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Artist: Radiohead
Track: Fake Plastic Trees

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A green plastic watering can
For a fake Chinese rubber plant
In the fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself

It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out

She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery
For girls in the eighties
But gravity always wins

And it wears him out
It wears him out
It wears him out
It wears

She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run

And it wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out

And if I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time
All the time
Oh
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Genius Q&A
Q:Who wrote “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead?
“Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead was written by Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Thom Yorke & Philip Selway.
Q:When did Radiohead release “Fake Plastic Trees”?
Radiohead released “Fake Plastic Trees” on March 13, 1995.
Q:When did Radiohead release “Fake Plastic Trees (Acoustic)”?
Radiohead released “Fake Plastic Trees (Acoustic)” on May 22, 1995.
Q:Who produced “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead?
“Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead was produced by John Leckie.
Q:When did Radiohead release Fake Plastic Trees [Single]?
Radiohead released Fake Plastic Trees [Single] on May 15, 1995.
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