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The Get Up Kids
Something to Write Home About
Close to Home

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The Get Up Kids

Close to Home

Release date: 20th September 1999

From Something to Write Home AboutTrack 113:51

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Lyrics

Close to Home

Summer swallowed us whole,
Waited for you to come around.

Every word you wrote
Down, we read it over to know...
Would they believe in us now?

There's no shame like no
Sound from sources hits close to home.
Everything that we've found
Says make your own destiny. But

You're unaware that you
Should be scared.
Maybe you'll learn from mistakes that we make.
We're not waiting forever.

We know you'll never be there.
We're not waiting forever,
If you get out
See you there.

Summer swallowed us whole,
Waited for you to come around.

There's no shame like no
Sound from sources hits close to home.
Everything that we've found
Says make your own destiny. But

You're unaware that you
Should be scared.
Maybe you'll learn from mistakes that we make.
We're not waiting forever.

We know you'll never be there.
We're not waiting forever,
If you get out
See you there.

You're not awake
As I'm aware.
Woo

Maybe we had all you
Figured absolutely wrong.
There's been a misunderstanding
We've had all along.

Maybe we had all you
Figured absolutely wrong.
(Maybe we had all you
Figured absolutely wrong.)
You can read about
(You can read)
About it when we're gone.

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Track details

From Something to Write Home About

3:511999

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Album

Something to Write Home About

The Get Up Kids

21st September 1999

Track number

11

Release year

1999

1Holiday
3:29
2Action & Action
4:06
3Valentine
4:19
4Red Letter Day
2:56

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The Get Up Kids — Wish You Were Here (from On a Wire) [3:31]
The Get Up Kids — Fall from Grace (from On a Wire) [3:39]
The Get Up Kids — High as the Moon (from On a Wire) [3:25]
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The Get Up Kids — Walking on a Wire (from On a Wire) [5:17]
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The Get Up Kids — Anne Arbour (from The EP's: Red Letter Day & Woodson) [3:32]
The Get Up Kids — A New Found Interest in Massachusetts (from The EP's: Red Letter Day & Woodson) [3:31]
The Get Up Kids — Mass Pike (from The EP's: Red Letter Day & Woodson) [3:44]
The Get Up Kids — One Year Later (from The EP's: Red Letter Day & Woodson) [3:04]
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The Get Up Kids — My Apology (from Something to Write Home About) [3:24]
The Get Up Kids — Ten Minutes (from Something to Write Home About) [3:13]
The Get Up Kids — I'll Catch You (from Something to Write Home About) [4:20]
The Get Up Kids — Red Letter Day (from Something to Write Home About) [2:56]
The Get Up Kids — Valentine (from Something to Write Home About) [4:19]
The Get Up Kids — I'm a Loner Dottie, A Rebel (from Something to Write Home About) [3:09]
The Get Up Kids — Long Goodnight (from Something to Write Home About) [4:50]
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The Get Up Kids — Better Half (from Four Minute Mile) [3:25]
The Get Up Kids — No Love (from Four Minute Mile) [3:05]
The Get Up Kids — Michelle with One "L" (from Four Minute Mile) [6:04]
The Get Up Kids — Don't Hate Me (from Four Minute Mile) [2:54]
The Get Up Kids — Washington Square Park (from Four Minute Mile) [3:08]
The Get Up Kids — Stay Gold, Ponyboy (from Four Minute Mile) [2:55]
The Get Up Kids — Fall Semester (from Four Minute Mile) [3:21]
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The Get Up Kids — A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts
The Get Up Kids — Shorty / The Breathing Method

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3:31
Action & ActionSomething to Write Home About
4:06
Anne ArbourThe EP's: Red Letter Day & Woodson
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Forgive and ForgetThe EP's: Red Letter Day & Woodson
3:26
HolidaySomething to Write Home About
3:29
I'll Catch YouSomething to Write Home About
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I'm a Loner Dottie, A RebelSomething to Write Home About
3:09
Long GoodnightSomething to Write Home About
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Mass PikeThe EP's: Red Letter Day & Woodson
3:44
My ApologySomething to Write Home About
3:24

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The Get Up Kids have announced UK and EU tour dates for 'Something to Write Home About''s 25th anniversary

The Get Up Kids have announced UK and EU tour dates for 'Something to Write Home About''s 25th anniversary

Tickets for the tour will go on general sale on 16th September at 10am BST.

Sep 11, 2024 • 12:37 PM

The Get Up Kids' classic 'Something to Write Home About' at 25: "People often ask me if I'm sick of these songs. And I'm not. I'm just sick of rehearsing them"

The Get Up Kids' classic 'Something to Write Home About' at 25: "People often ask me if I'm sick of these songs. And I'm not. I'm just sick of rehearsing them"

Calling albums legendary, era-defining or 'seminal' might be increasingly common faire, but when it comes to The Get Up Kids' 'Something to Write Home About', the reverence is deserved

Jul 10, 2024 • 3:00 PM

7The Company Dime

9I'm a Loner Dottie, A Rebel

10Long Goodnight

11Close to Home

3:51

12I'll Catch You