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Automatic Systematic Habit Lyrics by Garbage

Anthology

2012

[Verse 1]
Lies, lies, lies, you love those lies
You tell them straight, straight to my face
They feel so right, they keep you safe

[Pre-Chorus]
And you're so good at it, oh, it comes automatic
Lies more lies, I can tell they're lies
I can see right through, you have see-through eyes

[Chorus]
Knocked down drag your name out all across the town
I won't be your dirty little secret
Not for you, not for me, not for your other lover
I won't be your dirty little secret

[Verse 2]
Oh men like you keep me up at night
You want your women at home and your bit on the side
You've got a telephone girl that you carry around
In your jean back pocket with her very own sound

[Pre-Chorus]
And you're so sly about it, oh, it comes automatic
Yeah, you're so good at it, a systematic habit
Sly about it, oh it comes automatic, yeah, you're so good at it
A systematic habit

[Chorus]
Knocked down drag your name out all across the town
I won't be your dirty little secret
Tell your mother, tell your brother, tell your friends, tell your teacher
I won't be your dirty little secret
I won't be your dirty little secret

[Bridge]
Automatic systematic habit
Automatic systematic habit
Automatic systematic habit
Automatic systematic habit
Automatic systematic habit
Automatic systematic habit
Automatic systematic habit
Automatic systematic habit
Automatic systematic habit
Automatic systematic habit

[Chorus]
Knocked down drag your name out all across the town
I won't be your dirty little secret
Not for you, not for me, not for your other lover
I won't be your dirty little secret

Knocked down drag your name out all across the town
I won't be your dirty little secret
Tell your mother, tell your brother, tell your friends, tell your teacher
I won't be your dirty little secret
I won't be your dirty little secret

[Outro]
I won't be, I won't
I won't be, I won't
I won't, I won't
I won't be knocked down
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About “Automatic Systematic Habit” by Garbage

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