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| Type = Single | | Type = Single | ||
| Artist = The Rentals | | Artist = The Rentals | ||
| Released = [[1999]] | | Released = [[1999]] | ||
| Format = CD | | Format = CD | ||
| Recorded = Matrix Studios (London), Drive By Studios (Los Angeles) | | Recorded = Matrix Studios (London), Drive By Studios (Los Angeles) | ||
| Length = | | Length = 2:52 | ||
| Label = Warner | | Label = Warner | ||
| Writer = Matt Sharp | | Writer = Matt Sharp | ||
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| Album type = studio | | Album type = studio | ||
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"'''Getting By'''" is the first track and first single from [[The Rentals]]' 1999 album | "'''Getting By'''" is the first track and first single from [[The Rentals]]' 1999 album ''[[Seven More Minutes]]''. | ||
==Overview== | |||
"Getting By" was released as promotional-only CD[https://www.discogs.com/The-Rentals-Getting-By/release/7177874] and cassette[https://twitter.com/therentals/status/1111405055196815360?s=20] singles. The cassette release features a version of "[[Hello, Hello]]" with additional [[Petra Haden]] vocals. An alternate mix of "Getting By" was included on the demo/outtake compilation ''[[Little Russell Street]]''. | |||
==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
The music video for "Getting By" was directed by Jason Ruscio, who had previously edited the video for "[[Friends of P.]]" [https://web.archive.org/web/20070105134919/http://therentals.com/return/] | |||
<youtube>F2O8S87Qibc</youtube> | <youtube>F2O8S87Qibc</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
[[Image:Getting-by-hwl.jpg|right|thumb|400px]] | [[Image:Getting-by-hwl.jpg|right|thumb|400px]] | ||
<poem>I know a girl, lives off the coast of Spain | <poem>Kawaba, Kawaba, Kawaba, hey! | ||
I know a girl, lives off the coast of Spain | |||
Twenty-one in the prime of her life | Twenty-one in the prime of her life | ||
Friends are the most important things she's got | Friends are the most important things she's got | ||
And she don't need much to get by | And she don't need much to get by | ||
It's been a long long time since I felt that way | It's been a long long time since I felt that way | ||
Maybe all the way back to high school | Maybe all the way back to high school | ||
But lately I've felt like an old fat man | But, lately, I've felt like an old fat man | ||
With her I lie and say I'm a young fool | With her I lie and say I'm a young fool | ||
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And get by | And get by | ||
Well she don't care too much for vegetables | Well, she don't care too much for vegetables | ||
And she hates rude American men | And she hates rude American men | ||
Questions if I'm | Questions if I'm balding and I deny | ||
And she laughs and she laughs with her friends, oh | And she laughs and she laughs with her friends, oh | ||
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We'll get by, getting by | We'll get by, getting by | ||
Yeah, yeah, yeah, | Yeah, yeah, yeah, | ||
She don't really care about me, no | She don't really care about me, no | ||
There's no reason to lie | There's no reason to lie | ||
We got | We got nothing in common and we both agree | ||
To drink on, and drink on, and drink on | To drink on, and drink on, and drink on | ||
And we don't really care about much | |||
And, yeah, we don't really care about much | |||
We don't really care too much | We don't really care too much | ||
We don't really care about much | We don't really care about much | ||