Aimee Mann was born in Richmond, Virginia, and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out to sing with her first punk rock band, the young snakes; the band released the EP Bark Along with the Young Snakes in 1982, and a compilation album was issued in 2004. In 1983, seeking a return to "sweetness and melody", she co-founded with Berklee classmate and boyfriend Michael Hausman the new wave band 'Til Tuesday, which achieved minor success in 1985 with its first album, Voices Carry. The title song is said to be inspired by Hausman and Mann's breakup; the video became an MTV staple, winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, though Mann's signature spiky hair would lead some to dismiss the group. Mann performed with the rock band Rush on the song "Time Stand Still" (from Hold Your Fire, 1987), singing backup vocals and appearing in the music video. With Mann playing an increasingly important role in songwriting, 'Til Tuesday released two more albums, Welcome Home and Everything's Different Now.
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It’s Not Safe Lyrics
Aimee Mann
All you want to do is something good
So get ready to be ridiculed and misunderstood
cause dont you know that youre a fucking freak in this world
In which everybodys willing to choose swine over pearls
And maybe everything is all for nothing
Still youd better keep it to yourself
cause God knows its not safe with anybody else
You can take your own advice and try again
But a thousand compromises dont add up to a win
And theyd be happy if youd only cover your tracks
But the trail of crumbs youve left wont help you find your way back
So maybe everything is all for nothing
Still youd better keep it to yourself
cause God knows its not safe with anybody else
God knows its not safe with anybody else
You can play along, but youll just end up wrong somehow, wont you
-guitar solo-
But youre the idiot who keeps believing in luck
And you just cant get it through your head that no one else gives a fuck
So maybe everything is all for nothing
Still youd better keep it to yourself
cause God knows its not safe with anybody else
God knows its not safe with anybody else
-guitar solo-
God knows its not safe with anybody else
Its not safe with anybody else
God knows its not safe with anybody else
-52 secs of silence-
(play that guitar
But youre the idiot who keeps believing in luck
The speaker is out of the picture
Im talking to the microphone
The microphone thinks that Im talking
But Im not talking at all
Im singing to you)