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Chicago

Release date: 17th October 2024

From Fate & Alcohol
Track 4
3:59
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'Chicago' by Japandroids is a 2024 alternative track from the album 'Fate & Alcohol'. The lyrics frame an intimate, slightly weary late-night care routine, with the narrator offering to sort out breakfast and coffee while calling out tiredness and the obvious strain in red eyes. There is a brisk, teasing directness to the address, as the scene pivots from small attentions to the blunt question of whether you are worn out “all the time”, and ends on a clear read of love, unmistakable even if you try to play it cool.

"Chicago" is a single by Japandroids, from the album Fate & Alcohol, released 17th October 2024. The track is 3:59 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Japandroids.

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Chicago

(Like we see it in Chicago)

It's a little late for breakfast but for you two, I'll see what I can do
Coffee coming right up and two shots of the good stuff too
Aren't you tired of being tired all the time? Girl, your eyes are awfully red
As for you, boy, ain't hard to tell in love with it all, never want it to end

Ma'am, have mercy
I'm sweating through my shirt
Anymore, my body's gonna burn
Up in front of everyone

Sorry, baby
We call it like we see it in Chicago
Sorry, baby
We call it like we see it in Chicago

Don't got the words, don't matter, sometimes silence says it all
But if you ask me, pathetic comes to mind, fate and alcohol
And beg your pardon, but fuck y'all, fight it for
Got the wind at your back, baby, and it's blowing somewhere warm

Goddamn, ma'am
I'm sweating through my shirt
Anymore, my body's gonna burn
Up in front of everyone

Sorry, baby
We call it like we see it in Chicago
Sorry, baby
We call it like we see it in Chicago

The thing about love, I know it when I see it
So spare me the bullshit, it's plain to see
You can sit there, deny it all night, baby
But this "Just friends" act ain't fooling me

And I'm so sorry, baby
But we call it like we see it in Chicago
And I'm so sorry, baby
But we call it like we see it in Chicago

Sorry, baby
Sorry, baby
Sorry, baby (we call it like we see it in Chicago)
Sorry, baby

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From Fate & Alcohol

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18th October 2024
Track number
4
Release year
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  1. 1Eye Contact High
    2:30
  2. 2D&T
    3:06
  3. 3Alice
    4:28
  4. 4Chicago
    3:59
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