What do I, what do I, what do I need to do
To see myself in a better mood?
And what do you, what do you, what do you need to do
To get yourself in a better mood?

Well there's not a lot for you to give
If you're giving in
And there's not a lot for you to feel
If you're not feeling it
You bring it up, and bring it in
And we'll get you fixed up in no time

And what I wanted most, what I wanted most
What I wanted most was to get myself figured out
And what I figured out, what I figured out, what I figured out
Was I needed more time to figure you out

Well, there's not a lot for you to give
If you're giving in
And there's not a lot for you to feel
If you're not feeling it
You bring it up, and bring it in
And we'll get you fixed up in no time

This love is all I have to give
This love is all I have to give
This love is all I have to give
This love is all I have to give

There's not a lot for you to give
If you're giving in
And there's not a lot for you to feel
If you're not feeling it
There's not a lot for you to give
If you're giving in
And there's not a lot for you to feel
If you're not feeling it
Then bring it up, and bring it in, and bring it in
And we'll get you fixed up in no
We'll get you fixed up in no time

This love is all I have to give
This love


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Fix You Up Lyrics as written by Tegan Rain Quin Sara Keirsten Quin

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    From an interview...again ;-) Tegan:''I like that song . . . I don't even know what to say about it. I guess there was lots of time that for Sara and I, being sisters and being family and being in a band for five years, it can be exhausting and at times I felt like sort of an unknown. With Sara moving to Montreal and talking a lot about going back to school, it was tough. There were times when I was writing this record where I was pretty sure that was it. You know, like I was writing my own record and Sara was gonna be done and wasn't contributing and wasn't returning my calls or hadn't sent me new music. I thought, jeez, this is it, she's gonna quit and I'm gonna be all on my own. And there's something about that song; I guess I was trying to get that feeling like you sort of have to enjoy what you have and you have to put in a hundred percent and give everything you have or really there's nothing to give because if you're being a big whiny bag all the time then that's all you'll be.''

    pata3on March 12, 2007   Link

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