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Artist: Yo La Tengo
Canonical path: /yo-la-tengo-musicas/the-story-of-jazz
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The Story of Jazz
Read The Story of Jazz lyrics by Yo La Tengo on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Story of Jazz
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Georgia left me alone last Wednesday night,
So I went to New York, to see what Doug was up to.
And I saw this band
Their name escaped me by Thursday
And the way it happend, looking, look for something to believe in.
???, he's had another bad day
The Italian thing, it's buggin' him more than he wants to admit.
Yeah, it brings him down
Sign a producer, don't matter at all.
The way it happened, nothing lasts like you think it might.
Well, naturally I was a little confused
So I placed a call, person to person,
Connect me to Steve Albini
Let the phone ring twice
When he answered I forgot everything I was gonna say
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