The Language of Life

Everything But the Girl

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Everything But the Girl

Everything but the Girl are an English musical duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer, songwriter, composer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, producer and singer Ben Watt. The group's early works have been categorized as sophisti-pop with jazz influences before undergoing an electronic turn following the worldwide success of the 1994 hit single "Missing", remixed by Todd Terry.The duo have achieved four top 10 and 12 top 40 singles in the UK and received eight gold and two platinum album BPI certifications in the UK as well as one gold album RIAA certification in the US. Their cover of "I Don't Want to Talk About It" reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1988, a feat later m… more »


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1990
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I know you'd rather talk instead about the
Things inside your head, but everything, everything,
That I overheard, tells me you just don't have the words. 
Cause you never learned to speak the language
Of life, and here you are a grown man who can't talk
To his wife. And the children you don't understand.
You think you're come on pretty far, still
Got the job, the house and the car. But there's one
Thing, one thing that you never get -a grip on life?
Sweet alphabet. Cause you never learned to speak the
Language of life, and here you are a grown man who
Can't talk to his wife.
And when things get out of hand, and the kids you
Don't understand, love is foreign land. Over words
You have no command, you have no command
But it's not that you don't care
Admit it baby,
And you're half way there. Cause you know, you know
That you feel much more than you ever have the words for.
Cause you never learned to speak the language of life,
And here you are a grown man who can't talk to his wife,
And the children you just don't understand.

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Written by: THORN, WATT

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