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That's Ok

from Anthology by Mail Order Children

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Released on "Rock 'Til You Drop" EP for Not Bad Records & Sonic Enigma Records (SI+NB002). Recorded at Blasting Room Studios in Fort Collins, CO on October 4th and 5th, 1997.

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sit back, i’ve got a story to tell…
this guy i knew before, he’s gone without a trace
‘cause if i turned my back, i know he’d slap my face
he’d turn on me and rob me blind (in) a second if he could
but i try to keep my guard up, even though it does no good
‘cause no matter what he does, i seem to let it slide
no thinkin about the cause, the reason, or even the why?
But i think the actual question is the reason that i’m after
i can’t remember anything to justify or ask for this…

i thought he was my friend, at least he was before
but i guess that doesn’t mean much these days (since) our trust has gone awry
can’t count on him for much, except to make a scene
he can’t be real inside, he’s not a human being
reasoned with myself and made up my own lies
and i guess that’s why i’m continuously contemplating why
i let him get so close, in heart he’s far away
and i’ve closed my eyes to all of this & it really makes me want to say

god damn, god damn, god damn
how blind can i-i be?
god damn, god damn, god damn
why don’t i do something?
god damn it, god damn it, god damn it
i don’t need to take this
god damn it, god damn it, god damn it
h-how blind can i be?

That’s OK man!
Who’s to blame?

it’s me be-cause i’ve let you back inside my door
haven’t learned from the examples you’ve so clearly set before
you emit something around you like a disease or something else why
else would i let you slip so fucking easily by?
Or maybe i-have-this hope internally without an end
that people aren’t that fucked, especially with a friend
but i’ve seen nothing at all in my life (to) give me any proof
that you and me and all of us don’t try to hide the truth
but if i give up-up-up, who’s gonna be there to say
the benefit of the doubt isn’t quite the simplest way
it’ll drag us down-down-down until we hit the floor
then we’ll really wonder what the fuck all this was for

find something for once in our lives
it’s not about you, it’s not about you
no we can’t just brush it away
it’s not about me, it’s not about me
find something once in our lives
it’s not about you, it’s about you and me…

That’s OK man!
Who’s to blame?
Me or you?

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from Anthology, track released March 20, 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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