Talent Show

Album: Don't Tell A Soul (1989)
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  • In my waxed up hair and my painted shoes
    Got an offer that you might refuse
    Tonight, tonight, we're gonna take a stab
    Come on along, we'll grab a cab

    We ain't much to look at so
    Close your eyes, here we go
    We're playin' at the talent show
    Playin' at the talent show
    Come on along, here we go
    Playin' at the talent show
    Check us out, here we go
    Playin' at the talent show

    Well we got our guitars and we got thumb picks
    And we go on after some lip-synch chicks
    We're feelin' good from the pills we took
    Oh, baby, don't gimme that look

    We ain't much to look at so
    Close your eyes, here we go
    We're playin' at the talent show
    Playin' at the talent show
    Come on along, here we go
    Playin' at the talent show
    Hop a ride, here we go
    Playin' at the talent show

    Well it's the biggest thing in my life I guess
    Look at us all, we're nervous wrecks
    Hey, we go on next

    Talent show
    Talent show
    Playin' at the talent show
    Playin' at the talent show

    Wish us luck if you can't go
    Playin' at the talent show
    An empty seat in the front row
    We might even win this time, guys, you never know

    It's too late to turn back, here we go

    It's too late to turn back, here we go Writer/s: Paul Westerberg
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Mary from Mpls, MnI believe it was on the American Music Awards, and the line was "feeling good from the f--king pills we took" that was bleeped.
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