You Only Live Once

Album: First Impressions Of Earth (2005)
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  • Some people think they're always right
    Others are quiet and uptight
    Others they seem so very nice, nice, nice, nice, nice, oh
    Inside they might feel sad and wrong, oh no
    Twenty-nine different attributes
    Only seven that you like, oh
    Twenty ways to see the world, oh
    Twenty ways to start a fight, oh

    Oh, don't, don't, don't, get up
    I can't see the sunshine
    I'll be waiting for you, baby
    'Cause I'm through
    Sit me down
    Shut me up
    I'll calm down
    And I'll get along with you

    Oh, men don't notice what they got
    Oh, women think of that a lot
    One thousand ways to please your man, oh
    Not even one requires a plan, I know
    And countless odd religions, too
    It doesn't matter which you choose, oh no
    One stubborn way to turn your back, oh
    Oh, this I've tried and now refuse, oh

    Oh, don't, don't, don't, get up
    I can't see the sunshine
    Oh, I'll be waiting for you, baby
    'Cause I'm through
    Sit me down
    Shut me up
    I'll calm down
    And I'll get along with you, alright

    Shut me up
    Shut me up
    And I'll get along with you Writer/s: Julian Casablancas
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Kiyoto from Vancouver, Canadalove this song, probably one of my favourite strokes songs. i think the strokes are the best "modern rock" band out ehre right now.
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