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Detente / We Can Work It Out

by John Bata

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This is the second single from my forthcoming Greatest Hits Album. It is about a relationship, where two people are deciding whether it is worth sticking it out and have met to try to come to some sort of compromise or solution. This album is a project that I was hoping to recreate the vibe of heroes, Depeche Mode, INXS, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and more.

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I don't want to be a superstar.
I just want to be able to eat and pay my rent.
Get out.
Shut the front door.
Get out.
Let's have a detente.
Shut the front door.
I said get out.

We go up and down.
Around and around.
Cold War. Cold War. Cold War. No more.
Up and down and round about
meet me in the middle.
Detente. Detente. Detente. Detente.
Cold War. Cold War. Cold War. No more.
Back and forth. Around again.
We can work it out.
We go up and down around and around.

I've got something to say. Hey hey.
We can work it out.
Uh uh uh hu.
Boy I don't need you to save me.
We're human.
But sometimes we are strong or we are weak.
We can work it out.

We met downtown, on
shaky shaky ground.
Both of us competing for some higher ground.
Drank some coffee.
Spilled all the tea.
Broke some glasses and
created a scene.

Ease the tension.
Teach me a lesson.
Give and take.
Share the blame.

Back and forth.
Around a bout.
Let's shut down this shady town.

I'll probably not, be your knight in shining armour,
and I care a lot.
I have a lot to offer.

Let's shut down this shady town.
Love. Power. Passion. Trust.
This is not our finest hour.

We connect and reject.
Repelled by experience.
Listen for the answers and wait.
Listen for the sounds, high above us.

Detente.

Why's it harder to stay than it is to leave.
Why's it harder to give than it is to receive.

Some people are shady it makes sense to me,
why you and I would get along so awfully.

I've got something to say. Hey hey.
We can work it out.
Uh uh uh hu.
Boy I don't need you to save me.
We're human.
But sometimes we are strong or we are weak.
We can work it out.

Work it out.
Smooth it out.
Iron it out.
Shout it out.
Detente it out.
Detente it out.

Sometimes we are strong
or we are weak.
C'est la vie.
When everything in this world has become corrupt.
Let's stay in our bubble and
focus on us.

We can work it out.
Get out.
We can work it out.
Get out.

As we walk into the light of another day.

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released October 2, 2019

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John Bata Fort Lauderdale, Florida

I make music for road trips or chilling at home contemplating the universe or for what ever you find it useful for. My lyrics are autobiographical some of the time.

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