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Words & music Stephen K. Donnelly ©2002 SOCAN/ASCAP

A little metaphor about life as a small kitchen appliance. Don't drop it in the bath tub.

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Something is not working right In my toaster, in my life
I am always getting burned
That's the only thing I've learned
The whole is greater than the parts
I guess I'll take those parts apart
Find out just what makes them tick
Find out what makes me so sick
I tried and tried and tried and tried and tried
To rout out all the enemies inside

CHORUS
It worked for my machine but it didn't work for me.

I tried to break it down but all the
Little pieces wouldn't come around
Put them all in little cups
So I would not mix them up
Carefully labelled and categorized
This one's fingers, this one's eyes
Careful notes in bad hand-writing
I know this all sounds so inviting

I tried and tried and tried and tried and tried
To rout out all the enemies inside

It worked for my machine but it didn't work for me.

I could not read what I wrote
Not even one single note
All components now mixed up
Tried again without much luck
Reassemble, resurrect Incomplete, imperfect
Reassemble in distress
All the tension, all the stress

I tried and tried and tried and tried and tried To pull out all the enemies inside It worked for my machine but it didn't work for me.

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from Looking Forward To Trying Your Stupid Idea, released January 1, 2011

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Laguna Ottawa, Ontario

Formed in Ottawa, Canada in the late 90's, Laguna has gone through a few lineup changes but soldiered on with the goal of delivering, poppy, punky tunes with some edge and some words.

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