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nichijames The electric sound adds a new depth to Spencer McGillicutty that demonstrates an evolution from the first album. It shows a flexibility and maturity in the group to show their artistry in many different styles, retaining a tie to older popular styles with a more modern sound. Favorite track: Hanging Around With Jane.
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1.
AN ACT OF CONTRITION Baby you're always sweet to me Always treat me so lovingly Always say you'll always love me And you'll never leave You bring me flowers every night Make sure that everything is just right And you always hold me tight But it's just an act An act of contrition You just want to save yourself I know you're only marking time I know I said that it's all right I know I said that we should not fight I know that everyone does wrong And that you'll do me right From now on and never hurt me I know that you will not desert me I know you'll love me tediously But it's just an act An act of contrition You just want to save yourself I know you're only marking time So if I should act Act with suspicion Oh don't be surprised me dear I can't forget the things you've done Well I have heard your confession And I don't want to live out your sentence with you I don't want to be just a penance for you 'Cause I still adore you But your love's just an act An act of contrition You just want to save yourself I know you're only marking time So if I should act Act with suspicion Oh don't be surprised me dear I can't forgive the things you've done I know you're just marking time I know you're just marking time I know you're just marking time I know you're just marking time...
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In My Arms Again (free) 02:51
IN MY ARMS AGAIN Everywhere you go The girls all fall in love with you But I'm convinced there's no one else Who loves you like I do I wish that I'd never let you Walk away from me I'm just trying to get us back To where we used to be Take your time Remember me baby Maybe you might come back I can wait 'till then And you'll be In my arms again Since you said goodbye It seems you take up all my time I try to let you go But I can't get you off my mind I've been waiting for the day When you come to my door Smiling at me And I won't be lonely anymore Take your time Remember me baby Maybe you might come back I can wait 'till then And you'll be In my arms again I never wanted anyone but you Say that you want me too And I'll try to pass the time 'Till I am yours And you've got to got to got to be mine Now every time I fall asleep You're running through my head Promises and poetry And all the things we said Love like ours could never die But you say that it did We both know You told a lie You ran away and hid Take your time Remember me baby Maybe you might come back I can wait 'till then And you'll be In my arms again And you'll be in my arms again And you'll be in my arms again
3.
CLAIRE CARNABY: Everyone thinks that you are such a perfect child But darling I know the truth, there's poison in your smile When other people turn their backs, Then you set into tormenting me Your gentle voice turns cold and bitter, As you provoke and tease. Claire Carnaby, you know I'm never ever gonna be free You sunk your claws deep into me and nobody can see them but me. Now if I'd done something to make you hate me so, Then I would apologize and we could let it go. But I have never done a thing To merit all this venom from you You're just a wicked, spiteful child And I can see right through you Claire Carnaby, you know I'm never ever gonna be free You sunk your claws deep into me and nobody can see them but me. Well you sit next to me every week at church You're praying so earnestly and always kneel down first You're lookin' just like a saint in books at Sunday school But underneath all the paint, you're terrible and cruel But while you're singing oh-so-sweet, And praying hard for all of our sins You grind your heels into my feet And kick me in the shins Claire Carnaby, you know I'm never ever gonna be free You sunk your claws deep into me and nobody can see them but me.
4.
SECRET BEST FRIEND The real world, if you’ll call it that, Is not the place for me Somehow it manages To be both boring and scary Everyone must need someone To get them through the day When the days are dull as this I need to see you right away Where are you when I need you, My secret best friend? Spend the whole day passing notes On confidential letterhead And when I see you My joy has no end Till you go away again Till you go away again Till you go away again Till you go away again I don’t see too much of you But always keep in touch I’m always checking in with you Especially when I’ve had too much to drink I always think of you When I hear my favorite songs Come and meet me out tonight It feels like it’s been so long Where are you when I need you, My secret best friend? Spend the whole day passing notes On confidential letterhead And when I see you My joy has no end Till you go away again Till you go away again Till you go away again Till you go; away we go again
5.
GIVE ME A TRY Love is in the weather You feel it passing through It seems that Everywhere I go I feel it too Summer dreams together And some are coming true It seems that every night is endless Here with you I want you to give me a try Give me a try won't you 'Cause I think you'd like me, too I can't keep waiting forever for you Here the roller coasters Run all night And every star is shining soft electric light As the sun is setting And as the surf rolls in It seems to be the only place We've ever been I want you to give me a try Give me a try won't you 'Cause I think you'd like me, too I can't keep waiting forever for you I can't keep waiting forever for you
6.
TELEPHONE SIGNALS: Telephone signals Swim through the dark Telephone wires Are twisted and broken, showering sparks You answer but you won't answer me I never really thought you'd pick up, So why don't you just put me back down? Leave me a message and I'll call you right back, When I realize what I've done and come back around Come back around Telephone silence A dull overtone Telephone violence Don't call me, goddamn you, Won't you leave me alone? You answer but you won't answer me. I'm sorry, I missed you, I'm sorry, I miss you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'm sorry, I missed you, I'm sorry, I miss you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry
7.
HIDE AND SEEK How 'bout a game of Hide and Seek with me I'll go and hide first, you count to three... Then again maybe you can count to ten or to twenty-five I might need some time to find a place You've been hiding (so long) Never deciding Whoa oh oh woah oh oh oh oh Deep inside you, that's where I'll find you Whoa oh oh oh, woah oh oh oh oh Ready or not, you'll come and look for me Open the wardrobe, climb up a tree Maybe I should go re-hide, try to find a place easy to find It might be some time till you find me You've been hiding (so long) Never deciding Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh oh oh Deep inside you, that's where I'll find you Whoa oh oh oh, woah oh oh oh oh It's getting dark out, soon I'll have to leave Just say you give up lookin' for me I'm to blame, it's just a game, why I play, I could never say I just need some time to hide away You've been hiding (so long) Never deciding Whoa oh oh woah oh oh oh oh Deep inside you, that's where I'll find you Whoa oh oh oh, woah oh oh oh oh You've been hiding (so long) Our dreams colliding Whoa oh oh woah oh oh oh oh In the cupboard, you were discovered Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh oh oh oh oh
8.
IT'S EASY TO FALL IN LOVE People always try to tell me That love is such a tricky thing They warn of all the pain it brings And all that they've been through They think I'm living in a movie With rosey glasses on my eyes Full of sugar-coated happy lies But they don't know you They say that love is so hard So hold on to your heart And never let it go But I know this much is true It's easy to Fall in love With a girl like you People say that I'm too hasty That I need to cool it down To get my feet back on the ground And to think things through But I really can't be bothered To pander to their silly fears To squander all my finest years They don't have a clue They say that love is so hard So hold on to your heart And never let it go But I know this much is true It's easy to Fall in love With a girl like you
9.
HANGING AROUND WITH JANE: Lately, dear, you haven't been the same You think she's a friend but it's all just a game I think you'd better stop stop hanging around with Jane Yeah yeah yeah That girl's no good, and she'll only make you sorry Yeah yeah yeah She kisses boys she doesn't even know, She's a coarse little catch in a one-girl show She always tries to pull you into the games she plays She mystifies even the most assured She'll lie to your face but make you keep your word She never means to hurt you (or so she'll say) I think you'd better stop stop hanging around with Jane Yeah yeah yeah That girl's no good, and she'll only make you sorry Yeah yeah yeah I guess you're impressed with her sweet talking The flask in her dress and the smokes in her stockings Your evenings feel electric, but your mornings grey I know that she's convincing and she's pretty too, But do you know just what she wants from you? She knows just how to play you, you'd better stay away. I think you'd better stop stop hanging around with Jane Yeah yeah yeah That girl's no good, and she'll only make you sorry Yeah yeah yeah I think you'd better stop stop hanging around with Jane Yeah yeah yeah That girl's a mess, and she's such a bad example Yeah yeah yeah I think you'd better stop stop hanging around with Jane Yeah yeah yeah That girl's no good, and she'll only make you sorry Yeah yeah yeah She'll only make you sorry
10.
LOCK MYSELF AWAY: Some forgotten place is hiding in your face, A place you'd love to visit Take my word and the next red-eye (I) can hardly breathe, and you can hardly sleep, Exciting as it may seem, I'm afraid you are over me Again is what I need Ba-ba-ba ba-ba ba, You know you're falling for it Ba-ba-ba ba-ba ba, ooooh There's something in the way she moved (Don't mind me...) I'll take another day, Lock myself away Oooh, it's up to me Please don't ever say there's no game left to play, 'Cause I can feel you burning Up inside, all because of me I'm left alone, simple as a stone A statue in your garden, standing still watching over you, Watching over me Ba-ba-ba ba-ba ba, You know you're falling for it Ba-ba-ba ba-ba ba, ooooh There's something in the way she moved (Don't mind me...) I'll take another day, Lock myself away Oooh, it's up to me It's up to me
11.
So Far 03:12
SO FAR I can see us sitting in the lamp light Twenty years from now But for now I can't see You at all Tried to get it all down in a letter That I sent to you I'm afraid You might see Through it all You always leave things as they are I guess it's worked for you So far But you're so far away And I'm so far away You're so far away And I'm so far away Oooh ooh ooh Guess I'd thought we'd always be together Never thought I'd feel So alone With you here Next to me When you say you love me do you mean it 'Cause you have to choose It's okay Either way We both lose You always leave things as they are I guess it's worked for you So far But you're so far away And I'm so far away You're so far away And I'm so far away Oooh ooh ooh Oooh ooh ooh

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Spencer McGillicutty's long-anticipated sophomore album was released September 13th, 2009. After years of loving care, they integrated full band instrumentation into the band's distinctive sound for a new batch of Spencer originals. "Games" is a giddy dose of pure pop drawing from 1960s traditions like girl groups, classic Brill Building songwriting and lush Beach Boys harmonies.

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Spencer McGillicutty Minneapolis, Minnesota

Spencer McGillicutty is a co-ed indie pop group based out of Minneapolis, MN. Featuring a rotating cast of four different lead singers, the band delivers wistful bedroom jangle pop, dreamy girl group send-ups, and ambling, tuneful folk with equal aplomb. Their third album All The Happy People! is due out May 15, 2012. ... more

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