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What Was I Thinking

311
Track 8 on Transistor  

Produced by

Scotch Ralston
Aug. 5, 19971 viewer

What Was I Thinking Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse]
The word that I heard was so absurd
I can't believe it slipped from my lips
The tongue with which it was sung was so dumb
I wished to pull it from my skull

[Chorus]
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh, unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh, unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh, unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh, unh!

[Verse]
The word that I heard was so absurd
I can't believe it slipped from my lips
The tongue with which it was sung was so dumb
I wished to pull it from my skull

[Chorus]
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh, unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh, unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh, unh!
What the fuck was I thinking? Unh, unh!
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Transistor (1997)
311
  1. 1.
    Transistor Intro
  2. 2.
    Transistor
  3. 3.
    Prisoner
  4. 4.
    Galaxy
  5. 5.
    Beautiful Disaster
  6. 6.
    Inner Light Spectrum
  7. 7.
    Electricity
  8. 8.
    What Was I Thinking
  9. 9.
    Jupiter
  10. 10.
    Use of Time
  11. 11.
    The Continuous Life
  12. 12.
    No Control
  13. 13.
    Running
  14. 14.
    Color
  15. 15.
    Light Years
  16. 16.
    Creature Feature
  17. 17.
    Tune In
  18. 18.
    Rub a Dub
  19. 19.
    Starshines
  20. 20.
    Strangers
  21. 21.
    Borders
  22. 22.
    Stealing Happy Hours
  23. 23.
    Gap
Credits
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Recorded At
NRG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Release Date
August 5, 1997
Tags
RockAlternative MetalAlternative Rock
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