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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield
Lead Vocals
Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl
Electric Guitar
Taylor Hawkins
Taylor Hawkins
Drums
Nate Mendel
Nate Mendel
Bass Guitar
Pat Smear
Pat Smear
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield
Composer
Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl
Composer
Taylor Hawkins
Taylor Hawkins
Composer
Pat Smear
Pat Smear
Composer
Matt Bissonette
Matt Bissonette
Composer
Chris Shiflett
Chris Shiflett
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Butch Vig
Butch Vig
Producer

Lyrics

I can't say that I like her manners
I can't say that I like her face
Carved up on a silver platter
Served warm she's a real head case
I won't wait for an invitation
I can't stay for the sacrifice
I won't die as an unknown soldier
I won't even try
Sometimes you make me play the fool
Sometimes you use me like a tool
You are the the whip that drives the mule
But I brings the goods right back to you
You break my back
You break my balls
You break my heart
Just because
Sometimes you make me feel like
Just like the man that never was
Just like
Just like
Just like the man that never was
I drown in a mixed emotion
Washed up on a foreign shore
Face down in the salty ocean
Meet me there, I don't care
Anywhere is no where
I fly right and I know she loves me
I fly wrong and I'm DOA
I'm bombed out like an old cathedral
And I'm blown away
Sometimes you make me play the fool
Sometimes you use me like a tool
You are the whip that drives the mule
But I bring the goods right back to you
You break my back
You break my balls
You break my heart
Just because
Sometimes you make me feel like
Just like the man that never was
Just like
Just like
Just like the man that never was
Just like
Just like
Just like the man that never was
Major Martin
"Nice to know you"
You were never loved
We have so much more in common
Just like
Just like
Just like the man that never was
Just like the man that never was
Just like
Just like
Just like the man that never was
I am
I am
I am the man that never was
Written by: Chris Shiflett, Dave Grohl, Matt Bissonette, Pat Smear, Rick Springfield, Taylor Hawkins

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