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The Replacements - Talent Show

The Replacements - Talent Show Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Don't Tell A Soul
Released: 1989

Talent Show Lyrics

In my waxed up hair and my painted shoes
Got an offer that you might refuse
Tonight, tonight, we're gonna take a stab
Come on along, we'll grab a cab

We ain't much to look at so
Close your eyes, here we go
We're playin' at the Talent Show
Playin' at the talent show
Come on along, here we go
Playin' at the talent show
Check us out, here we go
Playin' at the talent show

Well we got our guitars and we got thumb picks
And we go on after some lip-synch chicks
We're feelin' good from the pills we took
Oh, baby, don't gimme that look

We ain't much to look at so
Close your eyes, here we go
We're playin' at the talent show
Playin' at the talent show
Come on along, here we go
Playin' at the talent show
Hop a ride, here we go
Playin' at the talent show

Well it's the biggest thing in my life I guess
Look at us all, we're nervous wrecks
Hey, we go on next

Talent show
Talent show
Playin' at the talent show
Playin' at the talent show

Wish us luck if you can't go
Playin' at the talent show
An empty seat in the front row
We might even win this time, guys, you never know

It's too late to turn back, here we go...

Writer/s: PAUL WESTERBERG
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Talent Show

While performing this on an MTV awards show, the line "Feelin' good from the pills we took" was bleeped. As an subtle "screw you" to the show, they replaced "It's too late to turn back" with "It's too late to take pills" for the rest of the song. This incident is further evidence of why they never were as famous as they could have been.

The tune and chorus were lifted from their song "Portland."

The Replacements - Unsatisfied

The Replacements - Unsatisfied Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Let It Be
Released: 1984

Unsatisfied Lyrics

Look me in the eye
Then, tell me that I'm satisfied
Was you satisfied?
Look me in the eye
Then, tell me that I'm satisfied
Hey, are you satisfied?

And it goes so slowly on
Everything I've ever wanted
Tell me what's wrong

Look me in the eye
And tell me that I'm satisfied
Were you satisfied?
Look me in the eye
Then, tell me I'm satisfied
And now are you satisfied?

Everything goes
Well, anything goes all of the time
Everything you dream of
Is right in front of you
And everything is a lie (or) And liberty is a lie

Look me in the eye
And tell me that I'm satisfied
Look me in the eye
Unsatisfied
I'm so, I'm so unsatisfied
I'm so dissatisfied
I'm so, I'm so unsatisfied
I'm so unsatisfied
Well, I'm-a
I'm so, I'm so unsatisfied
I'm so dissatis,dissattis...
I'm so...

Writer/s: WESTERBERG, PAUL
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Unsatisfied

Rolling Stone magazine called this Paul Westerberg's greatest song. It's been used in a number of films, including a scene in Airheads in which Brendan Frasier is alone in a radio booth eating a burrito.

The Replacements - Kids Don't Follow

The Replacements - Kids Don't Follow Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Stink
Released: 1982

Kids Don't Follow Lyrics

Go home.....this is the Minneapolis police....the
party's over...if you all just grab your stuff &
leave there won't be any hassle..the party's been
closed....etc.
One, two, three, four

Kids won't listen
To what you're sayin'
Kids ain't wondering
Kids ain't praying
Mo says he's worried
He says talk away
He says yeah I've been cured

I need some attention
No house of detention
I'd love some attention
Don't start again

Kids don't need that
Kids don't want that
Kids don't need nothing of the kind
Kids Don't Follow

What you're doin'
In my face out my ear
Kids won't follow
What you're sayin
We can't hear

Can't stop looting
Can't stop smoking
Kids ain't wondering
Can't stop choking
Kids won't stand still
Kids won't shut up
Kids won't do it
You talk to 'em now

Kids don't follow
What you're doin'
In my face and out my ear
Kids won't follow
What you're saying
We can't hear

Kids won't follow
What you're saying
In my face out my ear
Kids don't follow
What you're sayin'
We can't hear
What you say
Not tomorrow
Not today

Writer/s: WESTERBERG, PAUL
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Kids Don't Follow

This was a response song that Paul Westerberg wrote after hearing U2's breakthrough hit "I Will Follow."

The Replacements - Sadly Beautiful

The Replacements - Sadly Beautiful Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: All Shook Down
Released: 1990

Sadly Beautiful Lyrics

From the very first day that you were born
To the very last time you waved and honked your horn
Had no chance at all to watch you grow
Up so sadly, beautiful
Up so sadly, beautiful

Baby needs a brand new pair of eyes
Cause the ones you got now see only goodbyes
Had no chance at all to let you know
Oh so sadly, beautiful
Sadly, beautiful

Well you got your father's hair
And you got your father's nose
But you got my soul
Sadly, beautiful

From the very last time you waved and honked your horn
To a face that turned away pale and worn
Had no chance at all to let you know
You left me sadly, beautiful
Left me sadly, beautiful
Sadly, beautiful
So sadly
So sadly

Writer/s: WESTERBERG, PAUL
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Sadly Beautiful

John Cale of the Velvet Underground played the viola solo in the middle of this song. Paul Westerberg said he was extremely intimidated by Cale while he was in the studio, always wondering "If he was going to drop-kick me."

The Replacements - The Ledge

The Replacements - The Ledge Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Pleased To Meet Me
Released: 1987

The Ledge Lyrics

All eyes look up to me
High above the filthy streets
Heed no bullhorn when it calls
Watch me fly and die, watch me fall

I'm the boy they can't ignore,
For the first time in my life, I'm sure
All the love sent up high to pledge
Won't reach The Ledge

Wind blows cold from the west
I smell coffee, I smell doughnuts for the press (on their breath?)
A girl that I knew once years ago
Is tryin' to be reached on the phone

I'm the boy she can't ignore,
For the first time in my life, I'm sure
All the love sent up high to pledge...

(Repeat)

Priest kneels silent, all is still
Policeman reaches from the sill
Watch him, watch him try his best
There'll be no medal pinned to his chest

I'm the boy they couldn't ignore,
For the first time in my life, I'm sure

(Repeat)

I'm the boy for the last time in my life

All the love that they pledge
For the last time will not reach the ledge...

Writer/s: WESTERBERG, PAUL
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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The Ledge

This is yet another song Paul Westerberg wrote about suicide. The band received a lot of flak because the song's release was around the same time a group of new Jersey teens took part in a suicide pact. Westerberg angrily defended the song, stating that it wasn't some cynical attempt to cash in on a tragedy, but more of an expression of empathy for the type of person that would consider such a desperate act. Suicide is one of his most frequent subjects and he has been treated for chronic depression in the past.

The fading scream heard at the end of the song is one of the most chilling rock moments ever, as the listener realizes the subject of the song carried out his intentions.

The Replacements - Bastards of Young

The Replacements - Bastards of Young Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Tim
Released: 1985

Bastards of Young Lyrics

God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Dreams unfulfilled, graduate unskilled
It beats pickin' cotton and waitin' to be forgotten

We are the sons of no one, Bastards of Young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons

Clean your baby womb, trash that baby boom
Elvis in the ground, there'll ain't no beer tonight
Income tax deduction, what a hell of a function
It beats pickin' cotton and waitin' to be forgotten

We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons

Unwillingness to claim us, ya got no word (war?) to name us

The ones who love us best are the ones we'll lay to rest
And visit their graves on holidays at best
The ones who love us least are the ones we'll die to please
If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them

We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons

Young...take it, it's yours...

Writer/s: WESTERBERG, PAUL
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Bastards of Young

Fitting with the rebellious nature of The Replacements, this song is about a lost generation. The references to "Elvis" and the "Baby Boom" imply their parents, who see them as nothing more than tax deductions. "Bastard" is a derogatory term for a child born out of wedlock.

Some have speculated that the chorus is actually, "We are the sons of Norway" (somewhat fitting, given the Minnesota birthplace of all members) but, (famously) as no lyric sheet was ever provided by the band, it remains speculation.

The video is a black-and-white, single shot of a stereo system playing the song. He see a guy enter the frame, lie on the couch and smoke a cigarette, but we never see his face. At the end of the clip, he kicks over a speaker and leaves.

The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait

The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Pleased To Meet Me
Released: 1987

Can't Hardly Wait Lyrics

I'll write you a letter tomorrow
Tonight I can't hold a pen
Someone's got a stamp that I can borrow
I promise not to blow the address again

Lights that flash in the evening,
Through a crack in the drapes

Jesus rides beside me
He never buys any smokes
Hurry up, hurry up, ain't you had enough of this stuff
Ashtray floors, dirty clothes, and filthy jokes

See you're high and lonesome
Try and try and try

Lights that flash in the evening,
Through a hole in the drapes
I'll be home when I'm sleeping
I Can't Hardly Wait

I can't wait. Hardly wait.

Writer/s: WESTERBERG, PAUL
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Can't Hardly Wait

Two versions of this song exist. The most famous one, on Pleased To Meet Me, starts with a bass line and features horns. The original, found on the Tim demo sessions, has the guitar starting the song and is about committing suicide. The record company felt that Pleased To Meet Me, with suicide paean "The Ledge," didn't need any controversy over having two songs about suicide, so the lyrics to this song were altered.