The Get Up Kids

Alec Eiffel (Pixies cover)

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Pioneer of aerodynamics
(little eiffel, little eiffel)
they thought he was real smart alec
(little eiffel, little eiffel)
he thought big they called it a phallic
(little eiffel, little eiffel)
they didn't know he was panoramic

little eiffel stands in the archway
(little eiffel, little eiffel)
keeping low doesn't make no sense
sometimes people can be oh so dense
they didn't want it but he built it anyway
(little eiffel, little eiffel)
little eiffel stands in the archway
(little eiffel, little eiffel)
keeping low don't make sense
keeping low doesn't make no-sense
(little eiffel, little eiffel)
little eiffel stands in the archway

oh alexander i see you beneath
the archway of aerodynamics.

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riffic On Dec 13, 2001

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by emokid13

24y ago

nothing the get up kids wrote! This is a pixies cover you frickin' idiots!

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by emokid13

24y ago

sorry...

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by Duffman

24y ago

I hate the Pixies, thank god the GUP pulled this one out of the trash and covered it...

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by ILoveDorkyPunks

24y ago

This song is very intreresting...very unlike the get up kids, its so obviously a cover song. I think it's kinda eerie

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by shel-b

24y ago

kinda ugly! i love get up kids, but what were they thinking?

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by mo0stah

24y ago

Damn good..enough said

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by tommyvercetti86

24y ago

much better than the original pixies version

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by mockorange13

24y ago

How the hell can you hate the pixies???? without the pixies we wouldn't have any get up kids, or any "emo" bands for that matter, show some respect to your elders!

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by Takingbackthekids

24y ago

This is one of the best get up kids covers ever...along with Cheap Tricks Surrender....but this song is not as good as the og version...for its the pixies and i agree with mockorange with out the pixies there would be no get up kids

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by watchmefall

24y ago

the second half of this song is the coolest

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