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Blue October
The Answers
The 21st

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The 21st

Release date: 1998

From The Answers

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About This Track

"The 21st" is a track by Blue October, from the album The Answers, released 1998. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Blue October

Blue October

Lyrics

The 21st

The 21st comes so soon every month

An anniversary of not being strong enough

You're much too co-dependent, a shrink is recommended

Your father tells you to try to be responsible

Your mother loves you, but not the way she did before

Your brother's torn to pieces, nobody knows the reasons

He loves the winter, but it smells too much like memories

The ornament she gave him still hangs from his Christmas tree

A jingle bell would glisten; that's when she loved to kiss him

So say farewell to all the little things she would say and do

The morning, sleepy-eyed girl waves goodbye to you

You're much too co-dependent, a shrink is recommended

Yeah...

But yeah, who are the people you hang around with?

Who are the ones you're gonna call?

When you feel like ending it all?

But yeah, who are the people you hang around with?

Who are the ones you're gonna call?

When you feel like ending it all?

But I can't bring you down

But I can't bring you down

But I can't bring you down

But I can't bring you down

But I can't bring you down

But I can't bring you down

But I can't bring you down

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Track details

From The Answers

1998

Album

Release year

1998

—Black Orchid
—Blue Sunshine
—Breakfast After Ten
—Darkest Side of Houston's Finest Day
—Italian Radio
—For My Brother
—Mr. Blue's Menu
—Sweet and Somber Pigeon Wings
—The 21st
—Two A.M. Lovesick
—Weaknesses
—Tomorrow

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Blue October — Breakfast After Ten (from The Answers)
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Credits

Writer: Justin Furstenfeld
Producer: Brian Baker, Justin Furstenfeld
Credited: Brian Baker, Justin Furstenfeld