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You Get In My Way

from Chocolate Cake EP by Ali Barter

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lyrics

I used to stay out til 4am with my friends
We’d hit the bars and fool around and play video games
I always hated those couples eating breakfast and drinking coffee and making small talk with a straight face
Fuck being straight laced

But I saw you there and I thought that you looked pretty good
And you made me laugh and passed me a cigarette and then we played pool
And we made fun of the band that came on in the next slot
And you looked at me and I thought “alright, why not?”

CHORUS
I know I’m not supposed to say this
But sometimes boy you get in my way
I don’t I don’t mean to hurt you
But some days I wanna run away
You cramp my style, it’s not your fault
But I’m the kinda girl who needs to be her self
I know I probably shouldn’t say this
But boy you know you get in my way

We been going along for a couple of years now and everything is pretty good
We bought a car and share a Netflix account and we but fancy food
But sometime I feel like there’s something missing, something burning, something that’s gonna make me go a little bit crazy one day

I have this fantasy about getting drunk and going to Madrid and stealing a car and having sex with a stranger in a lift and
All this shit juts keeps going around in my head and I try to keep it to myself but then you pass me a cigarette and you say - “what are you thinking about?”

CHORUS
I know I’m not supposed to say this
But sometimes boy you get in my way
I don’t I don’t mean to hurt you
But some days I wanna run away
You cramp my style, it’s not your fault
But I’m the kinda girl who needs to be her self
I know I probably shouldn’t say this
But boy you know you get in my way

Every now and then when I’m looking into your eyes
And I see our future together and its sooooo bright
And I hear this little voice inside my head saying ‘Girl….
Let’s get the fuck outta here’

CHORUS
I know I’m not supposed to say this
But sometimes boy you get in my way
I don’t I don’t mean to hurt you
But some days I wanna run away
You cramp my style, it’s not your fault
But I’m the kinda girl who needs to be her self
I know I probably shouldn’t say this
But boy you know you get in my way

credits

from Chocolate Cake EP, released May 7, 2021
Written by Ali Barter & Brandon James
Produced by Harlan Silverman
Mixed by Oscar Dawson
Mastered by Matt Redlich

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Ali Barter Melbourne, Australia

With frank lyricism and clean production, the Australian songwriter and guitarist channels the confidence and immediacy of 2000s pop-rock. - Pitchfork

"Packed with infectious charm" - NYLON

"crunchy guitar licks that sound like making eye-contact across a crowded bar while you’re bopping your head to the jukebox" - Consequence of Sound ... more

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