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The Monkees
Missing Links, Volume 3
Tear The Top Right Off My Head

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Tear The Top Right Off My Head

Release date: 26th March 1996

From Missing Links, Volume 3

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About This Track

"Tear The Top Right Off My Head" is a track by The Monkees, from the album Missing Links, Volume 3, released 26th March 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Monkees

The Monkees

Lyrics

Tear The Top Right Off My Head

Walkin' down a lonely street

I need someone to meet

I run across sweet-lookin' you

Do you know what you do?

Oh, you tear the top right off my head

Blow my mind

Yeah, I'm going blind

Freaking out in the afternoon

Lookin' at a daytime moon

Talk to me, I talk to you

Do you know what you do?

Yeah, you tear the top right off my head

Blow my mind

I'm going blind

Sittin' by a firelight

Coffee cups for two

Touch my lips with your finger tips

Do you know what you do?

Yeah, you tear the top right off my head

Blow my mind

Yeah, I'm going blind

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Track details

From Missing Links, Volume 3

1996

Album

Missing Links, Volume 3

Release year

1996

—Look Down
—Angel Band
—How Insensitive
—Kellogg's Jingle
—Little Red Rider
—Merry Go Round
—Penny Music
—Hollywood
—She'll Be There
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—Shake 'Em Up
—Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)
—(Theme From) The Monkees (TV Version)
—We’ll Be Back in a Minute
—We’ll Be Back in a Minute #2
—Tema Dei Monkees
—You're So Good
—Tear The Top Right Off My Head

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