Garbage

Songwriter: Butch Vig Duke Erikson Shirley Manson Steve Marker

Producer: Garbage

[Verse 1]
Yeah right from the start you had me hooked
And I knew I was falling
And sure you had me sussed
You worked me out
You took me right out no doubt

[Pre-Chorus]
Call me a lawyer
I want to micromanage
I need a hit man
Get me the operator
Call me a doctor
I cannot lose control
There must be someone
A robot, a terminator?
He got me eye balled
He got me tied down
He got me roller coaster
Help me, man down
Don't wanna talk about it
I know a lot about it
He got me on the ropes and I don't like it

[Chorus]
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one for me
You might be
The one

[Verse 2]
You know what I want
You see me sweat and lose all confidence
And you, you mess me up
I'm back to front
You know I want you, don't you?

[Pre-Chorus]
Call me a lawyer
I want to micromanage
I need a hit man
Get me the operator
Call me a doctor
I cannot lose control
There must be someone
A robot, a terminator?
He got me eye balled
He got me tied down
He got me roller coaster
Help me, man down
Don't wanna talk about it
I know a lot about it
He got me on the ropes and I don't like it

[Chorus]
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one for me
You might be
The one

[Bridge]
Call me a lawyer
I want to micromanage
I need a hit man
And get me the operator
Call me a doctor
I cannot lose control
There must be someone
A robot, a terminator?
He got me eye balled
He got me tied down
He got me roller coaster
Help me, man down
Don't wanna talk about it
I know a lot about it
He got me on the ropes and I don't like it

[Chorus]
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one for me
You might be
The one

Garbage is a Scottish-American Alternative rock band, formed April 8th 1994. Once producer Butch Vig decided to break out of the rock he had been producing ever since Nirvana’s Nevermind, he got together with his college/studio partners Duke Erikson and Steve Marker to write some demos that would basically be remixes in song form. Once someone commented that “it sounds like garbage”, Vig decided to embrace the name. Then they invited Scottish singer Shirley Manson after seeing her on MTV, and the band’s sound was completed with sly, dark and snarky lyrics delivered in a sultry way.

The band’s eponymous debut album was a surprise hit upon release in August 1995, selling more than 4 million copies worldwide. Follow-up Version 2.0 (1998) was equally successful, even receiving a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. Then the band recorded “The World Is Not Enough” to the eponymous James Bond movie, and the record industry started to bring the band down.

Beautiful Garbage (2001) was barely promoted due to a release too close to the 9/11 attacks, and underperformed at the charts. Fourth album Bleed Like Me (2005) had a troubled production where bandmembers were frequently arguing, and eventually the album’s tour was cut short and Garbage disbanded for 2 years, only regrouped in 2007 to record new tracks for greatest hits compilation Absolute Garbage.

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