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It makes me ill
Oh, it makes me mad
What some think is so good
To me appears so blatantly bad
No, I never get used to
This black and blue streak
That runs through America
— This is all about men
So, what is a sissy?
And who then is a coward?
When it takes more will, more living skill
To be fair and level-headed?
No, I never get used to
This black and blue streak
That runs through America
— This is all about men
This is all about men
And I know as I am one
I know as I am one
Oh, my, my, my
Look at me now
(Though I know it taxes your brain)
Don't I Iook like the son of a world war won?
Against the debacle of conformity
That saps intelligence from the human race?
I'm black and I'm blue
And I'm through
I'm through
I'm through
It makes me ill / this is all about men
Oh, it makes me mad / this is all about men
What some think is so good / this is all about men
To me appears so bad / this is all about men
This is all about men
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Uneasy's Disease
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That incredible uncomfortable feeling
Hit me
Like never standing, forever kneeling
That incredible uncomfortable feeling
Too little too late
Too little too late
I should be grateful but I'm not
When I look into the eyes of the one I want
No...
You creep into my sleep and I can't let you go
You no longer have a face or a name
You made an adolescent mess of the comic-boy's death
Oh, SOMETHING happened in the fifth grade
Too little too late
Too little too late
I should be grateful but I'm not
When I look into the eyes of the one I want
No...
That incredible uncomfortable feeling
Loves me
It loves me not
That incredible uncomfortable feeling
Too little too late
Too little too late
I should be grateful but I'm not
When I look into the eyes of the one I want
No...
That incredible uncomfortable feeling
Loves me
It loves me not
That incredible uncomfortable feeling
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The Pleasures Pale Dayton, Ohio
The Pleasures Pale was an influential indie quartet based in Dayton Ohio active from 1985 to 1987. Oft-compared to anglo groups such as The Smiths, TPP's influences can now be read as more diverse — taking cues from postpunk, rockabilly, swing, Motown and Dayton funk. A band for misfits, their extensive, lyric-driven output sought to light a way through the rust belt's post-industrial bleakness. ... more
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Team Void is Pleasures Pale bassist extraordinaire Luis Lerma's current focus. In TV, Louie is an underworld Lucha hero wielding a zombie robot-killing surf guitar. How cool is that?!
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Do Big Men Really Run the World?
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After the break up of The Pleasures Pale, singer Jeffrey Bright relocated from Dayton to San Francisco where he fronted Myself a Living Torch from 1991 to 1993.
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Pleasures Pale vocalist Jeffrey Bright's singing career began in Dayton, Ohio with B Pictures, spanning roughly a year between late 1984 and late1985.
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