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Don't ever let 'em get you down, boy
Don't ever let it break your soul
Cuz you were made to sing your heart out
Been singin' since the day you were born
Ya you came out and you were screamin'
Like there was something you should say
But it wasn't working, didn't sound right
You had to find another way to break through
Born to find another way...
Cuz it was there from the beginning
It'll see you through until the end
Forever sittin' on your shoulder
It whispers things into your ears
When it wasn't working, didn't sound right
But there was something you should say
Like you were made to sing a little harder
And born to find another way to break through
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Minor League
02:48
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Well it's a hard life, we try but we can't catch a break
Feels like there's give but there's nothing to take
and the best we can do is to keep on doing the same
Old things, endless days on the road
Long nights, in empty bars where the shows, keep us low
But at least we're getting along
Yeah we've got insight, we get why the songs sound the same
Don't think, comply or get out of the game
Yeah they'll sit and stare while your career ends in disgrace
No dice, we won't sell it all to the man
Too proud to get caught up chasing a trend, in the end
It goes to show that
All you know, is what you've been exposed to on the radio
where art gets cut and sold
And so it goes, you'd love us but your hearts are getting cold
From knock off rock and roll
Yeah these are hard times, we're taking it all on the chin
can't give up without giving in, no you can't win
It's a shame that
All you know, it's what you've been force fed by the radio
where art gets cut and sold
And so it goes, you'd love us but your hearts are getting cold
from knock off rock and roll
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Before Your Star
02:41
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I see old pictures of you and I see lonely and broken
A little deeper still and I see hope inside your eyes
But the devil you knew always found out another weakness
The devil you knew sounds an awful lot like mine
And I never even knew you man, I just heard about you
From all the memories of the people you left behind
They said you were a man of passion and honest emotion
Like a beacon or a magnet for the pain in others lives
And that you faded out before your sun could rise
And all your friends are out there now and I know some of them conquered the demon
But I think they probably know how close they were to the same demise
And all the honour they bestow upon your soul! Man, you got peace now...
You're still the greatest frontman and I wish that you were still alive.
And I never even knew you man, I just heard about you
From all the memories of the people you left behind
They said you were a man of passion and honest emotion
Like a beacon or a magnet for the pain in others lives
And that you faded out before your star
Ya you faded out before your star
Oh you faded out...
before your star could shine
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Radio City
03:00
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Just think about revealing, how hard it was to stand alone so long,
I swear I'll never tell, more time ain't sure to save you from yourself
Or were you there for a good reason, rain and dark can't keep a good girl down,
Rise at 4am, to curse the day you came back to this down
We're part of the disease, with friends like me who needs enemies
And even while you speak of letting go, there's wolves at your back door
and the crushing weight of the world will seem to dim the city lights
but the radio will help you survive
Well I know cutthroat when I see it, it's in the company you keep
you can't remember when or how or why you crawled between your sheets
A soul for sale, and a secret you'll be taking to your grave
now that you know I've been forgiven, you wish you'd been with anybody else
for that you'll serve in heaven, but you'll long to rule in hell
We're part of the disease, with friends like me who needs enemies
And even while you speak of letting go, there's wolves at your back door
and the crushing weight of the world will seem to dim the city lights
but the radio will help you survive
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Kingfisher Ottawa, Ontario
‘Authentic 100% DIY anti-punk like a proper 80’s and 90’s underground mixtape filled with your favourite songs that you
haven’t heard yet’ (“pop-punk” has been co-opted by marketing teams)
For fans of: The Ataris, Bodyjar, Face to Face, Goo Goo Dolls, Sugarcult, No Use for a Name.
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