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lyrics
WAITING FOR THE PILLS
Waiting for the pills to kick in
I'm rolling around in my skin
I can't sleep
If I could sleep this all would end
Waiting for the pills to kick in
I got a whole mess of new friends
I can count them up
But I can't count on them
If you just look at me
Oh you'd like what you see
And if you're listening
Oh you'd like what I said
But this won’t matter when
The pills are kicking in
And then and then and then and then and then
Waiting for the pills to kick in
I wonder if I'll see her again
She wasn't smart or nice
But she was soft and thin
Waiting for the pills to kick in
You know I got no faith in heaven
I'd be out of here pretty darn quick now
if I did
Somehow life got scored
With screeching horns and diminished chords
If only it was something sweet
A simple melody
credits
released April 1, 2009
Vocals & Acoustic Guitar - Dave Smallen
Electric Guitar - Jared Scharff
Keys & Mellotron - Zac Rae
Drums & Percussion - Aaron Sterling
Bass - Lou Castro
Produced by Mark Weinberg
Engineered & Mixed by Karl Egsieker
Mastered by Eddy Shreyer
Written by Dave Smallen
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