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Artist: Replacements
Canonical path: /replacements/answering-machine
Related lyric paths: 6
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Answering Machine
Read Answering Machine lyrics by Replacements on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Answering Machine
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1,2,3,4
Try to breathe some life into a letter
Losing hope, never gonna be together
My courage is at its peak
You know what I mean
How do you say are okay to
An answering machine?
How do you say good night to
An answering machine?
Big towns got its losers
Small towns got its vices
A handful of friends
One needs a match, one needs some ice
Call-waiting phone in another time zone
How do you say I miss you to
An answering machine?
How do you say good night to
An answering machine?
I get enough of that
Try to free a slave of ignorance
Try and teach a whore about romance
How do you say I miss you to
An answering machine?
How do you say good night to
An answering machine?
How do you say I'm lonely to
An answering machine?
The message is very plain
Oh, I hate your answering machine
I hate your answering machine
I hate your answering machine...
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Replacements performs "Answering Machine", and this lyric page sits inside the Replacements catalog on LyroVerse.
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