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The Mexican Man of a Million Answers

from Their Old Stuff Was Better by BRIGHTEN UP!

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lyrics

Wife, he exclaimed, you look too young to be married.
D’you have your recess before lunch? That is what we say in
Guadalupe, and I can tell you a few things.
I have been married for 97 years I think.

We met when I was twenty and she stole my brains away
She was the kind of girl that made me glad I shaved that day
And I don’t know what I would do without her,
I admit sometimes I want to strangle her
(but, he said)

Don’t throw away everything that you’ve saved up for so long
Cause if you cave, and run away, you’ll find out before long
Though the grass is greener somewhere else
it’s just the same garbage with a different smell!

HEY!

And then he told me, one time she threw a fork at me
While we were fighting and waiting on some company
It was as awkward as drum breaks on karaoke
‘Cause sometimes silence is more eloquent than our speech

We moved when I was twenty-seven to Guadalupe
She was the kind of girl that made me do a triple take and
She’s the only one who knows me through and through
Like how I always get Ghost and Ghost Dad confused
(so)

Don’t throw away everything that you’ve saved up for so long
Cause if you cave, and run away, you’ll find out before long
Though the grass is greener somewhere else
it’s just the same garbage with a different smell!

HEY!

So break some legs or whatever you say, HEY HEY!

credits

from Their Old Stuff Was Better, track released March 28, 2011
Melodies and lyrics written by Nick & Melissa Morrow (with a wink to the Angels...), copyright 2011.

Samples: "That Thing You Do" by the One-ders, "Only Ones" by Burnt Ones, and "Hey Hey" by the Elms.

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BRIGHTEN UP! Columbus, Indiana

Taking way more influence from “Jock Jams Volume One” than any artist probably should, BRIGHTEN UP! finds unlikely friends in the elements of classic pop samples, distorted ukuleles, tambourine shakin', vigorous hand-clapping, tin can vocals, and anthemic pop sing-alongs. It's called "tank top jungle-pop," and if you haven’t lost your voice by the end of the song, you probably weren’t listening... ... more

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