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Seeds
Happy Idiot

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TV On The Radio

Happy Idiot

Release date: 17th November 2014

From SeedsTrack 43:03

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About This Track

"Happy Idiot" is a single by TV On The Radio, from the album Seeds, released 17th November 2014. The track is 3:03 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about TV On The Radio.

About the Artist

TV On The Radio

TV On The Radio

Lyrics

Happy Idiot

Stuck in the shade
Where there's no sunshine
I don't wanna play
With them other kids in the sun

Since you left me, babe
It's been a long way down
Yeah, you left me, babe
It's been a long way down

What you don't know won't hurt you, yeah
Ignorance is bliss
I'm a happy idiot
Waving at cars
I'm gonna bang my head to the wall
'Til I feel like nothing at all
I'm a happy idiot
To keep my mind off you
Stuck in a daze and I've lost my mind
I don't wanna stay
Where the blame's all mine

Since you left me, babe
It's been a long way down
Yeah, you left me, babe
It's been a long way down

So, I shut it off
So, I shut it all off
So, I shut it off
So, I shut it all off
(Oh, oh, oh) It's been a long way down (Oh, oh, oh)
It's been a long way down

What you don't know won't hurt you, yeah
Ignorance is bliss
I'm a happy idiot
Waving at cars
I'm gonna bang my head to the wall
'Til I feel like nothing at all
I'm a happy idiot

To keep my mind off you
To keep my mind off you
To keep my mind off you

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Track details

From Seeds

3:032014Single

Listen

Album

TV On The Radio

17th November 2014

Track number

4

Release year

2014

1Quartz
3:58
2Careful You
5:12
3Could You
4:02
4Happy Idiot
3:03

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TV On The Radio — Quartz (from Seeds) [3:58]
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TV On The Radio — No Future Shock (from Nine Types of Light) [4:03]
TV On The Radio — Repetition (from Nine Types of Light) [3:43]
TV On The Radio — Killer Crane (from Nine Types of Light) [6:15]
TV On The Radio — Second Song (from Nine Types of Light) [4:21]
TV On The Radio — New Cannonball Blues (from Nine Types of Light) [4:32]
TV On The Radio — Caffeinated Consciousness (from Nine Types of Light) [3:19]
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TV On The Radio — Forgotten (from Nine Types of Light) [3:37]
TV On The Radio — You (from Nine Types of Light) [4:04]
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