Desert Island Singles: “Candy Everybody Wants” by 10,000 Maniacs (1992)
Posted: May 3, 2013 Filed under: Desert Island Discs | Tags: desert island disc, life-threatening crushes, music 2 Comments
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My life-threatening crush on Natalie Merchant has been well-documented heretofore.
If lust and hate is the candy,
If blood and love tastes so sweet,
then we give ’em what they want.
Hey, hey, give ’em what they want.
So their eyes are growing hazy
‘Cos they wanna turn it on,
So their minds are soft and lazy.
Well, hey, give ’em what they want.
Well… who do you wanna blame?
Name-Brand Ketchup. 
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