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Bad Sounds – Wages (2018) | Track profile | Dork

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Bad Sounds
Get Better
Wages

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Wages

Release date: 16th August 2018

From Get BetterTrack 22:48

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About This Track

"Wages" is a single by Bad Sounds, from the album Get Better, released 16th August 2018. The track is 2:48 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Bad Sounds.

About the Artist

Bad Sounds

Bad Sounds

Lyrics

Wages

I'm only looking
I have my heart set on our home
Like saving Steven, and anxious Ann
Sounds like a scam
Gonna get ripped off
Gonna do it again

Wrong guy paying my wages
My patience is paper thin
Wrong guy paying my wages
My patience is paper thin

Now, I ain't sulking
I'm just too sober to dance
Ain't John Travolta, and you ain't Sandy
A story you know, honey, I made it up
Going through it again

Wrong guy paying my wages
My patience is paper thin
Wrong guy paying my wages
My patience is paper thin

I've got that cold, cold coffee, yeah I'm under cover with it
I got that cold, cold coffee,
Yeah I'm under cover 'cause I don't wanna be like them
(I wanna be like them)
I got that cold, cold coffee,
Yeah I'm under cover 'cause I don't, wanna be like them
(I wanna be like them)
I got this cold, cold coffee,
Yeah I'm under cover and I don't, wanna be like them
(I wanna be like them)
Your mum's got cold,
Cold coffee 'cause she's under cover and she don't wanna be like them

Wrong guy paying my wages
My patience is paper thin
Wrong guy paying my wages
My patience is paper thin

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Track details

From Get Better

2:482018Single

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Album

17th August 2018

Track number

2

Release year

2018

1Get Better Theme
0:44
2Wages
2:48
3Avalanche
3:34
4How Are You Gonna Lose?
4:47

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5Couldn't Give It Away

6Milk It (feat. Ardyn)

8Eat Right (Get Better Theme, Pt. 2)

10Thomas Is a Killer

—Couldn’t Give It Away

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Callum Merrett, Ewan Merrett
Producer: Bad Sounds