Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done
Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done


Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Stunt
Released: 1998

It's All Been Done Lyrics


I met you before the fall of Rome
And I begged you to let me take you home
You were wrong, I was right
You said goodbye, I said goodnight

It's All Been Done
It's all been done
It's all been done before

I knew you before the west was won
And I heard you say the past
Was much more fun
You go your way, I go mine
But I'll see you next time

It's all been done
It's all been done
It's all been done before

If I put my fingers here, and if I say
"I love you, dear"
And if I play the same three chords,
Will you just yawn and say

It's all been done
It's all been done
It's all been done before

Alone and bored on a thirtieth-century night
Will I see you on The Price Is Right?
Will I cry? Will I smile?
As you run down the aisle?

It's all been done
It's all been done
It's all been done before

It's all been done
It's all been done
It's all been done before

It's all been done
It's all been done
It's all been done before

Writer/s: PAGE, STEVEN
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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It's All Been Done
  • This song appears to follow the stages of a relationship.

    We start from when the couple initially meet:
    "I met you, before the fall of Rome and I bet you to let me take you home."

    The next verse is a date that didn't go so well:
    "I knew you before the west was won. I heard you say, 'the past was much more fun.'"

    Though he knows that they we get together again:
    "You go your way, I'll go mine but I'll see you next time."

    The couple then go on to make love, though she is bored:
    "If I put my fingers here and If I say I love you dear and if I play the same three chords will you just yawn And say, 'Ah, I hate it.'"

    They then split up, and he wonders if he'll ever see her again:
    "Alone and bored on a thirtieth century night will I see you on The Price is Right?"

    He also considers what he will do when she finds somebody else:
    "Will I cry, will I smile as you run, down the aisle?"
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    Suggestion credit:
    Rich - London, England
  • Steven Page wrote this song and sang lead.
  • This was used as the theme song for the short-lived animated TV series Baby Blues.