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Purpose

Release date: 11th July 1995

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"Purpose" is a track by 311, from the album 311, released 11th July 1995. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Purpose

[Chorus: Nick Hexum with Doug "SA" Martinez]

I believe in your purpose, baby

Comin' up to the surface and maybe

I'll never see you again

Then again (then again), who knows (who knows)?

Make me quiver, hands will shiver

Still got all the things that I woulda give her

Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)

But it's slow goin', something's showin'

Yeah, yeah

[Verse: Nick Hexum]

They say love is a stream that will find its own course

Making due is a thing, a thing I will do no more

Whenever you come back, I'll be waiting

Trifling the slack, no head gating

This is all pure fiction, you know that's right

Just pure fiction, that's alright

[Chorus: Nick Hexum with Doug "SA" Martinez]

I believe in your purpose, baby

Comin' up to the surface and maybe

I'll never see you again

Then again (then again), who knows (who knows)?

Make me quiver, hands will shiver

Still got all the things that I woulda give her

Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)

But it's slow goin', something's showin'

Yeah, yeah

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25th July 1995
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1995
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  2. —Brodels
  3. —DLMD
  4. —Loco
  5. —T & P Combo
  6. —All Mixed Up
  7. —Jackolantern's Weather
  8. —Purpose
  9. —Guns (Are for Pussies)
  10. —Random
  11. —Sweet
  12. —Misdirected Hostility
  13. —Don't Stay Home

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Writer
Nick Hexum
Producer
Ron Saint-Germain
Bass
Aaron “P-Nut” Wills
Drums
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Guitar
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Vocals
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