Written by Mark Mikel-Dan Chalmers
String arrangement by Scott Hunt
lyrics
Don't Ask Me Where Or When
Symbolize, modernize, idolize, and modify
It all comes back again
It all comes 'round again
Copper drains, window panes, waterways and aeroplanes
And I'll return again
Don't ask me where or when
Everything is shifting some
Somehow all remains in bounds
And to them we're cast as one
And to us they're upsidedown
We were so close
Now it's the same way everywhere you care to go
'Cause they synthesize, hypnotize, supersize, and expedite
It all comes back again
It all comes 'round again
Balls of string, cycled dreams, whipping cream and laser beams
And I'll return again
Don't ask me where or when
They declare no war's been one
Yet we're not so safe and sound
Very glad they've had some fun
You and I just look around
And we both know
They can go way down lower than we want to know
When they fill your eyes, advertise, synchronize, and realize
It all comes back again
It all comes 'round again
Iron bars, bumper cars, big guitars, and desert flowers
And I'll return again
Don't ask me where or when
We were so close
it's the same way everywhere you care to go
When tomorrow's been and gone
Who'll be left with more than none
They may want us underground
Just because they're seeking sun
And we both know
It's just the same way everywhere you care to go
When they symbolize, modernize, idolize, and modify
It all comes back again
It ask comes 'round again
Iron bars, bumper cars, big guitars, and desert flowers
And I'll return again
Don't ask me where or when
credits
from Marigold Something,
released March 21, 2021
Dan Chalmers - drums
David Murnen - backing vocals
Mark Mikel - lead and backing vocals, guitar, backward guitar, electric harpsichord, piano, bass
Scott Hunt - backing vocals
Kristina Freed - backing vocals
Cecilia Johnson - violin
Dana Mader - violin
Susan Schreiber - viola
James Anderson - cello
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