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Aimee Mann - Calling It Quits - lyrics

Hes a serious mister
Shake his hand and hell twist your arm
With monopoly money
Well be buying the funny farm
So Ill do flips,
And get paid in chips
From a diamond as big as the ritz--
Then Im calling it quits
Eyes the color of candy
Lies to cover the handicap
Though your slippers are ruby
Youll be led to the *****y trap
And theres no prize,
Just a smaller size
So Im wearing the shoe til it fits--
Then Im calling it quits
Now hes numbering himself among the masterminds
Cause hes hit upon the leverage of valentines
Lifting dialogue from judy garland storylines
Where get-tough girls turn into goldmines
But oh, those polaroid babies
Taking chances with rabies
Happy to tear me to bits--
Well, Im calling it quits
Yes, Im calling it quits.

Aimee Mann - Backfire - lyrics

BACKFIRE
I've got some cookies from our junk food run
And here's a couple beers so
Let's go create some fun
Supplies are limited and I'm all out
Of any explanation
Of what I'm on about
I'm tired
Of having to try
To convince you if I
Go along with you it all will
Backfire
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand
But it's out of my hands now
And it ins't the way I pictured it either
So things felt weird but you said that's alright
That it was not a problem
And we could just sit tight
And when you said that I was sure I cringed
Cause you had no suspicion
That I had come unhinged
Or just tired --
I cannot say which
But there's always a hitch
That will cause the whole thing to
Backfire
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand
But it's out of my hands now
I know you'd like to be the St Bernard
Who rushes to the rescue
When there's an avalanche
But in my panic I may pull too hard
And the novice lifeguard
Gets rushed off in the ambulance
I'm tired
I cannot seem to
Get a message to you
That the rescue you planned now has just
Backfired
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand
But it's out of my hands now
It's out of my hands now

Aimee Mann - Charmer - lyrics

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Aimee Mann - 4th Of July - lyrics

Todays the fourth of july
Another june has gone by
And when they light up our town I just think
What a waste of gunpowder and sky
Im certain that I am alone
In harbouring thoughts of our home
Its one of my faults that I cant quell my past
I ought to have gotten it gone
Oh, baby, I wonder -
If when you are older -
Someday-
Youll wake up
And say, my god, I should have told her -
What would it take?
But now here I am and the worlds gotten colder
And shes got the river down which I sold her.
So thats todays memory lane
With all the pathos and pain
Another chapter in a book where the chapters are endless
And theyre always the same
A verse, then a verse, and refrain
Oh, baby, I wonder -
If when you are older -
Someday-
Youll wake up
And say, my god, I should have told her -
What would it take?
But now here I am and the worlds gotten colder
And shes got the river down which I sold her.

Aimee Mann - Angels Never Call - lyrics

Pre>
Notes: ok - instead of trying to worry about the differences between
G-->gsus, g-->c/g, and g-->am7/g Im just calling it glick.
The notes in the lick are (in order) g d g b c-c c b with
The fifth and sixth tied. the second chord fits with any
Of the three except that there isnt an a in it per se,
But there does seem to be an e. on the other hand it does
Have the same tone as a c/g would have. so Im punting! :-)
*** intro:
Glick x4
*** verse 1:
Glick glick glick glick
I used to watch her sleep an angel on vacation
Glick glick glick glick
I fell in love so deep far too far to mention
Am c2
She looked just like a thousand stars
Glick glick
When they came out at night
Am c2
But when I looked inside her heart
Glick g(1/2 lick)
I found it locked up tight
*** chorus:
G am7/g c2
Oh angels never help you
G am7/g c2 g glick x4
Cause angels always fall
*** verse 2:
She smoked a cigarette glick glick
It only blurred my vision glick glick
I couldnt help but stay glick glick
With my first impression glick glick
Im wondering with every breath am c2
What caused my fall from grace glick glick
I guess I beat myself to death am c2
Against her lovely face glick glick(1/2)
*** chorus:
Oh angels never help you g am7/g c2
Cause angels always fall g am7/g c2 g (am7)
*** chorus:
And angels (its simply that I never knew her) g am7/g c2
Sometimes kiss you (wish to God that I had known) g am7/g c2
Oh but angels (but everything that I remember) g am7/g c2
Never call (is gone) g (am7)
*** bridge:
D | d | c | c | f | f | eb | eb
Oh angels (its simply that I never knew her) g am7/g c2
Never help you (wish to God that I had known) g am7/g c2
Cause angels (but everything that I remember) g am7/g c2
Always fall (is gone) g (am7)
And angels (its simply that I never knew her) g am7/g c2
Sometimes kiss you (wish to God that I had known) g am7/g c2
Oh but angels (but everything that I remember) g am7/g c2
Never call (is gone) g (am7)
*** coda:
.............. ................. ................. ....... d
I used to watch her sleep - an angel on vacation... d | g
/pre>

Aimee Mann - Are You Serious? - lyrics

Pre>
Dm bb c :|| (4x)
*** verse 1:
Dm bb c
There was a lesson I never learned
Dm bb c
Oh, I wouldnt be warned
Dm bb c
How many looks does it take
Dm bb c
To read your mind oh, on your face?
*** chorus:
Bb f c
Are you serious? did you think Id fall in love?
Bb f c
Are you serious? what in the world are you thinking of?
Bb f c gm
Are you serious? are you serious?
Dm c bb
Are you serious?
*** verse 2:
Calling you up and over the phone dm bb c
I hear, tell her Im not at home dm bb c
Are you afraid to see me crying, dm bb c
Or is it that youre just to used to lying dm bb c
*** chorus:
Are you serious? did you think Id fall in love? bb f c
Are you serious? what in the world are you thinking of? bb f c
Are you serious? are you serious? bb f c gm
Are you serious? dm c bb
*** instrumetal verse 3 and 4 ||: dm bb c dm bb c :|| (4x)
*** chorus:
Are you serious? did you think Id fall in love? bb f c
Are you serious? I dont know what youre thinking of bb f c
Are you serious? are you serious? bb f c gm
Are you serious? dm c bb
*** verse 5:
Theres a lesson Ill never learn dm bb c
Ooh, I wouldnt be warned dm bb c
I dive in deeper, and youve got colder dm bb c
But I will not cry, oh one more [death comes to love] dm bb c
*** coda:
Are you serious? did you think Id fall in love? bb f c
Are you serious? I dont know what youre thinking of bb f c
Are you serious? are you serious? bb f c gm
Are you serious? dm c bb
/pre>

Aimee Mann - Beautiful - lyrics

You pulled up and parked your El Dorado
We said "hi" and kissed with some bravado
I got out my camera and was laughing
Happy it was you I'm photographing
And we drove to the ferry
Like the cat and canary
I said, "Baby, it's scary
When it's so beautiful
Why does it hurt me
To feel so much tenderness?
Beautiful
You little wonder, you"
Maybe then I held your hand and kissed you
I know once I just hauled off and hit you
'Cause I can't even stand it
'Cause I don't want to end it
To be perfectly candid –
Baby, you're beautiful
Sometimes it hurts me
To feel so much tenderness
Beautiful
Wish you could see it, too
And all I have to do today
Is make you happy
The only thing you have to say
Is, "It's all lovely, baby"
Late that night, we checked into the Bellevue
Held you close, but, baby – couldn't tell you
And we stayed in our Calvins
And we swore we'd be best friends
And I looked through the zoom lens
And thought you were beautiful
Sometimes it hurts me
To feel so much tenderness
Beautiful
Baby, I'm dazzled
By the view
Beautiful
You don't need to tell me
I'm completely powerless
Beautiful
I wish you could see it, too
I wish you could see it, too
I wish you could see it, too
Baby, how I see you

Aimee Mann - Amateur - lyrics

Im told the case is now closed so I can come to my senses but when the
Question is posed Ill have this meager defense
I was hoping that youd know better than that I was hoping but youre an
Amateur I was hoping that youd know better but Ive been wrong before
Despite conclusions I drew there was a chance youd surprise me and youd be
Better than you cause Id have left otherwise
I was hoping that youd know better than that I was hoping but youre an
Amateur I was hoping that youd know better but Ive been wrong before
So I wasnt thinking clearly so you didnt think at all I thought that was
Protocol
-piano/guitar solo-
I was hoping that youd know better than that I was hoping but youre an
Amateur I was hoping that youd know better but Ive been wrong before
I was hoping that I was hoping but youre an amateur I was hoping that youd
Know better but Ive been wrong before

Aimee Mann - Build That Wall - lyrics

Pre>intro:
(key of b)
Verse 1:
B e/g# c#m
Shes been a long time on the phone
B e/g# c#m d#m
Courting disaster in an undertone
G#m d#m
Shes feeling nostalgic
G#m c#m
And feeling that fall
E c#m d#m c#m g#m
How could anyone ever fight it
E c#m
Who could ever expect to fight it when she
A em b
Builds that wall
Verse 2:
Maybe its one where time will tell b e/g# c#m
Maybe its one where its just fare-thee-well b e/g# c#m d#m
I hear her coming g#m d#m
As she walks down the hall g#m c#m
How could anyone ever fight it e c#m d#m c#m g#m
Who could ever expect to fight it when she e c#m
Builds that wall a em b
Bridge:
D# g#m g#m/f#
I know the choice is made
C#m g#m
I can tell, I said
C#
By your guilty face
E c#m c#m d#m c#m g#m
And I never was one to fight it
E b2 b2/a em
How does anyone ever fight it
Verse 3:
You couldnt pin this one on me b e/g# c#m
You knew my thoughts so far as I could see b e/g# c#m
Well, Id say its hopeless g#m d#m
But you make the call g#m c#m
cause I never was one to fight it e c#m c#m d#m c#m g#m
And if given the chance I guess Ill learn to e c#m
Build that wall a em b
Coda:
Ahhhhhh c#m d#m c#m c#m d#m c#m
Ahhhhhh build that wall c#m d#m c#m a em b
Ahhhhhh build that wall c#m d#m c#m c#m d#m c#m
Ahhhhhh build that wall c#m d#m c#m a em b
Ahhhhhh build that wall c#m d#m c#m c#m d#m c#m
Ahhhhhh oooooooooo build that wall c#m d#m c#m a em b
Ahhhhhh build c#m d#m c#m a
That em
Wall b
/pre>

Aimee Mann - All Over Now - lyrics

Though I let you steer
You a cavalier
Inch became a lightyear
It was pathetic
Oh you can write the play
And every word I say
But I dont have to stay
To see the credits
cause its all over now
Yes its all over now
And Im free
I was one of few
Whod stick up for you
And so you never knew
You were a punch line
I could not convince or trust you
To pick up on my hints, must you
Leave your fingerprints
On everything I called mine
Well thats all over now
Yes its all over now
And Im free
Yes Im free
From your interference
Which had the appearance
Of making it clear that
Its got nothing to do with me
-guitar solos-
Its got nothing to do with me
Its got nothing to do with me
Its got nothing to do with me
-fuzztortion solo-
And I warn you now
The velocity Im gathering
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