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College Radio
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Up in my Room with the radio on
Buzzcocks playing and I'm singing along
All my favorite bands in single file
88.9 on my FM dial
DJ won't you play my request
Play it for the girl that I like best
Last week I won tickets for a Ritz show
That's why I love my college radio
Hanging out with friends down in a basement
listening to Ramones and the Replacements
No Madonna no Culture Club
cause the DJ's he's just one of us
DJ won't you play...
Driving in my car with the radio on
well past midnight and I'm driving through dawn
drinking my coffee cause I don't do speed
The DJ giving me what I need
DJ won't you play....
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Another Round
02:52
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Slow Burn
03:07
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Sweet to Sour
02:59
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Unsafe at Any Speed
02:42
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Poor Ahab
03:23
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Time Bomb
03:51
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Let's Get Dangerous
03:17
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Toy Gun
02:17
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Gratitude
03:57
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I know a guy who likes to complain
He bitches when it's sunny and when it rains
Another guy just won't get along
He'll criticize and criticize and say that we're wrong
He's always looking for a fight or a spat
I don't got time for people like that
What they need's a new attitude
Today's buzzword is gratitude
So much to be thankful for
Don't need to ask for much more
Good fortune so hard to ignore
I got enough, I got enough
It's easy to feel like you don't have enough
When too many others have way too much
The grass is greener goes the cliché
I don't have time for petty envy
Take a look there's others with less
Bet you think that you're plenty blessed
Yeah, I'm lucky and I am too
Gotta express real gratitude
So much to be thankful for
Don't need to ask for much more
Good fortune so hard to ignore
I got enough, I got enough
Don't wanna sound like a Pollyanna
But don't wanna be another Cassandra
I won't say that the world is blighted
I'm not lookin' 'round just to feel slighted
Life's too short
Give yourself a break
Who's got time to bellyache
Don't get played, don't be a rube
And start to practice gratitude
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The Downstrokes Frostburg, Maryland
Featuring Gerry LaFemina on vocals and guitars, Kyle Wagoner on drums, Robin Summerfield lead guitars and Greg Wood on bass,
the band has become a cornerstone of a resurgent Western Maryland punk scene.
Former Members:
Aaron Hoel
Michael Holland
Greg Kerr
Bill Poorbaugh
Leigh Abraham
... more
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