The Vandals
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Behind the music

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Behind the music

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That we gotta do it right

But he's getting a good feeling

So we're gonna take a meeting

With the radio promo

And the marketing homos

To see if we can get a green light

So we waited by the phone

And they finally let us know

That the label is quote

"Really excited"

This could be the big one

Time to celebrate perhaps

Our fate is in the hands of strangers

Going gold

Or down the hole

You can kiss my ass!

So we got a couple stations

We?re in medium rotation

But the P.D. isn't sure

If the single's gonna work

'Cause he's gotta play the cure

And the psychedelic furs

For the 80's flashback weekend

And our ad's are in the trades

And a video got made

And it cost a hundred grand

But we never got it played

And we're trying to hit the road

But the agent doesn't know

If there's enough in the budget for tour support

So we're playing local clubs

And we're trying to get a "buzz"

And we got a good review in "music connection"

This could be the big one

Time to celebrate perhaps

Our fate is in the hands of strangers

Going gold

Or down the hole

You can kiss my ass!

In a last ditch effort just to rally up the troops

We ignored our last statement

7 figures unrecouped

?Cause we're in it for the art

But we'd like to see if chart

In the billboard "top one thousand"

And we gave it our best shot

But the label says we're dropped

And the drummer quit the band

And he's working for his dad

So we're holding auditions

This could be the big one

Time to celebrate perhaps

Our fate is in the hands of strangers

Going gold

Or down the hole

You can kiss my ass!

This could be the big one

Time to celebrate perhaps

Our fate is in the hands of strangers

Going gold

Or down the hole

You can kiss my ass!

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