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Couldn't Get It Right

from Hindsight by Year Without a Summer

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lyrics

I took a risk and invited you
To a barbecue
And you said “I’m vegetarian.”
I sent you ‘Ten Ways You Can Be Sure
You’re A Capricorn’
And you said “I’m Sagittarius.”
Wasn’t meant as a slight
Shouldn’t lead to a fight, but
I couldn’t get it right.

I’m well aware of the creature features
Bugs and features
Bug-eyed features you rate.
I’m well aware of the fictional planets
Moral panics
Descending chromatics you hate.
But try as I might
Try as hard as I like
I couldn’t get it right.

And I could paint you a picture
But I can’t do noses or hands.
Would I make you any richer
If I don’t understand that there’s choice in my hands when I’m making a stand? It’s just useless.

I’m sorry for all the dross I wrote
Abstract post-it notes
That I expected you to harmonise
I shouldn’t need all these second takes
All these fixes and breaks
That I expected you to empathise
I maybe got it half-right
Thought of all your favourites from ‘Twilight to Starlight’
But I couldn’t get it right
100,000 ways to make it alright, too late
I couldn’t get it right
I couldn’t get it right

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from Hindsight, released May 1, 2020
feat Jim Dooley (drums)

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Year Without a Summer Coventry, UK

Beach-shack post-punk. Solo play in the bedroom. Sailed from St Annes, washed up in Coventry. Interests include apocalypse survival, false memories, moths.

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