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"'''The Gift of Gab'''" is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The demo was added to the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[December 7]], [[2020]]. | "'''The Gift of Gab'''" is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The demo was added to the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[December 7]], [[2020]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Expand section}} | {{Expand section}} | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Gift of Gab|The Gift Of Gab 4.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:19|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Gift of Gab|The Gift Of Gab 5.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:09|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Gift of Gab|The Gift Of Gab 7.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:04|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Gift of Gab|The Gift Of Gab 10.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:00|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Gift of Gab|The Gift Of Gab 11.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:03|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
===The Gift of Gab (ver. 11)=== | ===The Gift of Gab (ver. 11)=== | ||
<poem>I'm getting stuck in | <poem>I'm getting stuck in dull conversations | ||
'Bout what my plan is | 'Bout what my plan is | ||
They keep on talking, talking | And how the band is | ||
I'm feeling pressured | They keep on talking, talking all this insanity | ||
I'm feeling pressured | |||
Don't need a lecture | |||
I only wanna have a real communion | I only wanna have a real communion | ||
But I don't know how I can reach out to | But I don't know how I can reach out to ya | ||
I just wanna be friends | I just wanna be friends | ||
The gift of gab | But I simply don't have | ||
I just wanna be friends | The gift of gab | ||
The gift of gab | Ah, the gift of gab | ||
No I do not have | I just wanna be friends | ||
But I simply don't have | |||
The gift of gab | |||
Ah, the gift of gab | |||
No, I do not have | |||
The gift of gab | The gift of gab | ||
Then I bring up that controversial article | Then I bring up that controversial article | ||
So many women | So many women | ||
Can't have everything | |||
The heat is rising as they're sharing their viewpoints | The heat is rising as they're sharing their viewpoints | ||
There's such a high cost | There's such a high cost | ||
Futures have been lost | |||
And then they ask me what I think about it | And then they ask me what I think about it | ||
The truth is that I'm scared to think about it | The truth is that I'm scared to think about it | ||
I just wanna be friends | I just wanna be friends | ||
The gift of gab | But I simply don't have | ||
I just wanna be friends | The gift of gab | ||
The gift of gab | Ah, the gift of gab | ||
No I do not have | I just wanna be friends | ||
But I simply don't have | |||
The gift of gab | |||
Ah, the gift of gab | |||
No, I do not have | |||
The gift of gab | The gift of gab | ||
All I wanna do | All I wanna do | ||
Never have to prove | Is hang around with you | ||
Never have to prove | |||
Anything to you | |||
Yeah! | Yeah! | ||
I just wanna be friends | I just wanna be friends | ||
The gift of gab | But I simply don't have | ||
I just wanna be friends | The gift of gab | ||
The gift of gab | Ah, the gift of gab | ||
No I do not have | I just wanna be friends | ||
But I simply don't have | |||
The gift of gab | |||
Ah, the gift of gab | |||
No, I do not have | |||
The gift of gab | The gift of gab | ||
</poem> | </poem> |