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they don't know about us

by secret bad boy

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we hang out at the bottom of the dial
my baby gets her kicks in a beehive cut
like a Vandella with that Martha Reeves style
she stays turnt and i turn down for what

(i turn down if it's too loud)

you called me crazy, i said hey 19
you know that's Onyeabor, he's the hippest thing
that's 'Retha Franklin and that's Carole King
not that i'm tryna impress you, kid, or anything, but i

come from such a different place
and you can wipe that shitty look up off your face

they don't know about us
they heard of love, but they're never gonna get it

you've got to do the dishes everyday
you've got to sweep the floor
you've got to go get paid
then maybe find the time to go and live your dreams
but can you keep it together
can you don't get mean

now i don't want to be pushy and i won't be crude
i think we could go harder but it feels so rude

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they don't know adam from us
they don't know eve from us
they don't know how much we care
and it's not fair
for i have seen the face of god
in Judy Sill's The Kiss, i swear
and i don't know what to do now

when did your irony get past your clout?
got up in your reflection, turned you inside out
got to be hard to know what you believe
when half of what you like
is hating lovely things, well

it's another song i sing
i know that fuckboy tune but it's a different thing

it's a different thing.

chorus

credits

released January 24, 2020
written by Ben Joseph with thanks and apologies to Kirsty MacColl

performed by Ben Joseph, Woody Goss, Packy Lundholm, Noam Wallenberg and Mat Roberts

recorded by Noam Wallenberg and Ben Joseph at home and at Rax Trax Recording in Chicago, IL

mixed by Noam Wallenberg at Rax Trax Recording in Chicago, IL

mastered at Howie Weinberg Mastering by Howie Weinberg and Will Borza

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secret bad boy Chicago, Illinois

Secret Bad Boy is a band, conceived and fronted by Ben Joseph, who lives in Chicago and is a continuing member of Ezra Furman's band.

Secret Bad Boy is currently releasing a series of songs very slowly, which feature members of Vulfpeck, the Mild High Club, and I Fight Dragons, as well as the voice of the 1990's cartoon pasta mascot, Cheesasaurus Rex. ... more

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