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Artist: Sleater-Kinney
Canonical path: /sleater-kinney/not-what-you-want
Related lyric paths: 6
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Not What You Want
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Not What You Want
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Saw johnny at the store
I said get your car let's hit the road
He said tell me baby what's wrong
Oh tell me baby what's wrong
Do do do do.....
(she's on fire now
You think you wanna watch
I think you'd better not)
Do you wanna get the wheel
Swerve my heart
It pounds with steel
He said tell me baby what's wrong
Oh tell me baby what's wrong
It's not what you want it's everything
Got my foot on the floor
We'll go 80 90 5 maybe more
Oh oh tell me baby what's wrong
Oh tell me baby what's wrong
It's not what you want it's everything
Hold me out, you're my girl
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