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Album: Sound Affects (1980)
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  • It's not important for you to know my name -
    Nor I to know yours
    If we communicate for two minutes only
    It will be enough
    For knowing that someone in this world
    Feels as desperate as me -
    And what you give is what you get.

    It doesn't matter if we never meet again,
    What we have said will always remain.
    If we get through for two minutes only,
    It will be a start!
    For knowing that someone in this life,
    Loves with a passion called hate
    And what you give is what you get.

    If I never ever see you -
    If I never ever see you -
    If I never ever see you - again.

    And what you give is what you get! Writer/s: PAUL JOHN WELLER
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Christian Gaffney from LondonIt is a blatant rip off. Bass line and guitar riff.
  • Paul Brown from GuernseyThere was BS spoken by Weller in his youth at times and your quote is a good example, attempting to brush off plagiarism, with a "I do what I want" Unfortunately, that's not how the law (and life) work. The reason he wasn't sued was that the author of Taxman, Beatle George Harrison, had himself been dragged through the courts over a song of his own, and didn't agree with the process. And it wasn't just the bass line - the chords and structure are similar even down to the solo in the middle - this was a rip.
  • David from Youngstown, OhThe bass line isn't borrowed from Taxman, it's stolen.
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