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Bad Mouth

Fugazi
Track 3 on Fugazi 

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Jun. 19881 viewer27.3K views

Bad Mouth Lyrics

You can't be what you were
So you better start being
Just what you are
You can't be what you were
The time is now, it's running out
It's running out, it's running, running, running out


You can't be what you were
So you better start living the life
That you're talking about

You can't be what you were
The no movement, the no movement
The no movement in a bad mouth

It betrays a bad mind
The no movement, the no movement
The no movement in a bad mouth
It betrays a bad mind
The no movement, the no movement

It betrays a bad mind
The no movement, the no movement
The no movement, in a bad mouth
It betrays a bad mind

You're always talking, talking, talking, talking, talking shit now
But you will talk yourself down

You're going way down!

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This is the third song on the self-titled EP by Fugazi. On this track, Ian MacKaye sings lead vocals.

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Lead Vocals
Recorded At
Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, Virginia
Release Date
June 1988
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