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Dead Cool
02:11
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Ba ba bada ba ba
I don't don't wanna see your face no more
In fact i never want to see it again
You run with a crowd who thinks its cool
Thinks its cool to be dead
Ba ba bada ba ba
Dead Cool
I can see inside your bedroom eyes
I look inside all they tell are lies
Ba ba bada ba ba
Dead Cool
I see you slip sliding around
Slithering like a snake
I gave you a poison apple
one taste is all it takes
Dead Cool
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S-O-L-O
02:29
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Take it or leave it
It's all the same
Someone else's problems
Someone else's gain
I'm not saying that it's right
I'm not saying that it's fair
Can't hold it against me
If you don't care
I'm going
S-O-L-O
Torpedo
S-O-L-O
Straight shot
S-O-L-O
Yeah Yeah
Tell me that you love me
See if I care
You know I love
Breathing your air
I'm going
S-O-L-O
Torpedo
S-O-L-O
Straight shot
S-O-L-O
Yeah Yeah
Your soul is shattered
I've been there before
When an open window
Seems like it feels like a door
We can go it alone
disconnect my telephone
You put a bug in me sister
I got tunnel vision no more
I'm going
S-O-L-O
Torpedo
S-O-L-O
Straight shot
S-O-L-O
Yeah Yeah
S-O-L-O
S-O-L-O
S-O-L-O
S-O-L-O
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3. |
All My Friends
02:25
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Well, some of them are kind of rude
And some of them got attitudes
Well some of them don't act the fool at all
Some of them can't pay their rent
Cuz some of them don't have a cent
And others they pay all their bills on time
Oh All my friends are total fuckin assholes
All my friends are total fuckin assholes
Let it go
Some of them will try to flirt
and some of them will steal your shirt
some of them found something better to do (like what?)
And some of them will call the shots
and some of them drink all the shots
and some of them think their band is real cool (LIKE US!)
Oh All my friends are total fuckin assholes
All my friends are total fuckin assholes
Let it go
Oh All my friends are total fuckin assholes
All my friends are total fuckin assholes
Let it go
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4. |
If You'd Only Let Me
01:49
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I'd be the glow when the lights are dim
The shade when its bright
I'll be your shelter when it's cold outside
The stars in your night
I would take you on a moonlit ride
Wherever you want to go
If you'd only let me
I'd be the pillow underneath your head
The guide through your dreams
I'd be the water when your well runs dry
The river to your stream
And I would hold you tightly in my arms
Until my body folds
If you'd only let me
I'd be the ocean of your hearts desire
Rolling with your tide
Catching all your teardrops
When you cry
And I would slip a ring over your finger
Making you my bride
If you'd only let me
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5. |
Got a Friend
03:34
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Hey do I know you do I know your name
Aren't you so and so
You've got to explain
Aren't you so and so
You wanna talk for an hour and a half
Aren't you so and so
Come meet me at half past
Aren't you so and so
Got a friend who looks like you looks like you uh huh huh
Got a friend who looks like you looks like you uh huh huh
Got a friend who looks like you really looks like you uh huh huh
Got a friend who looks like you
Hey I'm Joe the Drummer
Aren't you so and so?
You ever heard of Joe Strummer?
Aren't you so and so
Didn't you go to Bishop Allen?
Aren't you so and so
Well didn't I see you on Jimmy Fallon?
Aren't you so and so
Got a friend who looks like you looks like you uh huh huh
Got a friend who looks like you looks like you uh huh huh
Got a friend who looks like you, really look like you uh huh huh
Got a friend who looks like you
Mandy, Brandy, Carly, Chris
Really look like you
Roxy, Roger, Tania, Trish
Really look like you
AJ, Feldman, Breakdance Mike
Really look like you
James Joe Grey and Kyle
Really look like us!
Got a friend who looks like you looks like you uh huh huh
Got a friend who looks like you really looks like you uh huh huh
Got a friend who looks like you they really look like you uh huh huh
Got a friend who looks like you
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Don't talk that way to me
Don't talk that way to me
Don't talk that way to me
Cuz I'm a success that you'll never be
Do the things you want not because you could
Take the wheel because you should
Pet the puppy when it's good
Don't talk that way to me
Don't talk that way to me
Don't talk that way to me
Cuz I'm a success that you'll never be
Verb to the noun
Now write this down
Me and the boys are getting out of town
Watch me work
I'm not your jerk
Don't talk that way to me
Don't talk that way to me
Don't talk that way to me
Cuz I'm a success that you'll never be
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7. |
Don't Be Such a Drag
01:58
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I never knew things could get so bad
Well don't you think you tend to over-react
Everyone knows that life ain't fair
So quit your whining cause nobody cares
Waaaaannnnnhhhh
Waaaaannnnnhhhh
Waaaaannnnnhhhh
Don't be such a drag!
You don't like parties you think they're boring
You gotta go to work, wake up in the morning
You keep saying you wanna go home
But when you get there you just bitch and moan
Waaaaannnnnhhhh
Waaaaannnnnhhhh
Waaaaannnnnhhhh
Don't be such a drag!
Well who asked you anyway?
Don't be such a drag!
You wanna know what your problem is
You've gone and got yourself in a fix
Hanging out now is hit or miss
It's time to go pick up your kids
Waaaaannnnnhhhh
Waaaaannnnnhhhh
Waaaaannnnnhhhh
Don't be such a drag!
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8. |
Get You Alone
02:08
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I was walking through the park just the other day
Shuffling my feet because the sky was Gray
I want to
Get you alone
Alone in my room with nobody else
Looking at my toes and scratching at my nose as if to say
That I need some good loving cause i'm feeling mighty strange today
I want to
Get you alone
Alone in my room with nobody else
Follow you til the end of the earth
I fell off too cause Im' a fool for you
I see you in the crowd and i'm thinking of the words to say
And I need some good loving cause i'm feeling mighty strange today
I want to
Get you alone
Alone in my room with nobody else
I want to
Get you alone
Alone in my room with nobody else
I need to
Prove to myself that i'm still in love with you
I need to
Get you alone
Alone in my room with nobody else
I want to
Do thing with you that we've never ever done before
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9. |
Brick & Mortar
03:48
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This place is a wasteland
Didn't buy the scam
Workin' for the man
Got a cool band
In a concrete land
Where buildings turn to sand
This place is a dump
My family is fucked
But my legs are workin'
This crowd looks nice
Staying out all night
This family don't fight
We could live this way forever
We've got a house of brick and mortar
The van motor runnin'
The Whips are greasin'
to the next marquee
With our name on
Sparkels and Shine
While buildings they rot
This place is a dump
My family is fucked
But my legs are workin'
This crowd looks nice
Staying out all night
This family don't fight
We could live this way forever
We've got a house of brick and mortar
Feelin Good
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10. |
I'll Come Running
03:20
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Yeah Yeah
She treats me right
Calms me down when we have a fight
She is the tiger and i'm the stripes
When it's late turn out the light
And I'll come running
I'll come running
to you to make things right
I'll come running
I'll come running
to you to make things right
Cause we're all we've got
Yeah Yeah
She's my better half (she's everything i'm not)
Sail a boat we've only got a raft
She's got hard money when its time to pay
Always knows just what to say
And I'll come running
I'll come running
to you to make things right
I'll come running
I'll come running
to you to make things right
Cause we're all we've got
And I'll come running
I'll come running
to you to make things right
I'll come running
I'll come running
to you to make things right
Cause we're all we've got
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11. |
Median
03:05
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Sunshine I understand that's a tired chore
That star babysitter stupid tired and bored
My mind goes blank
Forgot how to blink
and sleep is dreamless
My mind goes blank
Forgot how to blink
and sleep is dreamless
I got no feelings at all
Face to face I remember that like an autograph tour
My Jaguar car I drove that though the concrete median
My mind goes blank
Forgot how to blink
and sleep is dreamless
My mind goes blank
Forgot how to blink
and sleep is dreamless
I got no feelings at all
My mind forgot
I got no feelings at all
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12. |
Baby's Coming Home
02:00
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My baby's coming home
My baby's coming home tonight
Tonight
When she walks through the door
I know everything's alright
I got her a big bouquet
I picked for her the other day
from the garden
I even removed the thorns
nothing can hurt us anymore babe
anymore babe
anymore
more
more more more more
My baby's coming home
My baby's coming home tonight
Yeah tonight
When she walks through the door
I know everything's alright
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13. |
Other Side of This Life
04:38
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Would you like to know a secret
Just between you and me
I don't know where I'm going to,
And I don't know where I'm gonna be
But that's the other side of this life I've been leading
That's the other side of this life.
Well my whole world's in an uproar,
My whole world's upside down
I don"t know where I'm going next, but I'm always bumming around
That's another side to this life I've been living
And that's another side to this life
Well I don't know what doing for half the time,
I don't know where I go
I think I'll get me a sailing boat and sail the Gulf of Mexico
But that's another side of this life I've been living
And that's another side of this life
Well I think I'll go to Nashville
Down in Tennessee
The ten cent life I've been leading here gonna be the death of me
But that's the other side of this life I've been leading
And that's another side to this life
Would you like to know a secret
Just between you and me
I don't know where I'm going next, I don't know where I'm gonna be
But that's the other side of this life I've been living
But that's the other side of this life.
The other side
Of this life
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The Whips Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Power-pop sleaze, glammed-up garage, raw surf and unlimited hooks with innocent self-aware knack for pop, while harnessing the spirit of pre-punk and 50's rock rebellion."-Philadelphia Weekly
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