Government Center

The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s. The original band existed from 1970 to 1974 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later. It featured Richman and bassist Ernie Brooks with drummer David Robinson (later of The Cars) and keyboardist Jerry Harrison (later of Talking Heads). The sound of the band owed a great deal to the influence of The Velvet Underground, and is now sometimes classed as "protopunk". It pointed the way towards much of the punk rock, new wave, alternative and indie rock music of later decades. Their only album, the eponymous The Modern Lovers, contained stylistically unprecedented[citation needed] songs about dating awkwardness, growing up in Massachusetts, and love of lif… more »

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Well we've got a lot, a lot, a lot of hard work today
We got to rock at the government center
To make the secretaries feel better
When they put the stamps on the letter

And they got a lot a lot a lot of great desks and chairs, uh-huh
At the government center
We gotta make those secretaries feel better
Where they put the stamps on the letter

We got to rock, to rock, to rock nonstop tonight, uh-huh
At the government center
Make those secretaries feel better
When they put the stamps on the ledgers

Won't stop until we see secretaries smile
We gotta see some office boys there jumpin' for joy
Tell old Mr. Ahern "Calm down a while
You know, that's the only way the center is ever going to get better"

So, let's rock, rock, rock-a nonstop tonight
Uh-huh, at the government center
Make those secretaries feel better
When they put the stamps on the letter

We're gonna make-make them feel better
Oh, look out

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Written by: Jonathan Michael Richman

Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, MODERN LOVE SONGS

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