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The Man Trying to Outfox Us All Lyrics
all the while you were fighting in your head
we thought you were dead
at least that's what they say
you held your ties with drugs and lies
you missed the note with all your wives
life's a joke with no punchlines
but you're all right, you're all right
don't belong, you'll only escape for a little while
but it's nothing
you're fighting for something
you held your ties with drugs and lies
you missed the note with all your wives
and life's a joke with no punchlines
but you're all right,
yeah, you're all right
we thought you were dead
at least that's what they say
you missed the note with all your wives
life's a joke with no punchlines
but you're all right, you're all right
but it's nothing
you're fighting for something
you missed the note with all your wives
and life's a joke with no punchlines
but you're all right,
yeah, you're all right
Song Info
Submitted by
solvent_d On May 14, 2007
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LOVE this song and we all have hooks for hands. thanks so much for the lyrics, since no one else has them. :]
Great song! I have this album; it's worth it to buy the whole thing. (Yes, I ate the whole thing!) I can't really confidently decipher the meaning, especially as it applies to the title, which is tough to connect to the lyrics.
But let me take a stab here. It sounds like it has something to do with a non-repentant drug user who basically uses and abuses his true friends, and buys fake 'party' friends with drugs: "you held your ties with drugs and lies."
There's also the line "you'll only escape for a little while," as in a drug trip.
The rest of the lyrics, though, are tough to pin down. "But it's nothing; you're fighting for something..." Unless that line is sarcastic, I have no flippin' idea here folks and I could use some help god darn it thanks