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Wouldn't it be nice, if I could be, David Letterman?
Wouldn't in be rad, if I could be, your favorite TV personality?
Wouldn't it be sweet, if I could laugh you to sleep, five nights a week?
And I try as hard as I can, but I could never be David Letterman...

I know he knows you look up to him, but you don't visit his sleep,
I know, I know this is what I missed, your eyes are just for me,
really don't see how we could be, I still put trust in fate,
it's something slow that I don't know so I say...

Wouldn't it be nice, if I could be, David Letterman?
Wouldn't in be rad, if I could be, your favorite TV personality?
Wouldn't it be sweet, if I could laugh you to sleep, five nights a week?
And I try as hard as I can, but I could never be David Letterman...

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jocasta On Aug 02, 2002

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2002-08-02 15:49:24

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Cover art for David Letterman lyrics by Ghost of the Robot

by iangraham316

23y ago

Heehee this song was designed to get them on a talk show :-P well thats what james said lol! Nah i totally agree with whats wrote above

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Cover art for David Letterman lyrics by Ghost of the Robot

by Pmacca01

21y ago

It's funny to hear James sing about how he wants to be 'your favorite t.v. personality'. Um...isn't he already?

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Cover art for David Letterman lyrics by Ghost of the Robot

by Pmacca01

21y ago

Oh, I forgot to mention that the guitars for the solo part is freakin awesome.

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by Reedstar

17y ago

Oh har. Har. Buffy. Har. Har. But okay yeah, agreed. Wouldn't it be easier to put your interpretation down this way instead of underneath the lyrics? Anyway. All I want to say is... this song grows on you, and you'll get it stuck in your head for hours on end.

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