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Smog – When the Power Goes Out (1993) | Track profile | Dork

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Julius Caesar
When the Power Goes Out

TRACK

When the Power Goes Out

Release date: 5th July 1993

From Julius Caesar

About This Track

"When the Power Goes Out" is a track by Smog, from the album Julius Caesar, released 5th July 1993. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Smog

Smog

Lyrics

When the Power Goes Out

When the power goes out

In the grocery store

You just take, take, take

Just take, take, take

When the power goes out

In the grocery store

You just take, take, take

Just take, take, take

A mother with a cart full of Pampers

Out the door and back for more

See the minor with his cases of beer

Only the finest, spare no expense here

When the power goes out in the grocery store

You just take, take, take

You just take, take, take

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Track details

From Julius Caesar

1993

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Album

Release year

1993

—Strawberry Rash
—Connections
—Stalled on the Tracks
—I Am Star Wars!
—One Less Star
—When You Walk
—Your Wedding
—When the Power Goes Out
—Stick in the Mud
—37 Push Ups
—What Kind of Angel
—Golden
—Chosen One

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Smog — When The Power Goes Out

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