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Modest Mouse – Play Taps (1994) | Track profile | Dork

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Sad Sappy Sucker Chokin’ On A Mouthful of Lost Thoughts (1994 Cassette)
Play Taps

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Play Taps

Release date: 1994

From Sad Sappy Sucker Chokin’ On A Mouthful of Lost Thoughts (1994 Cassette)

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"Play Taps" is a track by Modest Mouse, from the album Sad Sappy Sucker Chokin’ On A Mouthful of Lost Thoughts (1994 Cassette), released 1994. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Modest Mouse.

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Play Taps

Ba-da-ba-ba-ba

Ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba

You go right through me

I go right through but I'm about to

Go on reminding you

I am about to see you through it

Ba-da-ba-ba-ba

Ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba

Ba-da-ba-ba-ba

[Verse 2]

Your mouth, not mind is open wide

You don't have a clue

I, I am a reminder

He's got a voice, so talk to yourself

[Verse 3]

You're in bad times

'Cause I say so

You've gone and lost 'em

I don't think so

Don't say that

'Cause I say so

It was wrong

I play a bad cop though

You're in bad times

'Cause I say so

You got, got, got

Got to go though

Don't say that

'Cause I say so

I got, got, got

Got to go though

I got to go

I got to grow

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From Sad Sappy Sucker Chokin’ On A Mouthful of Lost Thoughts (1994 Cassette)

1994

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Sad Sappy Sucker Chokin’ On A Mouthful of Lost Thoughts (1994 Cassette)

Release year

1994

—AEIOU or Somtimes Why
—Osteropithicus
—Sad Sorta Angry
—The Neck A Throne For Bad Ideas
—Play Taps

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