Liz Phair

Cinco De Mayo

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Cinco de Mayo.
Blow out, denial.
It wasn't fun this time, letting you go.
What if I never, a bullet forever,
Held out my hand to you, we wouldn't have known
Beautiful flow,
Absolute measure, I ain't no pleasure hound
Bus' out of control, plowing the road.
Out on a bender, just Alice falling down
A deepening hole.
I'd never been to Rome until you smiled.
You're about as old and piled.
I used to pray for snow...
Now I just wonder what spell I was under,
Thinking you thought of me as
Something to hold.
I'd never been to Rome until you smiled.
You're about as old and piled.
Cinco de Mayo.
Burn-out, Ohio.
It wasn't me this time, letting you go.

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ikickdogs On Jan 07, 2002

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by yo mamma!

20y ago

what??? i thought she said it was the funnest time letting you go but i was WAY OFF!

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by surferbeto

2y ago

Returning to this song on May 5, 2024. It rocks pretty hard, but the lyrics are quite opaque. It seems like musings on a personal event (apparently a breakup with an older man). But the words are so deliberately obscure that to any listener they are fairly nonsensical. It seems to have nothing to do with the Mexican holiday, except that (maybe) the breakup happened to occur on or near that calendar date? Maybe on this sophomore album Liz was exploring being artsy and opaque? Just enjoy the rocking beat and don't think too hard about this one.

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