Can't Say What I Mean

Album: Off With Their Heads (2008)
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  • Well, nothing I said's so important
    That it can't be shortened
    To fit on a badge
    I wish that I could be God
    Try to deliver a soundbite
    But it is the catch

    I can't say what I mean
    I can't say what I mean

    Everybody applauds her
    From the lord to the hordes
    And the nation is swept
    By a one-to-one conversation
    In adult education
    I would tell her except

    I can't say what I mean
    I can't say what I mean
    I can't say what I mean
    Do you know
    When you go
    I get all tongue tied
    I'm the same
    All the game
    Oh and you were right

    Can't say you're unattractive
    But I'm out of practice
    In this sort of thing
    It's not like I'm talking Italian
    Or I wear a medallion
    And a sovereign ring

    I can't say what I mean
    I can't say what I mean
    I can't say what I mean
    Do you know
    When you go
    I get all tongue tied
    I'm the same
    All the game
    Oh and you were right

    What a face
    What a face
    Can you blame me for pulling a face
    What a waste
    What a face

    Great things can be expressed
    In fifteen words or less
    And bring that to your heart
    Words just don't do it justice
    The world and its crust
    Is still drifting apart

    I can't say what I mean
    I can't say what I mean
    I can't say what I mean
    Do you know
    When you go
    I get all tongue tied
    I'm the same
    All the game
    Oh and you were right

    Do you know
    When you go
    I get all tongue tied
    I'm the same
    All the game
    Oh and you were right

    What a face
    What a face
    Can you blame me for pulling a face
    What a waste
    What a face Writer/s: ANDREW ROBERT WHITE, CHARLES RICHARD WILSON, JAMES RIX, NICHOLAS BAINES, NICHOLAS HODGSON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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