The 1975 - The Birthday Party

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Hello, there’s a place I’ve been going
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There’s a place I’ve been going
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Now I’m clean, it would seem
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Let’s go somewhere I’ll be seen
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As sad as it seems
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I’ve seen Greg and he was like
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“I’ve seen your friends at the birthday party
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They were kinda fucked up before it even started
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They were gonna go to the Pinegrove show
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They didn’t know about all the weird stuff
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So they just left it” (So they just left it)
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I was wasted (I was wasted)
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And cold, minding my business

[Chorus]
Then I’ve seen the girls and they were all like
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“Do you wanna come and get fucked up?”
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Listen, I got myself a missus, so there can’t be any kissing
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“No, don’t be a fridge, you better wise up, kid
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It’s all Adderall now, it doesn’t make you wanna do it”

[Verse 2]
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“This ain’t going well”, I thought that I was stuck in Hell
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In a boring conversation with a girl called Mel
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About her friend in Cincinnati called Matty as well
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You pulled away when I went in for the kiss
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No, it wasn’t a diss
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You put the tap on to cover up the sound of your piss
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After four years, don’t you think I’m over all this?
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“That’s rich from a man who can’t shit in a hotel room
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He’s gotta share for a bit”
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You make a little hobby out of going to the lobby
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To get things that they don’t have

[Chorus]
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Does it go through ya when I’m talking to ya?
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You know that I could sue ya if we’re married
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And you fuck up again
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Impress myself with stealth and bad health
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And my wealth and progressive causes
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Drink your kombucha and buy an Ed Ruscha
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Surely, it’s a print ‘cause I’m not made of it
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Look, the fucking state of it
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I came pretty late to it
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We can still be mates ‘cause it’s only a picture

[Outro]
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All your friends in one place
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Oh, we’re a scene, whatever that means
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I depend on my friends to stay clean
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As sad as it seems
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As sad as it seems
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As sad as it seems

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