Name: The Dream of the Cunning Linguist
Duration: P00H03M34S
Description: Don't tell me about a dream (or anything, for that matter) if you don't want a song written about it! She woke before it finished...but oh my...

The Dream of the Cunning Linguist

from We Miss The Cold War by The Fairly Secret Army

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Don't tell me about a dream (or anything, for that matter) if you don't want a song written about it! She woke before it finished...but oh my...

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So you told us about a dream of gettin' down with a friend
And you woke before it finished, that's not sayin' it didn't begin
And in your dream he's a cunning linguist, and his social skills they rock
But you didn't get far enough to see how he even works that...

Can't you see that it's not so wrong, in your dreams are where these thought belong
It's ok, I hope you realize, you better wake up and apologize

And so you're now talking about it, something best kept to yourself
It'll come back to haunt you...and this song won't help!
And maybe one day we won't write about him, you never can be sure
He is a living legend...the Smooth Operator!

(Spoken Word...you figure it out.)

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from We Miss The Cold War, released February 13, 2012

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The Fairly Secret Army Minnesota

The Fairly Secret Army doesn't exist, this doesn't exist, but...

About us:

David plays drums and sings.

Greg plays bass and guitar.

We both play other things sometimes.

We need a new music schedule! ... more

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