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THe lIKe

ReleASe Me

featuring

WISHING HE WAS DEAD

FAIR GAME

HE’S NOT A BOY

and

RELEASE ME

introducing

THe lIKe

guitar and Vocals: Z Berg

drums: tennessee thomas

Bass: laena geronimo

organ: annie monroe

The Like

1. Wishing He Was Dead

2. He’s Not a Boy

3. Release Me

4. Walk of Shame

5. Narcissus in a Red Dress

6. I Can See it in Your Eyes

7. Fair Game

8. Square One

9. In the End

10. Trouble in Paradise

11. Catch Me if You Can

12. Don’t Make a Sound

Produced by Mark Ronson

Tracks 8, 9, 12 Produced by Thomas Brenneck with Additional Production by Homer Steinweiss.

Additional production on all tracks by Alex Greenwald.

RECORDED AT DUNHAM STUDIOS, BROOKLYN, NY.

Downtown Records 485 Broadway New York, NY 10013 Manufactured and distributed by

Fontana Distribution, LLC. 2010 Geffen Records, under exclusive license to

downtownmusic.com | geffen.com | thelike.com

WISHING HE WAS DEAD

If I could kick his head in, ickle little boyfriend, I’d be satisied

If I could smack some sense into his senses, I might feel alright

‘Cause I spent the weekend, waiting all alone

For that rat to come back home

When all the while, he was with somebody new

And now that I know, his hours are few

‘Cause I just can’t forgive and forget

When I’m through with him

He will be wishing he was dead

‘Cause I know what he’s been up to

And I know that he’s been untrue

When I am through with him

He will be wishing he was dead

If I could snap that neck, that broken record trainwreck

I might feel okay

If he could speak the truth or just be sorry,

that would be the day

But he made me crazy, thinking I was wrong

That he wasn’t cheatin’ all along

When I gave him everything that I could give

Now he’s gonna wish he’d never lived

‘Cause I just can’t forgive and forget

When I am through with him

He will be wishing he was dead

‘Cause I know what he’s been up to

And I know that he’s been untrue

When I am through with him

He will be wishing he was dead

And what can I do

And what can I say

To make it untrue

To take this pain away

‘Cause I just won’t forgive and forget

When I am through with him

He will be wishing he was dead

‘Cause I know what he’s been up to

And I know that he’s been untrue

When I am through with him

He will be wishing he was dead

You can wait all day but,

He’s not a boy that you can change

Even when he lies he means every word he says

His delusions ind their way inside your head

And he knows that beauty lies

But he likes it by his side

Just to take it for a ride until the mystery dies

You may say “why, don’t you realize,

I could give you everything?”

But, you see he cant be tied,

Contained, or satisied by all

You could bring

He’s not a boy that you can change, nor should you want to

He’s not a boy that you can tame, don’t let it taunt you

Don’t even try to run away, he wouldn’t stop you

He’s not a boy that you can tame, I know you want to

And you can wait all night

You can wait all day but,

He’s not a boy that you can change

He’s not a boy that you can save

He’s not a boy that you can change

When you wake up and you think you’re still at home

Takes a lash to igure it out

But in your memory you might ind some holes

Oh, like the last 6 hours

That made you realize you’re sleeping on the loor

On someone else’s loor

Oh, time to do the walk of shame

Hide your face, the night was calling

Time to do the walk of shame

Hide your face, the day is dawning

Here’s another thing to explain

And I’ve got 25 missed calls on my phone

Oh won’t you leave me alone

So I can brutalize my life all on my own

Hello stranger, what is your name?

And can you tell me where we are

Oh god oh no. Tell me we didn’t… Oh

Thank god ok well now I’ve gotta go

I’ve just gotta get home

Oh! Time to do the walk of shame

Hide your face, the night was calling

Time to do the walk of shame

Hide your face, the day is dawning

Pick a path, oh any old one

It can’t get worse than what I’ve already done

Behaving like the virgin queen

You’re just as damaged underneath, you know

No matter how good your impersonation of me ever grows

Deep down you know your insides never change

But people love it, vapid and shameless, simply lacking taste

They fall for the spell of Lady Macbeth, her calculated grace

But I can see the hunger of compulsion in your face

High school skinny fades away

And you’re just left with polaroids

Capturing your ifteen minutes

Ain’t it great?

What goes up must come on down

Get your feet back on the ground

Narcissus in a red dress

You’re like all the rest, miss

Blinded by your own relection

Let the lights direct you now

Narcissus in a red dress

You’re like all the rest I’ve known

I know

Vanity on parade

Vacant, frantic, and strange

Fraught with heartache and desperation

Guess I loved you in vain

Consider this song your wake

Lost your head to the elevation

All the kings horses and all the kings men

Couldn’t bring you back again

What goes up must come on down

Get your feet back on the ground

Narcissus in a red dress

You’re like all the rest, miss

Blinded by your own relection

Let the lights direct you now

Narcissus in a red dress

You’re like all the rest, miss

What goes up must come on down

Get your feet back on the ground

Narcissus in a red dress

You’re like all the rest, miss

Blinded by your own relection

Let the lights protect you now

Narcissus in a red dress

You’re like all the rest I’ve known

I know

RELEASE ME

Wish you knew I’m not the one for you

You’re not the one for me, and I can’t stand it

After all I put you through, you’re still just stuck like glue

Why don’t you run from me, ‘cause I can’t leave you

Before I break your heart release me

Oh, mine is such a sorry state, I gave my heart away

When I could love with grit and guts and reckless unrestraint

Those were the days

I wish you knew I’m not the one for you

You’re not the one I need, and I can’t stand it

After all I put you through, you’re still just stuck like glue

Why don’t you run from me, ‘cause I can’t leave you

Before I break your heart, release me

Oh you’re a boy that I could love, and all I do is run

But still I keep you hoping someday soon our day will come

And it never does

I wish you knew I’m not the one for you

I’m just a sad excuse for what you long for

And after all I do, you’re still just stuck like glue

Why don’t you run from me, ‘cause I can’t leave you

Before I break your heart release me

Nothing ever changes, people never change

So passion turns to sheer compulsion, then love it turns to hate

I wish you knew I’m not the one for you

You’re not the one for me, and I can’t stand you

After all you put me through, I’m still just stuck like glue

Why don’t you run from me, ‘Cause I can’t leave you

Before I break your heart, before it breaks my heart

Before you break my heart

Release me

I know this used to be fun

But party’s over now I’m feeling deaf and dumb

Oh what have I become!

Oh! Time to do the walk of shame

Hide your face, the night was calling

Time to do the walk of shame

Hide your face, the day is dawning

NARCISSUS IN A RED DRESS

What a difference a day makes

Where a little girl once stood

Now sits an empty vase

Cold and shiny, hard and tiny

Dificult to wash away

Oh, monsters get created every day

And nothing can prepare you for the day they run away

Your ine tutelage is no longer needed

So you’ve sealed your fate

One minute she’s your best friend

Then you watch her take your place

I guess I taught them all the same

You clever little charlatans

Ambition gleams in overdrive

And I can’t take it

What goes up must come on down

Get your feet back on the ground

Narcissus in a red dress

You’re like all the rest, miss

Blinded by your own relection

Let the lights direct you now

Narcissus in a red dress

You’re like all the rest I’ve known, I know

HE’S NOT A BOY

He’s not a boy that you can change, nor should you want to

He’s not a boy that you can tame, don’t let it taunt you

Don’t even try to run away, he wouldn’t stop you

He’s not a boy that you can chain, I know you want to

And you can wait all night

You can wait all day but,

He’s not a boy that you can change

We were up all night, talking trash and wasting time

When he says you’re beautiful, it’s not a line

But in the morning you might ind that

he might have changed his mind

He can only fall in love for just one night

He’s not a boy that you can change, nor should you want to

He’s not a boy that you can tame, don’t let it taunt you

Don’t even try to run away, he wouldn’t stop you

He’s not a boy that you can chain, I know you want to

And you can wait all night

I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES

“Knock knock knock, you’re knocking

On my window last night

This ire’s been out for some time

You told me it was over with her,

That’s not quite right

You said I was your life

So be mine, so be mine

Things are rough enough

Won’t you toughen up

Please just make up your mind

How could I be so blind

I can see it in your eyes

When you lie

WALK OF SHAME

It’s another beautiful day

And I can feel it rising up in my throat

It was just one of those days

I see it in your eyes

You’ll never leave her will you, baby? I understand

You’ll never grow up, or be a man

And I’d wait a thousand years for you,

But this I demand

Just tell me where I stand

Take my hand, I know you can

She keeps calling me

I can’t take it

She thinks I’m really her friend

I think we’re near the end

I can see it in your eyes

Yes, I see it in your eyes

When you lie

I see it in your eyes

So crooked mouths speak crooked words

That ruin you for other girls

I don’t know how to conjugate a lie

My crooked eyes have crooked tears,

You turned the tables on me, dear

I was so shocked I couldn’t even cry

I can see it in your eyes

Yes, I see it in your eyes

When you lie

I see it in your eyes

Yeah, I see it in your eyes

I can see it in your eyes”

SQUARE ONE

I’m just down the block, what is it you want?

Guess it’s just my luck, now I’m having fun

You want me to come, you want me to come

I’m back to square one

Nights unravelling

You’re not having it

Everything’s been done

Each thing that I would say or do

Has been taken by someone

I think I’ve lost the plot

Not drunk enough to talk

Need you to ix me up

I’m lost

TROUBLE IN PARADISE

I see trouble in paradise, but that’s just my eyes

You did your time, let it go, Ruby don’t cry

Be careful, your one life to live is still slipping

And it’s almost too gone

I need you to keep yourself alive and kicking

So I hope that I’m wrong

When I see the signs of my worst fears dawning on and on

I hope I’ve lost my touch to see your heart

‘Cause I see trouble in paradise, but that’s just my eyes

You did your time, let it go, Ruby don’t cry

I see trouble in paradise, but that’s just my eyes

You’ve lost your glow, let me know, Ruby don’t lie

You promised you’d never give in to your sickness

Did you mean it at all?

Just promise you’ll let me back in if you need it

Baby give me a shot

Pupils wide like blurry pools, your lips are cracked and dry

Just tell me that my instincts aren’t all right

‘Cause I see trouble in paradise, but that’s just my eyes

You did your time, let it go, Ruby don’t cry

I see trouble in paradise, but that’s just my eyes

You’ve lost your glow, let me know, Ruby don’t lie

Wait, growing up is a sad affair

You don’t get a chance to prepare

‘Til it’s too late and you’ve been broken

Hey, I hear the grave is a lonely place

Just remember the hearts that break

As you keep sinking lower lower

Don’t just let go!

I see trouble in paradise, but that’s just my eyes

You did your time, let it go, Ruby don’t cry

I see trouble in paradise tell me that it’s just my eyes

You’ve lost your glow,

Let it go, Ruby don’t cry

Let me know, Ruby don’t lie

Let it go, Ruby don’t die!

I don’t hate you, but I don’t love you

It’s not the way I planned, but nothing is

It’s an age old story

Starting to bore me

So I’ll keep run, running away

Catch me if you can!

It started with ire, now we’re just embers

Once the sparks ly, they’re hard to remember

Gotta move on, so I just keep on moving!

I’m sorry

I don’t hate you, but I don’t love you at all

So let’s stop pretending I don’t hate you

But I don’t love you

It’s not the way I planned, but nothing is

IN THE END

A shift in shapes has come about

And no one’s safe or sacred now

But isn’t that much better than

The limbo we were living in

Diaspora or renaissance

Blame mercury or fate or chance

Changes always come in packs,

Snifing out your darkened doorsteps

And when the words run out

The quiet’s just as loud

When the world is upside down

And we’re walking on our hands

But we keep on spinning round

And who knows where we’ll land

In the end

The moon it moves in cycles and

We’re subject to its will, its whims

The tide, the time, the age, the law

Run back and forth like idle dogs

History is not a highway

Straight and narrow always

But a roundabout and round again

We ride around and hope for change

And when the state’s drawn out

The break is twice as loud

Then the world is upside down

And we’re walking on our hands

But we keep on spinnin’ round

And who knows where we’ll land

In the end

This is the end of stagnant days

Time to give up the way

I stand my ground, oh stand my ground

Then the world is upside down

And we’re walking on our hands

But we keep on spinnin’ round

And who knows where we’ll land

In the end

DON’T MAKE A SOUND

I set the scene to tell the tale

Who could have known his face would pale?

Life is never what you want

Unless you plan it from the start

Now wouldn’t that be smart?

Don’t make a sound, as I cry out

Is that what love is all about?

Don’t make a sound, as I call out

I know that’s not what love’s about

Don’t make a sound

So this is how it always goes

And what is real, we’ll never know

Trust me now I know irsthand

My iction leads my real life and

This isn’t what I planned

Don’t make a sound as I cry out

Is that what love is all about?

Don’t make a sound as I call out

I know that’s not what love’s about

Don’t make a sound

My melody’s my malady, my hand inscribes my grave

I told you once I’ll tell you twice there’s nothing left to say

I don’t know what I’ve been told, my memory escaped

But don’t try to refresh my mind, I’ve reasoned it that way

Just shhhhhhhhh...

Don’t make a sound as I cry out

Is that what love is all about?

Don’t make a sound as I call out

I know that’s not what love’s about

Don’t make a sound

FAIR GAME

Switching partners like a square dance

Just watch where you’re going

There are limbs akimbo, lying wildly

Just watch out now, don’t get hit!

You want in our scene? Hungry like the wolf

This wasn’t my dream, but every day keeps getting better

We only look mean, crazy like a fox

Things aren’t how they seem, right?

Its all fair game, anyway

It’s all fair game, anyway

Just a teeny bit amoral

Fiercely pessimistic but we’re one big family

What’s that darling, Who says family doesn’t kiss?

Oh every gang’s a bit incestuous

It’s just a game and if you know the rules you can’t get hurt

We’re all the same, a bit tempestuous

But we’re just restless, right?

Its all fair game, anyway

It’s all fair game, when you play

Have you the heart and have you got the guts?

It’s not a sport but who says life should be so boring?

We ind your rules a bit extraneous

We leave you breathless, right?

Its all fair game, anyway

It’s all fair game, anyway

Its all fair game, when you play

The rules are strange, but aren’t they great

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

I won

Now that I’ve got the prize I’ve lost the plot

I’m done

Now that the ight is gone we’ve lost the fun

It started with ire, now we’re just cinders

Covered in ash and burning our ingers

Try to hold on, but I’m just falling faster

I promise

I don’t hate you, but I don’t love you at all

So let’s stop pretending!

So long

Feel bad for all the pain I might have caused

My fault

Guess I’m just not the girl you thought I was

I’m all about chances, madness and mayhem

Try to sit still, but I miss the chase

So now that it’s over I just can’t run fast enough

I promise

I don’t hate you, but I don’t love you at all

So let’s stop pretending

THe lIKe

guitar and Vocals: Z Berg • drums: Tennessee Thomas • Bass: Laena Geronimo • organ: annie monroe

IN LOVING MEMORY OF RICHARD BERG

Firstly we'd like to thank Alex Greenwald, Mark Ronson, Shawn Everett, Tommy

Brenneck, Victor Axelrod, and Homer Steinweiss, without whom we never could've

made this record. We'd like to thank Jack Joseph Puig, Ron Fair, Jimmy Iovine,

and Geffen for giving us a second chance and believing in us. We'd like to thank

Jazz Summers, Dawn Hood, everyone at Big Life Management and Will Botwin

and Erin Cooney for all their help. Thanks to Josh Deutsch, Michael Howe and

everyone at Downtown Records for picking this up! We'd like to thank all our friends

and family for being supportive through thick and thin: Pete and Judy Thomas,

Tony, Cary, Alex and Thomas Berg, the G'Parents, Theodora Allen, Alexa Chung,

Valentine Fillol-Cordier, Michael Runion, Mickey Madden, Dave Rawlings, Hailey

Gates, James Valentine, Jason Boesel, Ruby Aldridge, Gillian Welch, Ryan Ross,

Erika Thormahlen, Diva Dompe, Illy, Nikolai, Elysia and Phoenix Fraiture. Thanks to

everyone who keeps us safe on the road, and makes sure we sound good: John

Mac, Dave Price, Chris Fahey, Dave Scher, Dave Jenkins, Chris Butcher, Artie

Smith, Frankie Alvaro, and Danny McGough. And all the friends who have kindly

made us amazing clothes and helped us with the look: Charles Anastase, Ei Green,

Jenny Reyes, Christopher Niquet, Zac Posen, Leith Clark, Melissa Coker, Sonia

Martin, Michelle Harb, Sophie Buhai, Lisa Mayock and Erin Fetherston. We'd also

like to thank Charlotte Froom, Reni Lane, Jill Berliner, David Byrnes, Skye Parrott,

Ellen Von Unwerth, French Matthew, Catherine Orchard, Marlene Tsuchii, Christine

Wolff, Deb Fenstermacher, Marvin Scott Jarrett, Mitchell Froom, Patrick Fraser,

Youth, Tim Bran, Clive Goddard, Dan Britten, Andy Wallace, John Fields, Tony

Phant, Mark Sovel, Davey Faragher, Blake Mills, Bob Clearmountain, Elvis Costello,

David Boucher, William Harper and Tasharra Lee for everything. Special thanks to

Jim Smith, Tod Wisenbaker and Justin Kennedy for helping us put together the new

lineup. Laena and Annie would like to thank Greta Ionita, Alan Myers, Dante White

Aliano, Valerie and Bobby Popita, Liat, Dan and Adam Zuckerman. We'd also like

to thank all the amazing Girl Groups of the Sixties for inspiring us, Team Evil, and all

the bands that have taken us on the road. And YOU! x x x

Album produced by Mark Ronson, except tracks 8, 9, 12 produced by

Thomas Brenneck with additional production by Homer Steinweiss.

Background vocal arrangements and additional production on all tracks

by Alex Greenwald.

Track 8 Written by Z Berg, Alex Greenwald, James Valentine,

Jason Boesel & Michael Runion

Published by Big Life Music Ltd / DLJ Songs (ASCAP) / Flying Saucer

Fuel Music / Mushroom Music PTY LTD (sub pub: Chrysalis Music)

Music Arranged by: Tennessee Thomas, Z Berg, Mark Ronson, Alex

Greenwald, Thomas Brenneck, Victor Axelrod, Homer Steinweiss and

Nick Movshon.

Track 10 Written by Z Berg, Alex Greenwald, Mark Ronson

& Thomas Brenneck

Published by Big Life Music Ltd/ DLJ Songs (ASCAP) /

Flying Saucer Fuel Music / EMI Music Publishing Ltd

Organ on all tracks performed by Victor Axelrod

Bass guitar on all tracks performed by Alex Greenwald

Drums and backround vocals by Tennessee Thomas

Vocals and guitar on all tracks performed by Z Berg

“Why When Love Is Gone” Written by Joe Ivory Hunter

published by Jobete Music Co, Inc.

Additional recording done at Sound Factory, Hollywood.

Engineered by Shawn Everett.

Mixed by Shawn Everett at Sound Factory

Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering

Recorded at Dunham Studios, Brooklyn, NY

Engineered by Thomas Brenneck

Track 1 Written by Z Berg, Alex Greenwald, Thomas Brenneck, Nick

Movshon, Homer Steinweiss.

Published by Big Life Music Ltd/ DLJ Songs (ASCAP) / Flying Saucer

Fuel Music / Defend Songs Inc / Kobalt Music Services America Inc.

Managed by Jazz Summers, Tim Parry and Dawn Hood

at Big Life Management

Album Design by Homer Steinweiss & Catherine Orchard

Cover photo by Skye Parrott

Additional photography by Theodora Allen

LIKE dresses by Ei Green

Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 Written by Z Berg

Published by Big Life Music Ltd / DLJ Songs (ASCAP)

Track 5, 12 Written by Z Berg & Alex Greenwald

Published by Big Life Music Ltd/ DLJ Songs (ASCAP) / Flying Saucer

Fuel Music

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