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Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday

Album Review: Cage The Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday (Virgin)

Injecting fun into music where many bands dare not venture

Nice surprise this one. Nu-grunge? Hardly. There’s little sign of Cage The Elephant ’s former angst here, replaced instead by three types of song. There are ones that sound like Dead Kennedys , such as ‘Indy Kidz’ , a “right haircut”-baiting rework of ‘California Uber Alles’ . Then there are ones that sound like The Knack , like the puckish sweetness of ‘Right Before My...

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  • Mar 16, 2011

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Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday: Wikipedia Album Entry

"We didn't have all the answers on our first album," Brad Shultz said. "But we were just like, fuck this, we're going to write the music we're going to write. This album was like a breath of fresh air."


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Cage the Elephant - Always Something Lyrics

Early in the morning
Rise to meet the sun
Work so hard to feed your wife
No time to show her love

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Cage the Elephant - Aberdeen Lyrics

I've been trying real hard to realize
But some things take a long, long
Long, long time
Long time

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Cage the Elephant - Indy Kidz Lyrics

I wanna be just like you

I've got these pictures, keep on rolling around my head
I want to hang them on the wall above my bed

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Cage the Elephant - Shake Me Down Lyrics

Shake me down, not a lot of people left around
Who knows now?
Softly laying on the ground, ooh
Not a lot people left around, ooh, ooh

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Cage the Elephant - 2024 Lyrics

Fall into that black hole, honey
Looking up from your eyes
Everything that you ever wanted
You fight, but why?

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Cage the Elephant - Sell Yourself Lyrics

Well, I tried to paint my mind but now I'm stuck here in the middle
Got this scalpel in my hand, I'm operating on this riddle
Got my tongue all tied in knots, on my forehead placed a label
Took all my inspiration, carved your name into the table

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Cage the Elephant - Rubber Ball Lyrics

Rolling around like a big rubber ball
Writing this song 'bout some things that I saw
Trying to stand like a big, strong, tough man
Finding out fast that I'm sinking in sand

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Cage the Elephant - Right Before My Eyes Lyrics

Timber shakes these trails, they are derailed
Phony, false and frail
An empty ocean
Lost our way with no direction home

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Cage the Elephant - Sabertooth Tiger Lyrics

On the other side of town lives a sabertooth tiger
Paints a real good picture, he's an excellent liar
His mouth is full of sand and he's dying to meet you
His mouth is full of sand and he's just dying to meet you

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Cage the Elephant - Flow Lyrics

Looking out my window
Wonder how it came to be
Feel just like a temple
Lifted by a gentle breeze

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