Eels - Meet The EELS: Essential EELS 1996-2006 Vol. 1

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Release date: 21 January 2008

Eels - Meet The EELS: Essential EELS 1996-2006 Vol. 1

Eels : Oh What A Beautiful Morning

He tries, he really does, to look on the bright side of life....

He tries, he really does, to look on the bright side of life. He tries to look at the daisies and the sunshine, tries to look up at the sky and say, "Goddamn right it's a beautiful day", but somehow, for Mark 'E' Everett, the effort is always futile. The glass is half-full of bleach, smelling the roses only results in an allergen frenzy, and that bowl of cherries is...

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