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I’m a little too strange, a little too kooky
Sometimes I’m loud and weird
In my thrift store clothes and day glo hair
Well I’m happy to just be queer
And even when I tried to be normal
I always missed the mark
Hell no, I’m not dimming my
I’m not dimming my spark
Well my nose got banged up
I breathe through my mouth
So what, I stay alive
I’m not a classic beauty
Not in your book
But yeah, I still thrive
And even when I tried to be normal
I always missed the mark
Hell no, I’m not dimming my
I’m not dimming my spark
Tell me to turn it down - I dare you!
I'm Still Loud!
I’m a little too strange, a little too kooky
Sometimes I’m loud and weird
In my thrift store clothes and day glo hair
Well I’m happy to just be queer
And even when I tried to be normal
I always missed the mark
Hell no, I’m not dimming my
I’m not dimming my spark
Hell no, I’m not dimming my spark!
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2. |
Gate Crasher
02:20
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I am a gate crasher
I won’t keep my nose against the pane
I am a gale of change
I’m going to break that weather vane
I got my foot in the door and
I’m armed with a steel-toed will
You think I’m raiding your store
But I know that I‘ve paid that bill
No gate, no fence, no wall
No drone, no barricade
Can ever keep me out
So get out of my way
I am a gate crasher
I am going to tear those barriers down
I am a ceiling smasher
It will rain glass in this town
I’m pushing hard to get in
So make way, you can’t keep me out
You hush the words that I say
But the whole world will hear me shout
No gate, no fence, no wall
No drone, no barricade
Can ever keep me out
So get out of my way
I am, I am, I am a gate crasher
I am, I am, I am a gate crasher
I am, I am, I am a gate crasher
Maybe you won’t see me coming
You’re far removed from my world
Don’t know the determination
Of an ordinary girl
Of an ordinary girl
I am, I am, I am a gate crasher
I am, I am, I am a gate crasher
I am, I am, I am a gate crasher
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3. |
Switch Hitter
02:48
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Either way is a good way
Hey, hey
Either way is a very good way
Either way is a good way
Hey, hey
Either way is a very good way
Hit it from the left
Hit it from the right
Playing all day
Playing at night
She's a switch hitter
He’s a switch hitter
They’re a switch hitter
Hit it, Hit it, Hit it
Switch Hitter
Either play is a good play
Hey, hey
Either play is a very good play
Either play is a good play
Hey, hey
Either play is a very good play
Put it up top
Put it down low
Put it right here
In my strike zone
She's a switch hitter
He’s switch hitter
They’re a switch hitter
Hit it, Hit it, Hit
Switch Hitter
Waiting for the windup
Swinging for the fences
Running all the bases
Sliding into home
Hit it
Hit it
Hit it
Hit it
Hit it
Switch Hitter
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4. |
Identified
01:48
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You don’t see yourself anymore
What you see is self-delusion
Trying to pull it off but we know
That it's all an illusion
Identified
With the ones who lied
The ones who turned you against you
Trying so hard to be
Like the ones you see
Like the ones who make the rules
But to lose yourself along way
Leaves you looking like a fool
Identified
With the ones who lied
The ones who turned you against you
I hope you find your way back
I hope you find your way back home
Identified
With the ones who lied
The ones who turned you against you
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The glaze in his eyes as the decibels rise
It seems the message got on the wrong train
The channels clear as words enter his ears
But they will never get into his brain
Because the sender is blocked
The sender is blocked
The sender is blocked
The sender is blocked
And you’re not getting through
Futile vibrations traversing the air
The errant arrows are missing the mark
You’ll try a different frequency
You know it’s just another shot in the dark
Because the sender is blocked, the sender is blocked
The sender is blocked, the sender is blocked
And you’re not getting through
I feel your frustration
Knowing that communication
Is on permanent vacation
I feel your frustration
Knowing that communication
Is on permanent vacation
The glaze in his eyes as the decibels rise
It seems the message got on the wrong train
The channels clear as words enter his ears
But they will never get into his brain
Because the sender is blocked
The sender is blocked
The sender is blocked
The sender is blocked
The sender is blocked
The sender is blocked
The sender is blocked
I feel your frustration
Knowing that communication
Is on permanent vacation
I feel your frustration
Knowing that communication
Is on permanent vacation
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6. |
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Oh yeah
I saw you dropping breadcrumbs
Thinking you'd find your way home
Into my heart
Into my bed
But first you wanted time to roam
Once long ago you vilified me
You let me know
I came on strong
Well, you weren't wrong
Breadcrumbs
You're not coming back
Breadcrumbs
'Cause I swept the path
Breadcrumbs
Wherever you're at
Stop there
Stop in your tracks
You broke some twigs
And bruised the foliage
On your way out of town
You marked your territory
Thinking that I might just wait around
You must believe in happy endings
Oh but sometimes in fairytales
The witch prevails, the witch prevails
Breadcrumbs
You're not coming back
Breadcrumbs
'Cause I swept the path
Breadcrumbs
Wherever you're at
Stop there
Stop in your tracks
Stay out there
And look for your candy house
An ever-sweet smiling spouse
That's not me
Yeah stay out there
And look for your candy house
Your ever-sweet smiling spouse
But that's not me
Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs
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7. |
Súbele
03:04
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Aquella moneda
Que se te cayó
Se fue rodando
Y se te perdió
Un amante infiel
Promesas vacías
Pero aún recuerdas
Lo que te decía
Y en tu radio
Tocas la misma canción
Es hora de cambiarle
A la estación
Y súbele, súbele
Basta de quejas y de gruñir
Súbele, súbele
Brinda por el porvenir (x2)
Malas amistades
Que té mintieron
Sus palabras falsas
Con las que te hirieron
Lluvia de dolor
Que te quiere ahogar
Abre tu paraguas
Te vas a empapar
Y en tu radio
Tocas la misma canción
Es hora de cambiarle
A la estación
Y súbele, súbele
Basta de quejas y de gruñir
Súbele, súbele
Brinda por el porvenir (x2)
El ruido que
Te hace sentir mal
Tienes que silenciar, silenciar
Para crear
Lo que te gusta más
Tienes que amplificar, amplificar
Y súbele, súbele!
Súbele, súbele!
Súbele, súbele
Basta de quejas y de gruñir
Súbele, súbele
Brinda por el porvenir
Súbele, súbele
Súbele
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8. |
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I need a little bit of insulation, oh-oh
Too much noise and tribulation, oh no
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-noise, noise, noise
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-noise, noise, noise
Well I could hide under the covers, stay there for days
Getting lost in a dream for hours, what an escape
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-noise, noise, noise
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-noise, noise, noise
Oh I need some insulation
It’s more than I can take
Yeah I need some insulation
Before I finally break
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-noise, noise, noise
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-noise, noise, noise
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-noise, noise, noise
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-noise, noise, noise
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Run and tell the others
A new girl's in town
She’s not one you pushed around
You pissed her off good
You should leave this neighborhood
Scram little brother, she'll come for you
Did you really think you were entitled?
Spewing all that condescending talk
Watch out now the fuse has been ignited
Yeah she is impossible to stop
Sister Dynamite
She's not the same girl
That you used to know
No longer under your control
You tried to claim her, tame her
Oh yeah you lit the flame now
Scram little brother, you’re to blame here
Next time think before you say shit
Next time think before you act
This time she's not gonna take it
No sir, she won't stand for that
Sister Dynamite
She's so tired of fragile masculinity
Gonna blow it up, yeah she's the TNT
Sister Dynamite
(TNT, TNT, TNT)
Sister Dynamite
(TNT, TNT, TNT)
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Lucky
02:25
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Lucky
You have a choice to be high-minded
But maybe you’re a little blinded
By all that privilege you hold
Lucky
Your ideological persistence
Is comfortable since from a distance
You watch the battle take its toll
You feel so superior
And wish I’d fall in line
But you're disconnected
Your reality’s not mine
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I don’t have your luck
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I don’t have your luck
Lucky
But did you mean to be ironic
When you pretend to have the tonic
That will cure everybody’s woe
Lucky
You have a choice to be high-minded
But maybe you’re a little blinded
By all that privilege you hold
You feel so superior
And wish I’d fall in line
But you're disconnected
Your reality’s not mine
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I don’t have your luck
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I don’t have your luck
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11. |
Even
02:06
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Now, now, now, I got to do it now
Because every day
Every day I work to fix it
But I don’t see the change
Yeah, I try to make it better
But it just stays the same
And it’s frustrating as hell
And I won’t take it, no way, no way
No, no, no, not giving up the race
I’m picking up the pace
Well, I’m running and I’m running
No, I’m standing in place
Yeah, I’m trying to move it forward
But I’m still in this space
Well I’m always playing catch up
And I never catch a break
But I’m getting even
You better start believing
That I won’t wait another day
Yeah, I’m getting even
You better start believing
That I won’t wait another day
I’m getting even, even
I’m getting even, even
I’m getting even, even
Hey hey hey, tell me that you agree
It’s not just about me
I know you see it happen
But you don’t seem to care
Still I know you won’t deny
That this is really unfair
Now will you make a difference
Or are you just gonna stare?
Cause I’m getting even
You better start believing
That I won’t wait another day
Yeah, I’m getting even
You better start believing
That I won’t wait another day
I’m getting even, even
I’m getting even, even
I’m getting even, even
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12. |
Risk It
03:39
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Ahh that risk’s exhilarating
Nail-biting, intoxicating
(Chorus)
You say dive in
And take a chance
I can’t control
Each circumstance
But I’m hedging my bets
I'm avoiding missteps
Sometimes I forget
That I gotta risk it
It feels so Intimidating
Frightening and aggravating
(Chorus)
Well I’ll tell you something
Though my heart is thumping
Well I know I gotta
Yeah I gotta jump in
I gotta risk it
No more excuses
Or procrastinating
Come on let’s do it
There’s no point in waiting
(Chorus)
I can’t do this halfway
I’m a little afraid
But the chips are all in
Let ‘em fall where they may
I've gotta risk it
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Alice Bag Los Angeles, California
Singer/songwriter, musician, author, artist, educator and feminist. Cofounder of one of the first bands to form during the initial wave of punk in Los Angeles. Her self-titled 2016 debut album received critical acclaim and was named one of the Best Albums of 2016 by AllMusic. Her second album Blueprint was named one of the Best Albums of 2018 by NPR and the L.A. Times. ... more
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