Tokyo Police Club

Sixties Remake

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Classics in the modern age
Sixties remake
Everything you've got in spades
Your collarbone, shoulder blades

(Hey!)
Bat your lips
Shut your eyes
(Hey!)
Swing those chains
And start a fight
Cause you've got nerve
but we've got tact
Going back in the city hurt

Taking to the streets at night
Home alone, tucked in tight
Everything you've got in spades
Your sixties remake

(Hey!)
Bat your lips
Shut your eyes
(Hey!)
Swing those chains
And start a fight
Cause you've got nerve
but we've got tact
Going back in the city hurt

It's how I was
It's how I tried
I was sixteen for the night

Cause you've got nerve
but we've got tact
Going back in the city, hurt

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shrodes On Mar 15, 2008

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chamacuti

2014-07-11 04:02:28

shrodes

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2008-03-15 08:44:45

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by dm_rick

18y ago

its: "Cause you've got nerve but we've got tact"

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by Technophobia

18y ago

Sixteen for the night...

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by ouchmyappendix

18y ago

yea, def. "we've got tact."

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by WhiteKnightsinBlack

17y ago

I concur, definitely tact.

Anyways, I think this is a song about being strong and worrying about your own rights and standing up for yourself, but sometimes having to control yourself. "Swing those chains, start a fight. You've got nerve but we've got tact." I think the reference to being like a "classic" refers to older folks constantly saying things were made better and tougher in the old times. "It's how I was, it's how I tried, I was sixteen for the night" I think refers to being reckless as a teen and going back to that careless, "don't screw with me" state of mind.

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by asen4life

17y ago

Bite your lips, shut your eyes*

It's how I won and it's how I tried*

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by Chainsaw Arm

17y ago

I was sixteen through the night.

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by perfecti0n

17y ago

the lyrics booklet says bite your lips, shut your eyes.. but i definitely hear bat your lips.

and its definitely tact.

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