Fountains of Wayne

Please Don't Rock Me Tonight

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I was ready when the big day came
My shoes were good and polished
And you know how bad I wished

I had somebody special to blame
But you know I never care to lay
A blame on for my hairdo

You know it isn't easy to do
When the DJ isn't humming
A part of me suffers too

Please don't rock me tonight
Please don't rock me tonight
Please don't rock me tonight
I'm not in the mood

I didn't mean to make the trendy guy mad
But the feeling I'm immersed in now

Can only turn a good party bad
Somehow

You know it isn't easy to do
When the DJ isn't humming
A part of me suffers too

Please don't rock me tonight
Please don't rock me tonight
Please don't rock me tonight
I'm not in the mood

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by riotgrl04

22y ago

GOD, I love this song. I'm not sure why, it's not the best FoW song (lyrically, anyways) I just think the melody is great and it has slightly more of a fuzzy rock edge than their other songs. I'm not entirely sure WHAT it means -- maybe he was all excited for this party, but then he had a really bad day, and the DJ wasn't into it, and then he doesn't want to have sex with his girlfriend? Or he doesn't want to dance? Hahaha, I have no idea so I'm going to stop sounding dumb, but this is a jammin' song. Listen to it.

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