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Chrome Paint

The Cranberries
Track 30 on Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Super Deluxe) 
Aug. 19901 viewer

Chrome Paint Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You always put the blame on me
But that's not the way it's supposed to be, oh
Don't you hang around my door
Don't wanna see you anymore
Mussolini and Adolf knew
It was them who caused World War Two
You'd better stay away from me
'Cause this could cause World War Three
You took it all for a game
And baby, really, that's a shame
By the time you came to me
It was over and you couldn't see

[Verse 2]
Ooh, I never meant to hurt you repeat
Ooh, I never meant to hurt you repeat
Ooh, I never meant to hurt you repeat
Always put the blame on me
But that's not the way it's supposed to be
So don't you hang around my door
Don't want to see you anymore, oh, repeat
Don't want to see you anymore, oh, repeat
Don't want to see you anymore, oh, repeat

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Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Super Deluxe) (2018)
The Cranberries
  1. 1.
    I Still Do
  2. 2.
    Dreams
  3. 3.
    Sunday
  4. 4.
    Pretty
  5. 5.
    Waltzing Back
  6. 6.
    Not Sorry
  7. 7.
    Linger
  8. 8.
    Wanted
  9. 9.
    Still Can’t...
  10. 10.
    I Will Always
  11. 11.
    How
  12. 12.
    Put Me Down
  13. 13.
    Íosa
  14. 14.
    What You Were (1991 Demo)
  15. 15.
    Linger (Dave Bascombe Mix)
  16. 16.
    How (Alternate Version)
  17. 17.
    Liar
  18. 18.
    What You Were
  19. 19.
    Reason
  20. 20.
    How (Radical Mix)
  21. 22.
    Pretty (Pret A Porter Movie M
  22. 23.
    Uncertain
  23. 24.
    Nothing Left At All (’Uncertain’ EP Version)
  24. 25.
    Pathetic Senses (’Uncertain’ EP Version)
  25. 26.
    Them
  26. 27.
    Dreams (Non-Mixed Mix / The Cranberry Saw Us Casette Demo) (Missing Lyrics)
  27. 28.
    Sunday (’Water Circle’ EP Version)
  28. 29.
    Linger (’Water Circle’ EP Version)
  29. 30.
    Chrome Paint
  30. 31.
    A Fast One
  31. 32.
    Shine Down
  32. 33.
    Dreams (Pop Mix / The Cranberry Saw Us Casette Demo) (Missing Lyrics)
  33. 34.
    Put Me Down (Live At Cork Rock, Ireland / 1991)
  34. 35.
    Dreams (Live At Cork Rock, Ireland / 1991)
  35. 36.
    Uncertain (Live At Cork Rock, Ireland / 1991) (Missing Lyrics)
  36. 37.
    Pretty (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  37. 38.
    Wanted (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
  38. 39.
    Daffodil Lament (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  39. 40.
    Linger (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
  40. 41.
    I Can’t Be With You (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  41. 42.
    How (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
  42. 43.
    Ode To My Family (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  43. 44.
    Not Sorry (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  44. 45.
    Waltzing Back (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  45. 46.
    Dreams (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  46. 47.
    Ridiculous Thoughts (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994 (Missing Lyrics)
  47. 48.
    Zombie (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
  48. 49.
    (They Long To Be) Close To You (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
  49. 50.
    Dreams (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  50. 51.
    Uncertain (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  51. 52.
    Reason (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  52. 53.
    Put Me Down (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  53. 54.
    Waltzing Back (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  54. 55.
    Linger (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session)
  55. 56.
    Wanted (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session)
  56. 57.
    I Will Always (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  57. 58.
    The Icicle Melts (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session)
  58. 59.
    Wanted (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session)
  59. 60.
    Like You Used To (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session)
  60. 61.
    False (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session)
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Release Date
August 1990
Tags
Rock
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