Aimee Mann – Calling It Quits

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He's a serious Mister
Shake his hand and he'll twist your arm,
With monopoly money
We'll be buying the funny farm,
So I'll do flips and get
Paid in chips
From a diamond as big as the Ritz,
Then I'm calling it quits
Calling it quits

Eyes the color of candy
Lies to cover the handicap,
Though your slippers are ruby
You'll be led to the booby trap,
And there's no prize just a
Smaller size
So I'm wearing the shoe till it fits,
Then I'm calling it quits
Yes I'm calling it quits
Yes I'm calling it quits

Now he's numbering himself among the masterminds
Calling it quits
'Cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines
Calling it quits
Lifting dialogue from Judy Garland storylines

Where get-tough girls turn into goldmines

But oh, those Polaroid babies
Taking chances with rabies
Happy to tear me to bits,
Well I'm calling it quits
Yes I'm calling it quits
Yes I'm calling it quits
Yes I'm calling it quits
Yes I'm calling it quits
Now he's numbering himself among the masterminds
Yes I'm calling it quits
'Cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines
Yes I'm calling it quits
Now he's numbering himself among the masterminds
'Cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines

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Lyrics submitted by Idan

Track duration: 04:10

"Calling It Quits" as written by James Dearness Hogarth, James Blunt, Sacha Skarbek

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:Sounds like she's talking about a player. He will say and do whatever it takes to manipulate you. She is obviously going to leave him because she doesn't want to get used anymore. That is my take on it.

    Good song.
    Flag archervixenon July 30, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Love this song.
    Flag missmeon April 10, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:"The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" is the title of a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, about a man who controls the world's largest diamond and commits a number of atrocities in order to keep that information privileged. One of the measures he takes is to tell his plantation slaves that the North lost the Civil War, thus keeping them in permanent bondage. One needn't look very hard to find parallels to the label-artist relationship that Aimee's lamenting here, in her usual bemusedly bitter tone.
    Flag TGon June 06, 2008   Link

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