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 {{Infobox song
 | Name     = These Things That You Do
-| Cover    =
+| Cover    = Riverscuomo alonex.jpg
 | Type     = demo
 | Artist   = Rivers Cuomo
-| Album    = Deliverance at Hand!
+| Album    = Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
 | Released =
-| Recorded = 2007
+| Recorded = [[2007]]
 | Length   =
 | Label    =
 | Writer   = Rivers Cuomo
-| Producer = Rivers Cuomo
+| Producer =
 | Status   = released
 | Spotify     =
 | Apple Music =
-| Album type      = demo
+| Misc =
+{{Extra track listing
+| Album = Deliverance at Hand!
+| Album type = Demo
 | Previous track  = "[[The Odd Couple]]"<br>(16)
 | This track      = "These Things That You Do"<br>(17)
 | Next track      = "[[The Angel and the One]]"<br>(18)
-}}
+}}}}
+"'''These Things That You Do'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]], originally demoed in [[2007]] in consideration for {{PN|Weezer}} eponymous [[Weezer (The Red Album)|''Red Album'']].
+===Appearances===
+*''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' (2020)
 ==Background==
+[[Rivers Cuomo]] is first known to have demoed "These Things That You Do" in [[2007]] as part of ''[[Deliverance at Hand!]]'', a CD-R compilation of demos assembled by Cuomo for the other members of [[Weezer]], in consideration for the band's planned [[Weezer (The Red Album)|sixth album]]. At some unknown later date, Cuomo revisited the song with new lyrics. Both versions of the song were released in [[2020]] as part of the digital demo compilation ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''.
-A song  that was the 17th track of ''[[Deliverance at Hand!]]''. a version of it was included in the ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' demo bundle. on November 22, 2020
+==Known recordings==
+{{Known recordings header}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|These Things That You Do|17 These Things That You Do.mp3|[[2007]]||4:02|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|''[[Deliverance at Hand!]]'' demo}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|These Things That You Do|These things that you do (revised).mp3|[[2007]]—[[2010]]||3:39|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
 ==Lyrics==
-[[Image:28-29.png|thumb|500px|Lyric sheet from the ''[[Deliverance at Hand!]]'' booklet.]]
+[[Image:28-29.png|thumb|256px|Lyric sheet from the ''[[Deliverance at Hand!]]'' booklet.]]
-<poem>
+{{Lyrics}}
-You wake up a 6 a.m. though you probably could sleep till noon
+{{Lyric box|
-You make the bed so nicely and you tidy up the room
+===Original lyrics===
-You make lunch and dinner and it tastes oh-so fine
+<poem>You wake up a 6 a.m.
-You go through all your day with me on your mind
+Though you probably could sleep till noon
+You make the bed so nicely
+And you tidy up the room
+You make lunch and dinner
+And it tastes oh-so fine
+You go through all of your day
+With me on your mind
 These things that you do
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 All that you give me
-You gave up eating meat though you used to eat like a cat
+You gave up eating meat
-You help me learn your language though I'm not so good at that
+Though you used to eat like a cat
-You are so conscientious in everything that you do
+You help me learn your language
-And when you open up your loving light shines through
+Though I'm not so good at that
+You are so conscientious
+In everything that you do
+And when you open up
+Your loving light shines through
 These things that you do
@@ Line 50: / Line 65: @@
 All that you give me
-There are a few things though
+There are a few things, though
 That I would change if I could
 But I will not complain
 Because you are so good
-We make our neighbors sick
+We might make some folks sick
 Because of the way we are
 But I am right for you
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 They make me happy
 They make me happy
+</poem>}}{{Lyric box|
+===Revised lyrics===
+<poem>You wear your miniskirt
+And you paint your lashes black
+You know how to shake around
+So we all just stare at that
+You never make it easy
+For me to come around
+You're as hard to get
+As any girl in town
+These things that you do
+They make me crazy
+I want to give you
+All that you give me
-</poem>
+You put me in my place
+When I get out of line
+You whisper words to me
+That send shivers up my spine
+You make me feel so happy
+With just a simple look
+And then you steal my heart
+As cruelly as a crook
-==See Also==
+These things that you do
-* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
+They make me crazy
+I want to give you
+All that you give me
+I'm going to do my best
+To show you who I am
+You're going to say that slob
+???
+I know that nobody else
+Could ever satisfy
+I'll give the goods to you
+Until the day I die
+These things that you do
+They make me crazy
+I want to give you
+All that you give me
+These things that you do
+These things that you do
+They make me happy
+They make me happy
-[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]]
+Na na na</poem>}}
+==See also==
+*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
+*''[[Deliverance at Hand!]]''
+[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]