This was nearly a band song a couple of times. My favourite un-sayable opening line ever in one of my songs I think (‘If you were dead, I could sleep with all your friends’). I was told (though I knew) that it was very presumptuous. Yes it is. It was meant to celebrate infidelity (or at least the thought of it) but I kind of bottled out not wishing to misrepresent my own opinions (there are plenty of people who will do that for you for free). Or something like that.
lyrics
You Win
If you were dead, I could sleep with all your friends
I'd come alive, let freedom live and faithful die
Say hey, you, what you going to do?
What you going to do when all this stuff comes back on you?
I walk a line, somewhere between the earth and sky
I trip a wire, somewhere between lust and liar
Say shout, out, it won't work out
Boys and girls can't come together never doubt
Hey you win, you win, you win, you win
I take it all back never meant to say
I take it all back never meant to say
I'm not to blame, biology just blows my brain
Lit a flame, a kiss is a kiss in the monsoon rain
Say hey, you, what you going to do?
What you going to do when all this stuff comes back on you
Hey you win, you win, you win, you win
Hey you win, hey you win
I take it all back never meant to say
For every boy who ever said a word
If ever girls could ever hear the boys
If ever we could filter out the noise
credits
from Illegal Songs,
released January 14, 2008
John Parkes
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