Bloody Little Numbers Game

from Big Big Sounds by The Late Joys

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Love’s a funny little numbers game
A comical calculus
I can’t solve the equations and it all drives me insane
When the numbers never add up
I try to factor in the frictions of the fractions and the fictions
’til my abacus goes up in flames
I don’t want to play that bloody little numbers game

She wears a black thinking cap and a sorceress cape
Can you complete her empty set
But now you find your lives run in parallel lines
The two of you don’t intersect
It’s a modern tragedy of the old geometry
She exists on another plane
It’s such a shame she has to play that bloody little numbers game

Love’s a bloody little numbers game
Don’t let them jerk you around
Every calculation leads you to an early grave
The latest figure in the body count

He’s trapped within an inch of infinity
Do you want to take his measurement
But he’s got issues with intimacy
Do this is as close as you’ll get
Is he one in a million or have you had your fill
He’s got you twisted ’round his measuring tape
You never should have played that bloody little numbers game

Love’s a bloody little numbers game
It conquers as it divides
They’re tugging on their digits turning giants into midgets
They’ll cut you down to size
You’re crunching numbers in your ledger
You feel numb but you’ll get better
Do I have to spell it all out
Three little words should make two hearts beat as one
In the new math two is a crowd
And if you thought about it you’d blow your brains out

Love’s a bloody little numbers game
There’s nothing funny ’bout it at all
You think you’ve got it licked ’til you do th’ arithmetic
Every theory is flawed
I get asthmatic trying to grasp the mathematics
It takes my breath away
And I don’t want to play that bloody little numbers game

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from Big Big Sounds, released February 11, 2023
Robi Polgar: Guitars, Vocals, Keys
Patrick Lopez: Bass
Matt Patterson: Drums, Percussion, Vocals

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With influences that include The Beatles, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Jam, The Clash and a slew of '80s and '90s Brit-pop guitar-based trailblazers, The Late Joys put on a high-octane show that's groovy, melodic and infused with fun.

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