Violent Femmes

World We're Living In

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I can't go out no more
I just better stay at home
I just better stay all alone
'Cause what am I gonna do
If I see someone I'd like to do something to
What am I gonna say
If I see someone I want to say something to
If I see someone who'd like to do something too
I can't help being careful
Did you notice the world that we're living in
id you notice, did you see
Something might happen to me
Did you notice a chill in the wind
People are dying just because they had a little girlfriend.....
Is not my girlfriend
My neighbor is not my lover
Boyfriend is not my boyfriend
My brother is not my lover
Behavior is not my behavior
My neighbor is not my savior
Didn't you notice the world that we're living in

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by nathan1149

8y ago

This one, from the late 80s, could well be about AIDS, and sex becoming lethal. Hook-ups can be death sentences, scaring the singer off the dating scene. 'Chill in the wind./People are dying/just because they had a lıttle . . .'

By Rıtchie and DeLorenzo.

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