Biography:
The Shins are an American indie rock band centered around James Mercer.
The band formed in 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States as a side project of Mercer (previously of Blue Roof Dinner) and drummer Jesse Sandoval, who were both members of Flake Music. The band's original lineup was Mercer (vocals, guitar), Sandoval (drums), Marty Crandall (keyboards) and Dave Hernandez (bass). Neil Langford replaced Hernandez in 1998. Hernandez returned to the band in 2003, as Langford had left the band in 2001.
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Other songs:
- 40 Mark Strasse
- A Comet Appears
- Austrailia
- Bait And Switch
- For A Fool
- Girl On The Wing
- It's Only Life
- Kissing The Lipless
- New Slang
- Phantom Limb
- Pink Bullets
- Port Of Morrow
- September
- Simple Song
- Sleeping Lessons
- So Now What
- Australia
- Saint Simon
- A Call To Apathity
- Breathe
- Caring Is Creepy
- Celebate Life
- Celibate Life
- Cherry Hearts
- Dead Alive
- Eating Styes From Elephant Eyes
- Eating Styes From Elephants Eyes
- Fall Of 82
- Fantasy Island
- Fighting In A Sack
- Flake Music
- Girl Inform Me
- Gone For Good
- Half A Million
- Heartworms
- Its Only Life
- Know Your Onion
- Mildenhall
- Mines Not A High Horse
- My Seventh Rib
- Name For You
- No Way Down
- Nothing At All
- One By One All Day
- Painting A Hole
- Pam Berry
- Pariah King
- Past And Pending
- Plenty Is Never Enough
- Pressed In A Book
- Red Rabbits
- Rubber Ballz
- Sea Legs
- So Says I
- Sphagnum Esplanade
- Spilt Needles
- Split Needles
- The Fear
- The Past And Pending
- The Past And The Pending
- The Rifles Spiral
- The Waltz Is Over
- Theyll Soon Discover
- Those Bold City Girls
- Those To Come
- Turn A Square
- Turn On Me
- We Will Become Silhouettes
- Weird Divide
- When I Goose Step
- Won One Too Many Fights
- Young Pilgrims
- Your Algebra
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[Intro]
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La la la la la
[Verse 1]
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Well I guess I'm just here to test your patience
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Cause you're so smart my tricks don't work at all
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Is it my lack of education?
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Just tell me why you never call
[Verse 2]
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Behind your symmetry lies a fundamental difference
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There are those who own their mines and those who crawl
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No offense but, in between the lines I'm reading
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You look out for your own, and you ain't gonna look at me that way
[Pre-Chorus]
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And it's true
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So what can I do?
[Chorus]
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Anything to get some of your affection
A
(What can I do?)
E B F#m
Maybe impress you with a song
A
(What can I do?)
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I'm trying to minimize the damage done cause there ain't no one like you
[Break]
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[Verse 3]
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I found that postcard from that trip you took to Thailand
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I remember studying all the words writ in your pretty hand
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The little lines the little curves held a sacred meaning
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Or so I thought, but I had it wrong
[Verse 4]
E B D A
Now I'm trying to figure out when it was you gave me these heartworms
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I feel them wriggling in my blood, you gonna do me harm
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Right now I'd rather lose this losing feeling
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That came on when you cooled off
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Started treating me in this friendly way
[Pre-Chorus]
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And it's true
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So what can I do?
[Chorus]
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Oh won't you be still for a moment
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(What can I do?)
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So I can push a feather through your heart
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(What can I do?)
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I'm trying to minimize the damage done cause there ain't no one like you
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So what can I do?
[Chorus]
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When I get lonely to distraction
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(What can I do?)
E B F#m
Maybe impress you with a song
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(What can I do?)
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No easy way aound it
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You're the saddest dream that ever came true
[Outro]
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La la la la
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La la la la la
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La la la la la
[Verse 1]
E B D A
Well I guess I'm just here to test your patience
E B C#m A
Cause you're so smart my tricks don't work at all
E G#m D A
Is it my lack of education?
B C#m A
Just tell me why you never call
[Verse 2]
E B D A
Behind your symmetry lies a fundamental difference
E B C#m A
There are those who own their mines and those who crawl
E G#m D A
No offense but, in between the lines I'm reading
E F#m G#m A B A B
You look out for your own, and you ain't gonna look at me that way
[Pre-Chorus]
A E B A B
And it's true
A E
So what can I do?
[Chorus]
E B F#m
Anything to get some of your affection
A
(What can I do?)
E B F#m
Maybe impress you with a song
A
(What can I do?)
E B C#m B A B A B
I'm trying to minimize the damage done cause there ain't no one like you
[Break]
E G#m D A
[Verse 3]
E B D A
I found that postcard from that trip you took to Thailand
E B C#m A
I remember studying all the words writ in your pretty hand
E G#m D A
The little lines the little curves held a sacred meaning
B C#m A
Or so I thought, but I had it wrong
[Verse 4]
E B D A
Now I'm trying to figure out when it was you gave me these heartworms
E B C#m A
I feel them wriggling in my blood, you gonna do me harm
E G#m D A
Right now I'd rather lose this losing feeling
E F#m G#m
That came on when you cooled off
A B A B
Started treating me in this friendly way
[Pre-Chorus]
A E B A B
And it's true
A E
So what can I do?
[Chorus]
E B F#m
Oh won't you be still for a moment
A
(What can I do?)
E B F#m
So I can push a feather through your heart
A
(What can I do?)
E B C#m B A B A B A B A B
I'm trying to minimize the damage done cause there ain't no one like you
A E
So what can I do?
[Chorus]
E B F#m
When I get lonely to distraction
A
(What can I do?)
E B F#m
Maybe impress you with a song
A
(What can I do?)
E B
No easy way aound it
C#m B A B A B
You're the saddest dream that ever came true
[Outro]
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La la la la
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La la la la la
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