This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Support for Capital Cities comes from
Lazy Hooks
(I like it when you play with my hair)
(I like it when you play with my hair)
National Public Radio
Back to the Future 2
Daniel Day Lewis
Sunsets
You know it when you see it
You know it when it's there
Like Michael Jackson Thriller
Like Farrah Fawcett Hair
It's good shit
It's good shit
It's good shit
Oh yeah
Solar Energy
Nutella
Democracy
My voice
Enjoying ceviche in Peru and seeing a double rainbow
While listening to Bitches Brew as recorded by Miles Davis (that's cool)
Andre 3000
Full length mirrors and her hair in a bun (a bun)
Kids with big glasses that laugh when they run
Girls with old school names, like Ruby May
Or how infants with baby breath yawn in your face
Tucked in every night for a month
By all of the American Apparel ad girls
American Apparel and ad girls
You know what I mean?
I like it when you're under the ocean and all you can feel is calm
I like it when I'm sleeping
I like it when I'm listening to music
Because that's the only thing that takes me to another world
I like it when public bathrooms have scented candles
I like it when you talk to me like that
I like it when my hair is fluffy
I like it when it rains at night and I'm curled up in bed with a good book
I like it when I turn my head around and I catch you looking back
You know it when you see it
You know it when it's there
Like Michael Jackson Thriller
Like Farrah Fawcett Hair
It's good shit (I like it when you play with my hair)
It's good shit (I like it when you play with my hair)
It's good shit (I like it when you play with my hair) Oh yeah
(I like it when you play with my hair)
You know it when you see it
You know it when it's there
Like Michael Jackson Thriller
Like Farrah Fawcett Hair
It's good shit
It's good shit (oh it's good shit baby)
It's good shit (oh yeah)
(Hm that's not right)
Lazy Hooks
(I like it when you play with my hair)
(I like it when you play with my hair)
National Public Radio
Back to the Future 2
Daniel Day Lewis
Sunsets
You know it when you see it
You know it when it's there
Like Michael Jackson Thriller
Like Farrah Fawcett Hair
It's good shit
It's good shit
It's good shit
Oh yeah
Solar Energy
Nutella
Democracy
My voice
Enjoying ceviche in Peru and seeing a double rainbow
While listening to Bitches Brew as recorded by Miles Davis (that's cool)
Andre 3000
Full length mirrors and her hair in a bun (a bun)
Kids with big glasses that laugh when they run
Girls with old school names, like Ruby May
Or how infants with baby breath yawn in your face
Tucked in every night for a month
By all of the American Apparel ad girls
American Apparel and ad girls
You know what I mean?
I like it when you're under the ocean and all you can feel is calm
I like it when I'm sleeping
I like it when I'm listening to music
Because that's the only thing that takes me to another world
I like it when public bathrooms have scented candles
I like it when you talk to me like that
I like it when my hair is fluffy
I like it when it rains at night and I'm curled up in bed with a good book
I like it when I turn my head around and I catch you looking back
You know it when you see it
You know it when it's there
Like Michael Jackson Thriller
Like Farrah Fawcett Hair
It's good shit (I like it when you play with my hair)
It's good shit (I like it when you play with my hair)
It's good shit (I like it when you play with my hair) Oh yeah
(I like it when you play with my hair)
You know it when you see it
You know it when it's there
Like Michael Jackson Thriller
Like Farrah Fawcett Hair
It's good shit
It's good shit (oh it's good shit baby)
It's good shit (oh yeah)
(Hm that's not right)
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