This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Further into the fog I fall
Well, I was just following you
When you said, "Do as I do and scrap your fey ways"
Dial-A-Cliché
"Grow up, be a man, and close your mealy-mouth!"
Dial-A-Cliché
Dial-A-Cliché
Dial-A-Cliché
But the person underneath
Where does he go?
Does he slide by the wayside?
Or does he just die?
And you find that you've organized
Your feelings, for people
Who didn't like you then
And do not like you now
But still you say, "Do as I do and scrap your fey ways"
Dial-A-Cliché
"Grow up, be a man, and close your mealy-mouth!"
Dial-A-Cliché
"The safe way is the only way"
"There's always time to change, son"
I've changed, but I'm in pain
Dial-A-Cliché
Well, I was just following you
When you said, "Do as I do and scrap your fey ways"
Dial-A-Cliché
"Grow up, be a man, and close your mealy-mouth!"
Dial-A-Cliché
Dial-A-Cliché
Dial-A-Cliché
But the person underneath
Where does he go?
Does he slide by the wayside?
Or does he just die?
And you find that you've organized
Your feelings, for people
Who didn't like you then
And do not like you now
But still you say, "Do as I do and scrap your fey ways"
Dial-A-Cliché
"Grow up, be a man, and close your mealy-mouth!"
Dial-A-Cliché
"The safe way is the only way"
"There's always time to change, son"
I've changed, but I'm in pain
Dial-A-Cliché
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Dial-A-Cliché Lyrics as written by Stephen Street Steven Morrissey
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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i always thought this was morrissey having a dig at his dad, especially when he says: 'grow up, be a man, and close your mealy-mouth!' it sounds like his dad shouting at him. awww..... i just want to give him a big ol' hug now....