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That's Why They Call It a Crush

from The Urbane Decay Has Never Kissed A Girl by The Urbane Decay

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This song should have been on the "Crushed" EP when it was going to be a concept album about crushes. For some reason wasn't recorded at the same time. The "you" might be myself in this song. Pretty sure the "hottie from your work" was a reference to a receptionist at the magazine I worked at.

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everytime you fall
you end up a mess
that’s why they call it a crush
and not a caress

you think you will never
love somebody again
but libidos run
as regular as trains

you'll get on that platform
you’ll get trampled in the rush
that’s why they call it a crush
they call it a crush

don’t let them know
how they make you feel
like for once in your life
you found something real

when you touch their hand
don’t let them suspect
that it isn't by accident
and you’re thinking of sex

don’t tell them how you feel
keep it cool and keep it real
you know why they call it a crush
they call it a crush

in the cold war the russians
didn't believe in crushin'
they just took what they wanted
and when they died they weren't haunted

all those bodies in the graves
like withered husks of corn
not too long ago were someone’s wet dream
someone’s porn

and that hottie from your work
you think would find you dull
will soon be with them in the cemetery dirt
with worms crawling in their skull

you’re gonna die soon enough
really, what’s your rush?
you know why they call it a crush
they call it a crush
don’t tell them how you feel
keep it cool and keep it real
you know why they call it a crush
they call it a crush

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from The Urbane Decay Has Never Kissed A Girl, released July 1, 2007

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The Urbane Decay Toronto, Ontario

The Urbane Decay was an indie pop recording project mainly active between 2002-2010, mainly by Jakob Rehlinger, mainly maudlin and mopey.

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