Pointless

from Anthology by Mail Order Children

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Released on "Thinking of Raising a Family" for
Asian Man Records ‎(AM-031). Recorded at Blasting Room Studios in Fort Collins, CO on October 4th and 5th, 1997.

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well, it's times like these that i think about ending
everything in mind, but maybe i'm giving too
much attention to myself, and maybe thinking 'bout
my past as someone else, i can't...

take it anymore, my life's become a bore, and i
well, i want something new
cuz, i'm so damn sick of this shit,
can't find a single reason why i sit here
when i want to be somewhere else,
'persist in vain' , i tell myself, i

i can't be someone, i can't be someone
i can't be someone, why can't i be somebody else?
why can't i be..., somebody else?

but i know this answers nothing because
every time i'll just end up where i was, i've got
nothing to say, nothing to sell,
'persist in vain' , i tell myself...

i can't be someone, i can't be someone
i can't be someone, why can't i be somebody else?
why can't i be..., somebody else?

somebody else ... somebody else?

you've got to see, how much this means to me, i
i can't afford, to lose this time, i know
that it's gonna take as much as i can make
and maybe push me to the point that i break
well, it's too much, yeah it's too much
i can't take it!

i know i, i can't be someone, i can't be someone
i can't be someone, why can't i be somebody else?
why can't i be..., somebody else!

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from Anthology, track released January 15, 1998

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Mail Order Children Boulder, Colorado

MOC was an 8-piece ska-punk band playing at the height of the "Third Wave Ska" explosion from 1996-1998. Based in Boulder, CO they opened for prominent bands such as Mephiskapheles, Less Than Jake and The Toasters, recorded tracks at The Blasting Room and amazingly survived a US tour in a converted 1970's school bus. ... more

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