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Only An Accident

from The Power of the Crystals by The Missing Teens

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Killing me softly with your song, asshole.

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Well the party was great
The shrimp calamari and the herd of apes
And I wouldn't be so concerned
About when you screamed, “This world should be burned!”
No one there really cared
Or noticed the flooding that filled up the room
I was sort of upset
But I busied myself trying to kill the groom

Now I can't see the angel on the head of a pin
And I can't fit a camel through the eye of a needle
I don't know why you'd say a thing like that
Unless it was only an accident
Unless it was only an accident

We watched you adjusting your shirt
But it wasn't clear if you were well or hurt
You looked alright to me
As your world weary eyes darted 'round rapidly
We're all in the same boat
And that boat has been caught in the sludge 'neath the moat
Don't start staring now, not with your cough
Just work on that diary you've been putting off!

No I can't fit the angel on the head of a pin
And then shove that same pin through the eye of a needle
I don't know why you'd say a thing like that
Unless it was only an accident
Pray God it was only an accident

You whine, you've been reduced to rubble
You're just a pile of your former self
And you ask me for all this insurance
I'm sorry I really can't help
Go bark up another tree
Stop peeling the bark off of mine
And you don't need to ask my permission
To stop constantly checking the time

You complain that your skin itches at night
But don't you know we're at chemical warfare?
Take some precaution
And be sure that you don't make that accident
Just avoid that particular accident
You pricked your finger killing the angels
That go on the pin that fits through the needle
Did I really just hear you say that?
(or) Was it only an accident?
Was it only an accident?

credits

from The Power of the Crystals, released November 1, 2011
Written by the Missing Teens
James Call - vocals, lyrics, keyboards/sequencing
DJ Pu Yi - keyboards
Spencer Chakedis - guitars
David Tirolo - bass
Dan Gottesman - drums
Dave Schnug - sax
Brer Brian - trumpets
Recorded at the Kennel in Brooklyn by James Pertusi
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music

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The Missing Teens Queens, New York

THE MISSING TEENS have risen like a Phoenix from the Hudson, to strip indie rock of its independence, and haul it away in chains. The aggression of Punk mixed with the marketability of Beyoncé makes The Missing Teens rock’s only hope in this dark hour. The MT have earned favorable comparisons to DEVO and the Talking Heads and have sworn to take their deranged revenge on a world awash in slack rock ... more

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