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Cheap Talk

Release date: 4th March 2022

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"Cheap Talk" is a track by The Dirty Knobs, from the album External Combustion, released 4th March 2022. Full lyrics are available below.

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Cheap Talk

[Intro]

You always want what you can't

[Verse 1]

I know how you are

You push me too far

Like a burned out shooting star

I know how you are

[Verse 2]

I ain't your shrink

But I know how you think

You live under a brink

Yeah, I know how you think

[Chorus]

It's not love, is it?

It's not love

It's not love, is it?

It's just cheap talk, baby

Cheap talk, baby, yeah

(Uh, uh, uh)

[Verse 3]

I know how to turn your wheels

I know how it feels

Like twenty tons of steel

Yeah, I know how it feels

[Chorus]

It's not love, is it?

It's not love

It's not love, is it?

It's just cheap talk, baby

Cheap talk, baby, yeah

[Verse 4]

I ain't gonna let you

Treat me cruel

Make me a fool anymore

I packed my bag, grabbed my coat and hat

Yeah, and I'm going out backdoors

[Chorus]

It's not love, is it?

It's not love

It's not love, is it?

It's just cheap talk, baby

Cheap talk, baby, yeah

[Outro]

It's not love

It's not love

It's not love

It's not love

It's not love

It's not love

It's not love

It's not love

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2022
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External Combustion
The Dirty Knobs
4th March 2022
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2022

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