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Oh no, why can't you get along?
Okay, I know its not my place.
I've gotta say somethin'
I've gotta say somethin'
I've gotta speak
She'll never leave
And you can never throw her out
Impossible to conceive
You'd rather be with than without
That's just the fear talkin
That's just the fear talkin
That's just the fear
Don't let it take you
Like it nearly took me
Fear
Don't let it fool you
Like it nearly fooled me
Fear
Remember the good old days
Well love is like a dragonfly
So beautiful
It will die
And disappear before your eyes
I'm no philosopher
I am no poet
I'm just trying to help you out
Don't let it fool you
Like it nearly fooled me
Fear
Don't let it take you
Like it nearly took me
So you sit and wait
For another man to take your place
And when, when he comes
Would you welcome him with open arms
You'll feel a hundred years younger
You'll feel a hundred years younger
You'll feel no fear
Don't let it take you
Like it nearly took me
Fear
Don't let it fool you
Like it nearly fooled me
Fear
Don't let it kill you
Like it nearly killed me
Fear
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Apr 13, 2013 - 20:50 KitKat wrote: Hamoa Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches on Maui. Now you get to ask what Maui is ... Waiting for a cute answer from the RP crowd. Wowie! What is Maui?!?! Let me think for a minute .... nope, can't think of anything ... sorry, dude. | |||||
| skooba (The tip of Americas Wang) | Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 14:26 Got a couple of their cd's, and I'm quite happy with them. I may have to pick this one up, too. How's the rest of the album? | |||||
| ziakut (The Windy City) | Posted: May 18, 2012 - 10:31 Sounds a bit more contemporary than I am used to from Gomez. Still like it though...  | |||||
| trissi (allupinya) | Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 09:19 Getting to know this band is a good thing. | |||||
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 07:09  | |||||
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 07:32 What a cool song!  | |||||
| daedalus (Dubai and France) | Posted: Nov 16, 2010 - 09:16 Most excellent ! | |||||
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 17:15 mellyp wrote: i'm a big gomez fan and i really like this song...but it always makes me think of the fraggle rock theme song :) Oooo - Fraggle Rock! I loved that show...Mokie was my mentor... | |||||
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 17:14 Who can predict what Bill will play? We had a wonderful slack-key set, but he put Gomez here, so it wasn't a slack-key set, but a sort of tropical set. And now, we have CSNY... Oh, crap - gotta go turn this one up. Sorry. I had a thought, but it's gone now. I am shallow... | |||||
| jim1964 (british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 14:32 yeah...that's just the beer talkin' | |||||
| mellyp (east bay, ca) | Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 17:01 i'm a big gomez fan and i really like this song...but it always makes me think of the fraggle rock theme song :) | |||||
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 15:04 Good Gomez; Bad Gomez.....which is this one? I would have to say this is one of their good ones for this scyzhophrenic band. | |||||
| (former member) (Infinity and Beyond) | Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 20:44 One of the songs for our family travelling soundtrack. Why? Dunno. Still. | |||||
| j7 | Posted: Nov 01, 2009 - 09:34 one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. | |||||
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Nov 01, 2009 - 09:33 This is better than the average GoatMess....Like it... | |||||
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Aug 30, 2009 - 07:55 colt4x5 wrote: funny. wasn't really following what was on, but in the back of my mind i was thinking 'buffalo springfieldy' while this was playing, and then *poof* cs&n. *poof* And today the same thing happened , poof, cs&n. Deja vu almost, suite Judy Blue Eyes | |||||
| rosedraws (almost... almost) | Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 20:19  LOVE this song. | |||||
| colt4x5 (in the thick of it all) | Posted: Jul 29, 2009 - 18:48 funny. wasn't really following what was on, but in the back of my mind i was thinking 'buffalo springfieldy' while this was playing, and then *poof* cs&n. *poof* | |||||
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 12:16
Can you say, "Pro-gram-mat-ic-al-ly?" | |||||
| Barman (Milan, Italy) | Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 02:45 JTRox8 wrote: Is it just me, or does the chorus of this song sound a little like "There Goes the Fear" by Doves?  Now that you make me think about it... | |||||
| JTRox8 (Near Cleveland, Ohio) | Posted: Nov 18, 2008 - 13:59 Is it just me, or does the chorus of this song sound a little like "There Goes the Fear" by Doves? | |||||
| teapot (in orbit) | Posted: Nov 18, 2008 - 13:49 That's two Hawaiian references in a row. What's next? | |||||
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 07:55 Antigone wrote: Ahhhh, RP introduced me to Gomez with this song ... thanks ... now I'm having a love affair with Gomez!! OMG, whatever would Morticia say?! On a roll today... | |||||
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 07:52 KitKat wrote: Hamoa Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches on Maui. Now you get to ask what Maui is ... Waiting for a cute answer from the RP crowd. At least you think we're cute...wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no maui. | |||||
| sporkster (New York, NY) | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 07:50 I really like this song, but literally can't stand some of their other songs on this album. I don't think I've ever had such polar opposite reactions on one album. | |||||
| dkeifer | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 07:48 Just love Gomez...."that's the fear talking" is a line I have repeated to myself a number of times after hearing this gem.... | |||||
| KitKat (Chicago & Kenosha) | Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 16:18 Gednabb wrote: nah, that's just the food talking WonderLizard wrote: Goes with cheeseoa in your omeletoa. Hamoa Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches on Maui. Now you get to ask what Maui is ... Waiting for a cute answer from the RP crowd. | |||||
| indigosun (earth) | Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 11:12 AiNoTame wrote: is this a song about getting married? :) maybe divorced? | |||||
| ROSSinDETROIT (Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.) | Posted: Aug 15, 2008 - 20:54 Great record from an outstanding band. More Gomez!! | |||||
| Gednabb (New York City) | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 10:10 nah, that's just the food talking WonderLizard wrote: Goes with cheeseoa in your omeletoa. | |||||
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 05:38 Aardvark wrote: what's a hamoa?
Goes with cheeseoa in your omeletoa. | |||||
| manchester1 (Mean and Rude in NJ) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 06:39 Cute little pop ditty - love the chiming, jangly sound of guitar!!   | |||||
| Chazar (Orlando, FL) | Posted: Apr 27, 2008 - 11:39 Kerly wrote: Gomez - Hamoa Beach
Nitin Sawhney - Mausam - nice set!  Same set today. | |||||
| (former member) (The People's Republic of Casiotone) | Posted: Apr 27, 2008 - 11:38 I thought this was Eels at first. Man, I like this album. | |||||
| Antigone (A house, in a valley, Virginia) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 06:46 King_Balt wrote: Why do I always feel like playing the MATCH GAME whenever I hear this song. Gene Rayburn anyone? Wonder if Ian Ball was singing into one of those tall skinny hand held mics when they recorded this...?
I don't know ... and even though I remember the Match Game very well, I don't know why this song reminds you of it. 
This was the song that started my love affair with Gomez.   | |||||
| DigitalJer (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 09:44 ...almost has a country flavour...but funki-fied, Gomez style :) Nice grooves :) | |||||
| Kerly (Estonia) | Posted: Nov 22, 2007 - 04:45 Gomez - Hamoa Beach Nitin Sawhney - Mausam - nice set! | |||||
| King_Balt (Baltimore, Maryland) | Posted: Nov 06, 2007 - 13:27 Why do I always feel like playing the MATCH GAME whenever I hear this song. Gene Rayburn anyone? Wonder if Ian Ball was singing into one of those tall skinny hand held mics when they recorded this...? | |||||
| pkimbrel (Normal, IL) | Posted: Oct 21, 2007 - 19:12 Yea! Gomez! | |||||
| crushedvelvet | Posted: Sep 16, 2007 - 20:44 Hadn't heard them before RP, (tho I think they've played in my town ??!). I like them. 7. | |||||
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 10:32 This is very nice! Godlike! | |||||
| hippiechick (let me out!) | Posted: Jul 19, 2007 - 12:17 This is't my favorite Gomez album, but it's grown on me. | |||||
| Odyzzeuz (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 12:43 Wonder what it's like to feel 100 years younger? I'd probably feel like that golden-hearted bowery hooker I was in my last life. | |||||
| wookie (Pleasanton, CA) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 12:43  | |||||
| Kristi (Athens, GA) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 12:43 dmax wrote:  From me, too. | |||||
| ktnsb (Kinsey's Colgate) | Posted: May 19, 2007 - 21:05 ~Michelle~ wrote: LOVE Gomez! Bought their cd after hearing them on RP. Great album! Yaaay!
 Me, too, and me, too. | |||||
| (former member) (A Sanitary Zoo) | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 19:03 | |||||
| Ja300Mes (North Fork, Long Island) | Posted: Apr 21, 2007 - 20:19 MSN currently has an hour-long video of Gomez at a show they did in Chicago on April 13. I caught it the other night and watched it twice. This song and "Here Comes The Breeze" are especially excellent and inspired me to buy "Out West". I really, really like these guys - they are refreshingly musical, creative and dynamic. If you like Gomez, check out their performance on MSN - go to "Video Highlights" on the home page, then "Music" and the link is at the top of the column. | |||||
| milehighYinzer (717 E. Colfax Ave, Denver) | Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 15:44 Seems like RP is doing a good job in bringing out the Gomez to people. THis station introduced me to a lot also. | |||||
| Kerly (Estonia) | Posted: Jan 31, 2007 - 00:04 Antigone wrote: Ahhhh, RP introduced me to Gomez with this song ... thanks ... now I'm having a love affair with Gomez!!
Yesyes, same here, but I have a love story with this so summerish track |