Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

Tigers

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I caught you streaking in your Birkenstocks
A scary thought in the 2Ks
It's not too late
Zits and toothpaste
Got enveloped in your sticker shock
I gotta tell you it's a barrage
It's a barrage
It's a mirage

We are the tigers
We need separate rooms
We are so divided
Let us in
Change is all we need to improve

Call me petty
I mean every word
The and's the if's the but's and the the's
Trust me because I'm worth hating
I'm the 1-800 you can vent
A garden variety amends
Rules we can bend
Insulin arrows

We are the tigers
We need separate rooms
We are so divided
Let us in

I believe I never had a screen
Never had a screen
Never had a dream
Asking questions
Are you in steel

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therandomguy On Jul 23, 2011

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2011-07-23 09:43:20

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by hedwigix

15y ago

Caught you streaking in your Birkenstocks A scary thought In the 2Ks It's not too late into Got enveloped in your sticker shock I gotta tell ya It's a barrage It's a barrage It's a mirage We are the tigers We need separate rooms We are so divided Let us in Change is all we need to improve Call me petty, I mean every word The ands, the ifs, the buts and the thes Trust me because I am worth hating I'm the 1-800, you can vent A garden variety amends Rules we can bend Insular, narrow We are the tigers\r\nWe need separate rooms\r\nWe are so divided\r\nLet us in believe I Never had a spleen Never had a spleen Never had a dream ____ throw you in steel

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by bearealman

14y ago

re: "I'm the 1-800, you can vent"

I think I agree that I'm hearing "vent" instead of "bend". But I came here/to songmeanings.net specifically because the one other word I considered made some kind of sense other than "vent" IS "bend". Re-listening, I'm pretty sure I hear a "t" at the end of the word, so I'm going with "vent". Wish I could have found lyrics posted at Malkmus' site (I even searched its Board, for "lyric", and came up with nada. I've written a review (to be posted in about a week at GAAMC.org, click on Challenge Online), and I hate that I can't be sure of how a lyric I want to go reads precisely, but what else can I do?

By the way, the line seem more clever to me if it's written: "I'm the 1-800-You-Can-Vent" -- as if it's one of those phone numbers that have mnemonic letters.

Also, thanks for hearing "the "The's"" correctly -- I'd heard it as "the buzz", and I was clearly wrong.

Wish I could help with the last line, but all I'm fairly certain of is the end does sound like "in stee/al"

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by bearealman 14y ago

re: "I can't be sure of how a lyric I want to go reads"

I meant to type:

I can't be sure of how a lyric I want to quote reads

by HelloWorld911 14y ago

A little 1-800 investigation...

1-800-You-Can-Vent 1-800-968-226-8(368) Refers the caller to 1-800-353-3300 Which, of course, refers the caller to a pay per minute adult conversation party line. Ah, yes, a fool and his money are soon parted from each other!

1-800-You-Can-Bend 1-800-968-226-2(363) This one is to AT&T Easy Reach 800. Hearing it reminded me of Captain Krunch for some odd reason.

http://www.webcrunchers.com/

by bearealman 14y ago

sorry, I didn't get the reason why you wrote about phone numbers, and when I glanced at your reply I too-quickly flagged it as spam, but now I see it's not.

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