Name: Ten percent
Duration: P00H02M58S
Description: What it's like to be young

Ten percent

from Number Theory by Zeta

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What it's like to be young

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On the prowl we hunt in packs
One track mind, you know the track
Friday night the guys around
We’re heading out to take the town
A darkened room a nightclub beat
A roving eye and dancing feet
I see my prey and break away
And start to think of what I’ll say

I wanna know your name, I wanna play your game
I wanna hear you say that you’re gonna stay
I wanna stick around to prepare the ground
I wanna be the find that you have found
I wanna bit of this I wanna bit of that
I wanna sneaky kiss and give a sneaky pat
I wanna hit the road with you in tow
I wanna take you home

One time in ten her smile will say your aim is true
She gets her coat and says you’ll do

Saturday we try again
Looking for that one in ten
To win the game you gotta play
The other nine’s the price you pay

The mating game, the dating game
Whatever name it’s all the same
The formula remains unchanged
The roles we play are pre-arranged
The male believes that he pursues
But in the end the females choose
For every one you win there’s nine you lose

I wanna know your name, I wanna play your game
I wanna hear you say that you’re gonna stay
I wanna stick around to prepare the ground
I wanna be the find that you have found
I wanna bit of this I wanna bit of that
I wanna sneaky kiss and give a sneaky pat
I wanna hit the road with you in tow
I wanna take you home

With odds like these you wouldn’t play a poker hand
But we still ante up and put our fate in their hands
Maybe we just love the chase
Or maybe we anticipate
The one in ten that proves you’re still a man

credits

from Number Theory, released February 12, 2012
Music & lyrics by Simon Pollack
Arranged and produced by Simon Pollack
Recorded at Chestnut Studio, UK
Vocals: Simon Pollack
Hammond organ, bass, guitar: Simon Pollack
Drums: Jes Kerr

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