It's Like You're Not Even Trying

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Most of my friends I never see
They live a ways outside of here
And I try and make new ones every week
But then again I know, then again I know I'll leave.

Most people say that it takes time
To wrap your head around this town
Well I've been trying to wrap mine
But then again what if it's just a waste of time.

You say, you say there's a fence around me,
I'm not letting you in.
But I say it's a climbable distance you just don't wanna put the time in.
You don't wanna put the time in.

I'm well aware of what I do,
A series of tests and bells and loops,
And I'd rather hate you, rather find you unsuitable but,
But then again I know, then again I know, I'll leave.
Then again I know, then again I know.

You say, you say there's a fence around me,
I'm not letting you in.
But I keep saying it's a climbable distance you just don't wanna put the time in.
You don't wanna put the time in.

And I haven't found it yet, haven't found it yet, I haven't found it yet.

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from It Was Romance, released May 5, 2015
Lane Moore - vocals, tamborine
Alejandro Triana - guitar
Angel Lozada - drums
Jeff Connors - bass, flute

Recorded at Vacation Island in Brooklyn
Mixed and mastered by Lane Moore and Jeff Connors

Written by Lane Moore

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It Was Romance Brooklyn, New York

It Was Romance began as the solo project of Lane Moore, using found and collected instruments, including an electric ukulele with a distortion pedal that she plays like an electric guitar, and her voice. Years later, it grew into a garage rock quartet that has been featured and praised by Pitchfork, Billboard, Vogue, Village Voice, and Bust magazine. ... more

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