Let it be. The Replacements.

1. I will dare.

How young are you? How old am I? Let's count the rings around my eyes. How smart are you? How dumb am I? Don't count any of my advice. Oh, meet me anyplace or anywhere or anytime, now I don't care, meet me tonight, if you will dare, I might dare.

Call me on Thursday, if you will or call me on Wednesday, better still. Ain't lost yet, so I gotta be a winner, fingernails and a cigarette's a lousy dinner. Young, are you? Meet me anyplace or anywhere or anytime, now, I don't care, meet me tonight, if you will dare, I will dare. Meet me anyplace or anywhere or anytime, now, I don't care, meet me tonight, if you will dare, I will dare.

How young are you? How old am I? Let's count the rings around my eyes. How smart are you? How smart are you? How dumb am I? Meet me anyplace or anywhere or anytime, now, I don't care, meet me tonight, if you will dare, I will dare. Meet me anyplace or anywhere or anytime, now, I don't care, meet me tonight, if you will dare, I will dare.


2. Favorite thing.

Yeah, kid, it's a really hip with plenty of flash and you know it. Yeah, dad, you're rocking real bad, don't break your neck when you fall down laughing. Donna, wanna, donna, yeah, I know I look like hell, I smoke and I drink and I'm feeling swell. Yeah, I hear you think it's weird (everything's clear?) but I don't give a single shit.

Yeah, man, it's a-hip, you know what I'm saying, it's a-hip, you know what I'm saying, and I hear it. My heart aches, it's a-looking for a dolly, looking for a dolly, can't you hear it, wanna be someting, wanna be anything. Yeah, I know I feel this way but I ain't gonna never change, yeah, I hear, I think, I know, rock don't give a shit, you know.

You're my favorite thing, you're my favorite thing, bar nothing, I think big once in a while. You're my favorite thing, you're my favorite thing, you're my favorite thing, you're my favorite thing…


3. We're coming out.

One more chance to get it all wrong, one more chance to get it all wrong, one more night to do it all wrong, one more warning, one more warning sound. We're comin' out, we're comin' out.

One more day anyway, one more chance threw away, one more night anyway runaway anyway. We're comin' out, we're comin' out. We're comin' out, we're comin' out.

One more chance to get it all wrong, one more time to do it all wrong, one more night to get it half right, one more warning, one more warning sound. We're comin' out, we're comin' out. We're comin' out, we're comin' out. We're comin' out, we're comin' out…


4. Tommy gets his tonsils out.

Tommy gets his tonsils out, hi Susie, do you know what? I've been in the hospital.

Now open wide, the doctor's here, everything is fine, got nothing to fear. Strap 'em down, we're outta gas, stop your bawling, you little brat. Let's get this over with, I'm off in a hour, didn't wash up, yesterday I took a shower. Get this over with, I tee off in an hour, my Cadillac's running, let's rip, rip, we're gonna rip 'em out now, rip, rip, we're gonna rip 'em out now, rip, rip, we're gonna rip 'em out now, rip, rip, we're gonna rip 'em out now.

Open wide, you little snot, that's the way we knock em out. Got nothing to fear, got nothing to be afraid of. Doctor's here, nothing to be afraid of, let's get this over, we have to tee off in an hour. Did I wash up? Yesterday, I took myself a shower. My Cadillac's running.

How ya doin? How do you feel after the operation? Can I come by? I'm really feeling terrible.


5. Androgynous.

Here come Dick, he's wearing a skirt, here comes Jane, y'know she's sporting a chain. Same hair, revolution, same build, evolution. Tomorrow who's gonna fuss, and they love each other so androgynous. Closer than you know, love each other so androgynous.

Don't get him wrong and don't get him mad, he might be a father, but he sure ain't a dad. And she don't need advice that'll center her, she's happy with the way she looks, she's happy with her gender. And they love each other so androgynous. Closer than you know, love each other so androgynous.

Mirror image, see no damage, see no evil at all. Kewpie dolls and urine stalls will be laughed at the way you're laughed at now.

Now, something meets boy and something meets girl. They both look the same, they're overjoyed in this world. Same hair, revolution, unisex, evolution, tomorrow who's gonna fuss. And tomorrow Dick is wearing pants, and tomorrow Janie's wearing a dress, future outcasts and they don't last.

And today, the people dress the way that they please, the way they tried to do in the last centuries. And they love each other so androgynous. Closer than you know, love each other so androgynous.


6. Black diamond.

Out on the street for a living, you know it's only begun, they've got you under their thumb.

Out on the street for a living and it is only begun. Doing all that you can and now you're under their thumb. Oooh, black diamond, oooh, black diamond.

Out on the street for a country and it's only a dream. Got other people marching and it's only a way. Oooh, black diamond, oooh, black diamond.

Out on the street for a living, you know it is only begun. Regardless a street or a country, they got you under their thumb. Oooh, black diamond, oooh, black diamond.


7. Unsatisfied.

Look me in the eye, then, tell me that I'm satisfied, was you satisfied? Look me in the eye, then, tell me that I'm satisfied, hey, are you satisfied?

And it goes so slowly on, everything I've ever wanted, tell me what's wrong. Look me in the eye and tell me that I'm satisfied, were you satisfied? Look me in the eye, then, tell me I'm satisfied, and now are you satisfied?

Everything goes, well, anything goes all of the time. Everything you dream of is right in front of you and liberty is a lie. Look me in the eye and tell me that I'm satisfied. Look me in the eye, unsatisfied.

I'm so, I'm so unsatisfied, I'm so dissatisfied. I'm so, I'm so unsatisfied, I'm so unsatisfied. Well, I'm a, I'm so, I'm so unsatisfied, I'm so dissatis, dissattis, I'm so.


8. Seen your video.

All day, all night, all music video. Seen your video, the phony rock 'n' roll, we don't want to know, seen your video. Your phony rock 'n' roll, we don't want to know, we don't want to know, we don't want to know, we don't want to know.


9. Gary's got a boner.

Hut..yeah..c'mon, c'mon little kiddie (Gary?), get your head on right. C'mon little kiddie (Gary?), get your head on straight. You're gonna get her down, you're gonna finger to her, you're gonna suck me down, you're gonna see her out.

Forget about the lights, girl, and the cars, you never heard somebody so far, grab a hold, gonna hold. You're gonna stick it to her, you're gonna stick it to her, Gary got a boner, 'cause Gary's got a boner, Gary got a boner, Gary's got a boner now.

You locked that door, rolled up that window, tied your sister up by the fender. I don't know if I will, you're gonna stick it to her, yes, you're gonna stick it to her, Gary got a boner, Gary's got a boner, Gary's got a soft-on, enough for more, more, more, more, let it go.


10. Sixteen blue.

Drive yourself right up the wall, no one hears and no one calls, it's a boring state. It's a useless wait , I know.

Brag about things you don't understand, a girl and a woman, a boy and a man, everything is sexually vague, now you're wondering to yourself if you might be gay. Your age is the hardest age, everything drags and drags, one day, baby, maybe help you through. Sixteen blue, sixteen blue.

Drive your ma to the bank, tell your pa you got a date, you're lying, now you're lying on your back. Try to figure out, they wonder what next you'll pull, you don't understand anything sexual. I don't understand, tell my friends I'm doing fine. Your age is the hardest age, everything drags and drags. You're looking funny, you ain't laughing, are you? Sixteen blue, sixteen blue…

Your age is the hardest age, everything drags and drags. You're looking funny, you ain't laughing, are you? Sixteen blue, sixteen blue, sixteen blue, sixteen blue.


11. Answering machine.

Try to breathe some life into a letter, losing hope, never gonna be together. My courage is at it's peak, you know what I mean? How do say you're O.K. to an answering machine? How do you say good night to an answering machine?

Big town's got its losers, small town's got its vices. A handful of friends, one needs a match, one needs some ice. Call-waiting phone in another time zone, how do you say I miss you to an answering machine? How do say good night to an answering machine?

I get enough of that. Try to free a slave of ignorance, try and teach a whore about romance. How do you say I miss you to an answering machine? How do you say good night to an answering machine? How do you say I'm lonely to an answering machine?

The message is very plain, oh, I hate your answering machine. I hate your answering machine, I hate your answering machine. 2-1-2, 3-1-3, 2-1-2, 3-1-3, 2-1-2, 3-1-3.

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Año: 1984.
Procedencia de la banda: Minneapolis (Minnesota), Estados Unidos.
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