High Fidelity A Musical movie - The Last Real Record Store on Earth lyrics
rate meSong by Will Chase<br /><br>
Rob:<br>
I've got my daily crossword, and there's coffee in the pot.<br>
I've got cable and a girlfriend who is pissed off, but she's hot.<br>
I've got records that it's taken me a lifetime to amass,<br>
And I play them on a system that will kick your system's ass!<br>
<br>
And if my life's not perfect,<br>
If I'm anxious, bored, or sad,<br>
Well, today may be less shitty--<br>
With whole chunks of not so bad!<br>
<br>
And I wouldn't change a thing about it;<br>
No, I wouldn't want to change a thing.<br>
In a world that's unreliable,<br>
These are rocks on which to cling.<br>
Nothing's great and nothing's new--<br>
But "nothing" has its worth.<br>
Meet the real go-getter<br>
With the thrift store sweater<br>
And the last real record store on earth!<br>
<br>
I get by, relying on the <br>
Freaks who can't survive<br>
Without their Japanese import o<br>
Or their Zappa 45.<br>
They're really kinda sad<br>
Hell, I'd be making fun of them,<br>
If it weren't for the fact<br>
I'm really one of them.<br>
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Yes, if you're into vinyl, <br>
We've got everything essential.<br>
I'm sitting on a business that has<br>
Zero growth potential!<br>
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Pale Young Men:<br>
And I wouldn't change a thing about it,<br>
A-K rack, L-Z.<br>
It's dark and dingy, never crowded;<br>
All a record store should be.<br>
<br>
Rob:<br>
"For the serious collector<br>
Who knows a record's worth"<br>
Need a vintage Decca?<br>
Step into my mecca.<br>
It's the last real record store on earth!<br>
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Dick: (singing along to music on his headphones)<br>
Ever since I lost control...<br>
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Rob: (to the audience)<br>
That's Dick. He works for me.<br>
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Dick:<br>
It's a Hiroshima of the soul.<br>
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Rob:<br>
He's listened to every record in this store...<br>
<br>
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Dick: <br>
Ever since we've been apart...<br>
<br>
Rob: <br>
...twice.<br>
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Dick:<br>
It's a Hiroshima of my heart.<br>
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Pale Young Men:<br>
Hiroshima of my heart...<br>
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Dick:<br>
I want to find a love,<br>
A love to call my own.<br>
But I'm too weird and shy.<br>
I guess I'll die alone.<br>
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Rob:<br>
Barry, you're late.<br>
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Barry:<br>
Yeah, sorry, I stopped to get you this box of.....seven donuts.<br>
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Rob: (to the audience re: Barry and Dick)<br>
What can I do?<br>
They came as temps.<br>
But then they started showing up here every day!<br>
It's been four years.<br>
They just won't leave.<br>
They never even ask me for a raise in pay.<br>
<br>
And as I gaze across this filthy space, <br>
I see insanity in every face.<br>
Some days I think I should just torch the place!<br>
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But then I think where would I go?<br>
Find guys who prize the things I know?<br>
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Barry:<br>
It smells like ass--<br>
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All:<br>
But even so...<br>
<br>
I wouldn't change a thing about it!<br>
Cause most other stores are crap!<br>
Buying music shouldn't be like<br>
Buying khakis at the Gap!<br>
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Pale Young Men:<br>
Don't fall into the Gap!<br>
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Rob, Dick & Barry:<br>
We're the experts here on everything<br>
That's anything of worth!<br>
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All:<br>
If you hate mass market<br>
Bring your ass and park it<br>
At the last real record store on earth!<br>
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Barry & Dick: (a la David Byrne/Devo/robot dance)<br>
This ain't no Tower!<br>
<br>
Pale Young Men:<br>
This ain't no Tower!<br>
<br>
Barry & DickL<br>
This ain't no Coconuts!<br>
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Pale Young Men:<br>
This ain't no Coconuts!<br>
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Barry: And this ain't no soulless sanitized corporate Third Reich fucking WalMart!<br>
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Rob:<br>
Alright, Barry!<br>
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Barry: <br>
They're sucking the blood out of the little guys!<br>
<br>
Rob: <br>
No shit.<br>
<br>
My rent check bounced.<br>
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Barry:<br>
I live at home.<br>
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Dick:<br>
Stayed up til four watching Mary Tyler Moore.<br>
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Rob:<br>
My girl holds out.<br>
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Barry:<br>
My girl inflates.<br>
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Dick:<br>
I think I had sex once but I'm not sure.<br>
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All:<br>
The things I hope for seem so far away.<br>
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Dick:<br>
So far away.<br>
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All: I'm not too brilliant on the day-to-day.<br>
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Barry:<br>
What's the day today?<br>
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All:<br>
That's why I come Monday through Saturday--<br>
<br>
And I wouldn't change a thing about it,<br>
My whole world's inside this store.<br>
Where would I go,<br>
What would I do without it?<br>
This is what I'm living for.<br>
<br>
For the serious collector<br>
Who knows a record's worth!<br>
<br>
Rob:<br>
If you hate mass market<br>
Bring your ass and park it<br>
<br>
All:<br>
It's the best, that's final!<br>
Find the finest vinyl <br>
At the last real record store!<br>
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Rob: (repeating in a round)<br>
We've got blues and soul and R&B.<br>
We've got blues and soul and R&B.<br>
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Barry: (round)<br>
Ska, punk and new wave...<br>
Ska, punk and new wave...<br>
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Dick: (round)<br>
Hip hop, rock, and pop.<br>
Hip hop, rock, and pop.<br>
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Rob, Dick & Barry:<br>
And the only thing that we dno't have is<br>
Customers who shop!<br>
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Rob:<br>
I always dreamed someday<br>
I'd have this wonderful career.<br>
I went where the music took me<br>
And oh God, it took me here.<br>
<br>
And they'll write it on my tombstone<br>
Right beside my date-of-birth:<br>
Part-time stoner<br>
Went from clerk to owner<br>
Of the last real record store on earth!<br>
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Barry, Dick & All:<br>
I wouldn't change a thing about it<br>
Gonna get up on the roof and shout it!<br>
But will it hold us all? I doubt it!<br>
<br>
Rob:<br>
And I--<br>
<br>
Barry:<br>
I--<br>
<br>
Dick:<br>
I--<br>
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All:<br>
I wouldn't change a thing!<br>
I wouldn't change a thing!<br>
I wouldn't change a thing!<br>
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[Thanks to for lyrics]<br>
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