Letters to Yourself - Swingin' Utters

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Letters to Yourself Lyrics

Let your eyes promise me lies
Let your sigh be a sweet goodbye
And never even write to me a letter
I won't worry about tearful endeavors

There was no reason to return
I was told
Nobody waiting for me
To come back home
Nothing is left
But the promise of praise
Nothing remains

No phone calls late at night
Of pictures a constant reminder
No burning of inpassioned pages
Or returning them to sender

You send a letter to
The only one you can't deny
Will never send you a reply
You never bother to sit back
And ask yourself why
Blinded by your own dim light

Tried but devout
Tortured the cherished
Loved the unheralded

Bought up their trash
Brought to my knees
By beggars and braggarts
Washed my laced sleeves
After each miscarriage

You fill your pen and
Spill the words onto each line
Your monogram in wax
Seals another pathetic cry
You're so romantic
So cautious and tranquilized
Is there anything behind your eyes

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Swingin' Utters is an American punk rock band that formed in the late 1980s. Having begun in Santa Cruz, California, the band moved to San Francisco where they are now based. They have been signed to Fat Wreck Chords since 1996.

As well as being classed as a "punk revival" band (reminiscent of UK 1970s bands such as Stiff Little Fingers, The Damned, Sham 69 and Eddie & the Hot Rods), Swingin' Utters have increasingly shown themselves to be influenced by Irish folk, particularly The Pogues. The Utters paid homage to their influences with a stellar cover of Cocksparrer's I Got Your Number on the Blackout compilation Punk Rock Jukebox.

Members of the Swingin' Utters have been involved in many musical side-projects, most notably Johnny Bonnel and Darius Koski's Filthy Thieving Bastards and Druglords of the Avenue (formed in Oakland, California in 2004), and Spike Slawson's Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (in which he is the singer). Drummer Greg McIntee's side project Viva Hate was founded with Tiger Army bassist Geoff Kresge and singer Matt Wedgley of The Force. Guitarist Jack Dalrymple formed and fronted the Fat Wreck band Dead to Me after One Man Army disbanded. Dalrymple, Slawson and Koski also play together in the Re-Volts.

Swingin' Utters tracks have been used in the soundtracks of computer games including "Five Lessons Learned", which appeared on the soundtrack to the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and "Stupid Lullabies" which was used as the title track to Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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