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Artist: Gary Numan
Canonical path: /gary-numan/respect
Related lyric paths: 6
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Respect
Read Respect lyrics by Gary Numan on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Respect
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That's OK
If that's the way you wanna play it
I don't mind
I can play it anyway
You won't stop
Until I pul you to pieces
Which I will in time
But I'm still curious
You're so young
Not one backbone between you
But you think you'll make a hero
Quite peculiar
You're just boys
You don't know what you've angered
Did you know you're talking to the heart
Of the machine?
Welcome boys
Welcome to the real world
I could almost be sorry
But I could be wrong
I know you
I know what you've been doing
I know where you live
And I know where you are
You know me
I'm the smiling assassin
You know I won't forgive
And you know I won't forget
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Gary Numan performs "Respect", and this lyric page sits inside the Gary Numan catalog on LyroVerse.
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