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I took cutie for a ride in my death cab
she tipped me with a kiss, I dropped her off at the meth lab
before she left, she made a dashboard confessional
and spilled her guts in cursive

but what's worse is
I can still see her bright eyes like sunny day real estate
oh my, and the funny way the ceiling tastes
so high, but no chance,
my little chemical romance left a bad taste in my mouth

but I approached her like, 'hey Mercedes, why the long face
why you cryin? No need
just put on this coheed and fall out...
boy meets girl, jimmy eat world
but schlep eats pills 'til he's all out

not once, not twice, she was thrice times a lady
acting all brand new but I had to
bounce over to the postal services to
pick up these pills to take care of my nervousness and

on the way I saw planes and mistook 'em for stars
she played games but she took 'em too far
at the drive in watching soft porn
and you could tell by the trail of the dead that there was something in the popcorn

hopped in my cab destination midtown
just to get up with some kids that like to get down
I made my rounds and that was that
in between the frowns and scraps and heart attacks

and I remember, I seen her ass in early november
on a thursday, taking back sunday for a refund
she shot a wink like 'No hard feelings'
then she jetted to Brazil, man, them pills had me spun

yea it's the story of the year right here
this is hot water music, fuckin' rhymin' to it
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Deathcab For Cutie Dashboard Confessional Cursive Bright Eyes Sunny Day Real Estate My Chemical Romance Hey Mercedes Coheed and Cambria Fall Out Boy Jimmy Eat World Thrice Brand New Postal Service Planes Mistaken For Stars The New Pornographers (I believe…the ‘soft porn’ reference) Popcorn At The Drive In …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Midtown Scraps and Heart Attacks The Get Up Kids The Early November Thursday Taking Back Sunday Jets To Brazil Story Of The Year Hot Water Music

Fueled By Ramen mentioned in last line: “this is hot water music, you can cook your ‘ramen’ to it….“GYM CLASS HEROES are on Fueled By Ramen’s record label.

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wow nobody's commented on this song, its definitely my favorite of their's

i can't name all the bands in here but i can name at least 10 that i listen to... good song

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this is definately the sweetest song ever, i saw these guys at a boys night out and emery show and i couldnt belive that they were playing, it was so random to have this crazy hip hop band playing with these two emo-core bands, but they had the whole place dancing, it was really cool

oh yeah and the last line is this is hot water music, you can cook your ramen to it

cause they're on fueld by ramen record lable

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oh saw them too there, and the rapper, i don't know his name, but yo he gives the best huge, i also saw him again at a fall out boy/midtown/the academy is... show, and i was the only person there rapping this WHOLE song, haha i have it memorized, its fucking awesome

i'm going to try to list the bands haha-- death cab for cutie, dashboard confessional, cursive, bright eyes, sunny day real estate, my chemcial romance, coheed and cambria, fall out boy, jimmy eat world, thrice, brand new, postal service, planes mistaken for stars, at the drive in, midtown, the get up kids, early november, thursday, taking back sunday, brazil, story of the year, hot water music

and maybe, the part where theyre like destination: midtown, i think of the mae album destination: beautiful, maybe a little reference there too?

Brazil isnt a band. Jets to Brazil.

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what about KISS lol

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this band is local to me...my best friend goes to school with one of the band members (she's in History of Rock and Roll with him) so i've had their unreleased CD (Paper Cut Chronicles) for a couple months already. I'm glad to see that they're getting bigger. I heard them on the radio the other day and this song is on smartpunk.com right now...i think it's awesome. i like this song a lot too, i remember the first time i heard it, i was so syked. But their CD (the previously unrealeased one i was talking about) comes out real soon, so look for it, it's awesome.

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I love all the references to all the great bands...

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I'm guessing "she jetted to Brazil" is a reference to Jets to Brazil (RIP...) rather than Brazil.

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you missed "Hey Mercedes"

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you also forgot "...and you will know us by our trail of dead" and "scraps and heart attacks" those are both bands, the latter being the better of the two

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I'd have to say And You Will Know Us By THE Trail of Dead is the better band, but how cool is this song? There are some lines that feel forced but for the most part they pulled it off and didn't make this song feel like a shout out gimmick. Cool.