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Standard Bitter Love Song #1

Release date: 17th April 2015

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"Standard Bitter Love Song #1" is a track by The Mountain Goats, released 17th April 2015. Full lyrics are available below.

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Standard Bitter Love Song #1

[Verse 1]

I'm not going to say what I came over to say to you

But you were thinking along the same lines

And you let the words come ringing through

Well

I wouldn't've said that to you

I wouldn't say it if they paid me to

[Refrain]

You got no manners

You got no manners at all

You got no manners

You got no manners

You got no manners at all

You got no manners

[Verse 2]

I'm gonna try real hard

But I, I can't believe that you're really going to do it

It's like one of those Chinese kites flying in the wind

And then some kid with a shotgun sends a bullet through it

And I, I came here to say it

But I've done that before

And I would never have told you that I don't love you anymore

[Refrain]

You got no manners

You got no manners at all

You got no manners

You got no manners

You got no manners at all

You got no manners

You got no manners

You got no manners at all

You got no manners

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Standard Bitter Love Song #1

2015

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