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Sockets by SOFT PLAY

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SOFT PLAY

Sockets

Release date: 2014

From Are You Satisfied?
Track 3
3:26
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"Sockets" is a single by SOFT PLAY, from the album Are You Satisfied?, released 2014. The track is 3:26 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about SOFT PLAY.

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SOFT PLAY

SOFT PLAY

Lyrics

Sockets

It wasn't her fault
She makes sugar taste like salt
'Cause she was so sweet
Now you're shuffling your feet with your hands in your pockets
It wasn't her fault
She makes sugar taste like salt
And when she walked in the room
You could hear your eyes rolling round in their sockets
Their sockets, their sockets, their sockets
She doesn't know if it's a blessing or a curse
Money in her hand but never any in her purse
Looking at the crowd thinking "who's it gonna be?"
"Who's the lucky boy that's gonna quench my thirst?"
It wasn't her fault that she didn't have a say
Spending every second wishing they would go away
Tying up my shoes is becoming a problem
But that's the way it is and that's the way it's gonna stay
It wasn't her fault
She makes sugar taste like salt
'Cause she was so sweet
Now you're shuffling your feet with your hands in your pockets
It wasn't her fault
She makes sugar taste like salt
And when she walked in the room
You could hear your eyes rolling round in their sockets
Their sockets, their sockets, their sockets
You can point the finger but she's not the one to blame
For chemical reactions that are starting in your brain
Looking at the crowd thinking "who's it gonna be?"
"Who's the lucky boy that's gonna ease my pain?"
It wasn't her fault that she didn't have a say
Spending every second wishing they would go away
Tying up my shoes is becoming a problem
But that's the way it is and that's the way it's gonna stay
It wasn't her fault
She makes sugar taste like salt
'Cause she was so sweet
Now you're shuffling your feet with your hands in your pockets
It wasn't her fault
She makes sugar taste like salt
And when she walked in the room
You could hear your eyes rolling round in their sockets
Their sockets, their sockets, their sockets
It wasn't her fault
It wasn't her fault
It wasn't her fault
It wasn't her fault
It wasn't her fault
It wasn't her fault
It wasn't her fault
That you could hear your eyes rolling round in their sockets

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Track details

From Are You Satisfied?

3:262014Single
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Album
Are You Satisfied?
Are You Satisfied?
SOFT PLAY
29th May 2015
Track number
3
Release year
2014
  1. 1The Hunter
    3:01
  2. 2Cheer Up London
    2:33
  3. 3Sockets
    3:26
  4. 4Despair and Traffic
    2:18

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