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The Stranglers
10
Instead of This

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Instead of This

Release date: 1990

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About This Track

"Instead of This" is a track by The Stranglers, from the album 10, released 1990. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Instead of This

I don't want to talk about it

I don't want to greet about it

I don't want to see you anymore

I don't want to think about it

I just want to see you walk out that door

Walk out that door

I don't want to hear about it

I don't want to fight about it

I don't want to argue anymore

I don't want to linger on it

I just want to even up the score

Walk out that door

You could have had all

You could have had all the love you wished

You could have had all

All I had to give instead of this

Instead of this

I don't want to talk about it

I don't want to greet about it

I don't want to see you anymore

I don't want to think about it

I just want to see you walk out that door

Walk out that door

You could have had all

You could have had all the love you wished

You could have had all

All I had to give instead of this

You could have had all

You could have had all the love you wished

You could have had all

All I had to give instead of this

Instead of this

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Track details

From 10

1990

Album

Release year

1990

—Always the Sun (Sunny Side Up mix)
—Instead of This
—Let's Celebrate
—Man of the Earth
—Never to Look Back
—Out of My Mind
—In This Place
—Someone Like You
—Too Many Teardrops
—Where I Live
—¡Viva Vlad!

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Credited: Dave Greenfield, Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Jet Black, Owen Morris