the feeling go?
Oh
You, you used to tell me everything
The sound would stir my heart to sing
Now I "don't need to know"
Oh
You, you used to tell me everything
My calls you're never answering
Where did our future go?
Oh
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Zine Queen
02:44
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Ooh...
Oh, we were never serious
You told me you didn't care
When I said that somebody new was into me
Now we were through
You didn't act delirious
Just gave me that long stare
It was the last I saw of you
Now I know what you wanted to do
Zine queen
You know exactly what I mean
Ridiculed my latest show
I know you didn't even go, oh
Zine queen
Why did you have to be so mean?
Savaged songs that you don't know
Just because I let you go, oh
Ooh…
So now you'll use your influence
Avenge the wrong I've done
Put me down whenever you can
With that poison pen in your hand
You used to feign indifference
But you’ve battles to be won
It’s not like we wore wedding bands
I don’t really understand
Zine queen
You know exactly what I mean
Ridiculed my latest show
I know you didn't even go, oh
Zine queen
Why did you have to be so mean?
Savaged songs that you don't know
Just because I let you go, oh
Zine queen
You know exactly what I mean
Ridiculed my latest show
I know you didn't even go, oh
Zine queen
Why did you have to be so mean?
Savaged songs that you don't know
Just because I let you go, oh
Ooh…
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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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