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-"'''Say It Ain't So'''," written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] is the third single from ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)|The Blue Album]]''.  It was also released on July 13, 1995 as a radio single.  "Say It Ain't So" was one of the earliest [[Weezer]] songs to be written.  Originally, Rivers had written all of the music and had only the line "Say it ain't so".  Rivers made the connection between the line and an experience he had in high school where he came home to find a bottle of alcohol (belonging to his [[Steven Kitts|stepfather]]) in the refrigerator.  Rivers recalled that around the time his first father left, he started drinking.  He began to fear that Steven, his step father, would soon leave his mother much the way his father did.  In the song, Rivers draws parallels between his family and a bottle of alcohol.
+'''Rivers Cuomo''' (born [[June 13]], 1970) is a Grammy-nominated musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter of the rock band [[Weezer]]. He has also worked as a solo artist; he released his debut album, ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', in December [[2007]], which featured home demos that Cuomo has recorded from [[1992]]-2007. Cuomo mainly plays electric guitar and acoustic guitar, but he can also play drums, bass guitar, clarinet, harmonica, and piano.  Throughout the years he has entertained several different [[List of Rivers Cuomo's appearance|facial hair styles]].
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