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Album: Kill the Moonlight
Released: 2002

The Way We Get Lyrics

We get high in back seats of cars
We break into mobile homes
We go to sleep to shake appeal
Never wake up on our own

And that's The Way We Get by
Way we get by
And that's the way we get by
Way we get by

We go out in stormy weather
We rarely practice discern
We make love to some weird sin
We seek out the taciturn

And that's the way we get by
Way we get by
And that's the way we get by
Way we get by

We found a new kind of dance in a magazine
Tried it out it's like nothing you ever seen
You sweet talk like a cop and you know it
You bought a new bag of pot, said let's make a new start

And that's the way to my heart
The way to my heart

That's the way we get by
Way we get by

We get high in back seats of cars
We put faith in our concerns
Fall in love to down on the street
We believe in the sum of ourselves

I said that's the way we get by

Writer/s: BRITT DANIEL
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Lead singer Britt Daniel wrote this single for Spoon's fourth studio album, Kill the Moonlight. The song is about an apathetic generation that will do anything to distract themselves from the boredom of everyday life, which usually gets them into trouble.

At least three references to rocker Iggy Pop are in this song. First, "We go to sleep to 'Shake Appeal,'" is a nod "Shake Appeal," a single from Iggy's third album with The Stooges, Raw Power (1973). Second, "We make love to 'Some Weird Sin,'" cites a track co-written by David Bowie from Iggy's second solo album, Lust for Life. Third, "Fall in love to 'Down On The Street,'" takes us back to The Stooges with a reference to the opening track from Fun House (1970).

This song didn't chart, but it became a popular choice for TV shows, including The O.C. (in the 2003 episode "The Outsider"); Hustle (in the promos for episodes from 2006) and Shameless (in the 2011 pilot). It was also featured in the movies Mean Creek, a 2004 indie drama starring Rory Culkin;The Puffy Chair, a 2005 dramedy starring Mark and Jay Duplass; and Stranger Than Fiction, a 2006 comedy starring Will Ferrell.

Daniel told The Austin Chronicle the story behind the album title Kill the Moonlight: "It's the name of a Futurist manifesto," he explained. "In Italy from about 1900-1920, there was a movement called the Futurists. There was a little pamphlet decreeing what they believed in." Don't ask him any specifics, though. He admitted the band didn't actually read the pamphlet.