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Explain Lyrics — Blur | Dork

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Explain Lyrics

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Explain

From Leisure (Special Edition)1991

Written by Alex James, Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree

Lyrics

Explain

[Verse 1] It's pointless to explain why, there's nothing I can say My words would all be meaningless anyway It seems I can't be trusted and I don't disagree What made you ever think I really wanted to be? [Chorus] I can't explain why and I don't know when I'm ever going to want to see her again [Verse 2] So don't ask why I came here, there's nothing I can say I don't think I'll be staying very long anyway I'm trying to find out why I came here at all I don't think it was to see you after all [Chorus] I can't explain why and I don't know when I'm ever going to want to see her again [Instrumental Bridge] [Chorus] I can't explain why and I don't know when I'm ever going to want to see her again And I can't explain why and I don't know when I'm ever going to want to see her again

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About this track

"Explain" is a song by Blur from the album Leisure (Special Edition), released in 1991. The song was written by Alex James, Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree, Graham Coxon. It was produced by Stephen Street.

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Stephen Street— 694 credits as songwriter & producer →
Alex James— 379 credits as songwriter & producer →
Damon Albarn— 1,492 credits as songwriter & producer →
Dave Rowntree— 374 credits as songwriter & producer →
Graham Coxon— 796 credits as songwriter & producer →

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