The Great Communicator-Ted Leo

[ti:The Great Communicator] [ar:Ted Leo] [al:The Tyranny Of Distance] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Great Communicator - Ted Leo [00:20.89]My only chance not easy to see [00:22.51] [00:23.79]I'm not the great communicator that I used to be apparently [00:26.75] [00:28.08]But I know what it means when I hear screams [00:30.03] [00:30.75]And it's the sonics not the phonics [00:32.67]And it's all in the delivery [00:34.32]Now I'm learning 'bout what lies underneath [00:36.06] [00:37.52]So if you catch me speaking through my teeth [00:40.42]Oh you've gotta stop me now [00:42.20] [01:00.47]I keep my ear to the street [01:01.78] [01:03.08]And I keep on reading lips and looks [01:05.04]As I'm looking for that perfect beat [01:07.02]But I know it's all down to me [01:08.74] [01:09.78]And if something's lost in the translation [01:11.65]I know I shouldn't take it so personally [01:13.68]But your answers look like efforts to me [01:15.32] [01:16.66]We've been ebonic since we been 13 oh [01:19.48] [01:20.18]You like me now [01:21.44] [01:23.39]They get detached from what's been going on [01:25.72] [01:26.56]They feed you crap you can't keep growing old [01:29.01] [01:29.83]They give you stats to tell you you're nothing at all [01:32.33] [01:32.88]And wanna be [01:33.55] [02:09.09]And now your answers look like efforts to me [02:10.95] [02:12.44]We've been ebonic since we been 13 oh [02:16.09]You like me now [02:17.06] [02:19.06]They get detached from what's been going on [02:21.01] [02:22.25]They feed you crap you can't keep growing old [02:24.77] [02:25.43]They give you stats to tell you you're nothing at all [02:28.05] [02:28.60]And wanna be [02:29.21] [02:31.85]Who you wanna be