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I Never Agreed To Abide By Your By​-​Laws (On The Run)

from The Dolly Shakes EP by The Dolly Shakes

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lyrics

They used to call me Matilda, “She’s a quiet one” they said
And just like Matilda, there wasn’t much I hadn’t read
Dahl and Dickens and Shakespeare too on a rainy day
Always looking for something new to take me far away

But I’ve got bad habit and it’s getting me into trouble
The more I ignore it my trouble only doubles

And now I’m on the run from the library
Reading should be fun but I’m a liability
They can come and get me but I won’t come quietly
I really should just pay my library fine
And stop running all the time

Who doesn’t love a big fat book? Who doesn’t love a tale?
I love to smell the pages I just sit back and inhale
And I’ll never buy a Kindle coz the magic’s just not there
I can’t do my reading on a screen can’t leave my bookshelves bare

But I’ve got bad habit and it’s getting me into trouble
The more I ignore it my trouble only doubles

And now I’m on the run from the library
Reading should be fun but I’m a liability
They can come and get me but I won’t come quietly
I really should just pay my library fine
And stop running all the time

I blame the new self-serve machines
I don’t even know what that computer means
They never even stamp your books anymore
So when are they due back? I’m never sure
I never agreed to abide by your by-laws anyway

Now I’m on the run from the library
Reading should be fun but I’m a liability
They can come and get me but I won’t come quietly
I really should just pay

Now I’m on the run from the library
Reading should be fun but I’m a liability
They can come and get me but I won’t come quietly
I really should just pay my library fine
And stop running all the time

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from The Dolly Shakes EP, released October 31, 2019
Vocals and Bass by Quina Chapman.
Guitars by Jessica Royle.
Drums by Liam Morgan.

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The Dolly Shakes Manchester, UK

We are a DIY girl band with songs about cult TV & movies, books, and other pop culture. We are Quina Chapman (bass, vocals) and Jessica Royle (guitar). Sometimes we play ukuleles.

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