Common Rotation

Common Rotation is an American indie folk/pop-rock band.

Quotes

• Nature is a terrorist
  God is mean with this
  And I ain’t no optimist
  But I’ll be all smiles tonight.
  • All Smiles lyrics
• Don’t talk they whisper in their ear
  They mouth paradigm dear
  See the thought, hear the auctioneer
  They bargain on your time, dear.
  • Auctioneer lyrics
• Hang down your head just like Tom Dooley,
  Poor boy, you know you never once fooled me.
  You put your trust in the thought that grace was on your side
  It’s such a beautiful day to die.
  • Burgandy lyrics
• Now the whisky’s unforgiving
  It burns right on down
  That’s right, it’s a living
  But it ain’t worth a dime.
  • Captain's Arrival lyrics
• Here comes Paul Revere with a broken reaction
  With his latest brand of beer
  For his newest fixed attractions
  If the overhead’s over our head
  In this state of stale air
  We can pick up from anywhere
  And incorporate in Delaware
  But remember all the things you reassessed through your god
  Will someday be repossessed by the mob.
  • Clear Channel lyrics
• I’m not a poet, nor a prophet, though I dream from time to time
  I’m an artist of illusion, and I sketch a strange design
  So don’t pay me with respect, just pay me with attention
  And when I bounce a check, don’t forget that I had mentioned that
  I’m mad at someone, I’m mad at someone.
  • Did a Verse End lyrics
• Now morning hangs over the engines of time
  The streets flood with desolation
  But the one I love, she clasps her tiny hands around me
  And everything under the sun.
  • Everything Under the Sun lyrics
• I tapped out time on a bottle of rhyme
  I watched you side-step across the thin-laced line
  Both foot for foot, both fake with the feel
  Two forgotten myths, both Achilles heels
  So how can I say
  So how can I ever run away.
  • Fortunate lyrics
• Well, I hurried down to the station
  With drunk bags and a sober smile
  But this tip-worthy elation
  It only lasts for a while
  It's a temporary medication
  Yeah, it's medicine for the poisoned vial.
  • Given Signs lyrics
• I'm gonna die someday
  That's all that you never can say
  You can listen close to me
  Or just ignore my plea
  But either way I'm gonna die someday.
  • Gone Dyin' lyrics
• Heaven help me
  I don't believe in man
  Never spoke to god
  And the devil won't shake my hand.
  • Heaven Help Me lyrics
• See i don't believe in you
  But i want you to feel that i do
  How can you care when
  From way over there
  Your sure taking your sweet time to
  So this is the way we move
  kick off your sunday shoes.
  • How to Loselyrics
• Your momma don't know
  And your daddy don't get it
  I'm up on the stage singing
  Don't you forget it
  Don't touch me, I'm a live wire
  And I'll be singing this song
  Till these lines grow tired.
  • Indie Rockin' lyrics
• Movie stars and waitresses, and fantasies and facts

Friends in far off places that still Talk behind my back
Not even tellin it to themselves
The dreams of common people
Yeah they're easily disturbed
Well they're worthless and they're feeble
Still getting their last word.

• • No one like you lyrics
• Why don't I ever see any old punks?
  I guess they change their minds or die
  Beaten by the greetings of "Enchanté"
  By the girls who read Oscar Wilde
  Now I was always one of the serious sort
  But I let the comics show me around
  I know I didn't laugh much but boy did he try
  And all the time I'd be frightened by the sound.
  • Offstage Lines lyrics
• When I was younger I used to get angry at the girls
  Then I grew a little older and got angry at the world
  For a while I spent my time getting all pissed off at traffic lights
  But even that got boring you know it seemed so trite
  These days I’m reserved to fulfill a quota
  From a list I received from a man from Minnesota
  ....I got it off the internet, it read....
  • Oklahoma lyrics
• I have no money, but I can be cute
  And I can be funny
  If you just grant me the time of year
  I will change
  And I will appear to be

Oh, any season, every reason
To belong
And I will stay for long enough
Till I have my
Song
Till I have my song.

• • Payback lyrics
• Now the crowd is always fleeting
  And the minutes of the meeting
  Will be taken by a very shaky hand
  If you're not around when it's written down
  They'll be taking all the laughter from the can.
  • Primetime lyrics
• But a fight breaks out
  And all the innocent they hit the ground
  Don't look for me, I won't be anywhere to be found.
  • Sit Downlyrics
• Pass that girl, cause she doesn’t seem to mind.
  Pass that what’s in your hand, cause we all need to kill some time
  Better get drunk quick, cause our ride is leaving soon,
  And maybe on that judgement day, I won’t be in the room.
  • The Crowd and I lyrics
• Don’t want to die alone
  A repeat offence, a vagabond
  I will serve my time and
  then I’ll come for you
  I will make you mine in time I always do.
  • Vagabond lyrics