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Marshall Crenshaw — Cynical Girl

Album: Marshall Crenshaw
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Released: 1982
Length: 2:30
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Well I'm goin' out
I'm goin' out lookin' for a cynical girl
Who's got no use for the real world
I'm lookin' for a cynical girl
Well I hate TV
There's gotta be somebody other than me
Who's ready to write it off immediately
I'm lookin' for a cynical girl
Well I'll know right away by the look in her eye
She harbors no illusions and she's worldly-wise
And I'll know when I give her a listen that she
She's what I've been missin'
What I've been missin'
I'll be lost in love
And havin' some fun with my cynical girl
Who'll have no use for the real world
I'm lookin' for a cynical girl
Well I'm goin' out
I'm goin' out lookin' for a cynical girl
Who's got no use for the real world
I'm lookin' for a cynical girl
Yeah I'll know right away by the look in her eye
She harbors no illusions and she's worldly-wise
And I'll know when I give her a listen that she
She's what I've been missin'
What I've been missin'
I'll be lost in love
And havin' some fun with my cynical girl
Who'll have no use for the real world
I'm lookin' for a cynical girl

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Fooled me -- I heard Neil Finn!! 😀 (And I thought I heard "Cinnamon Girl" too! 😆🤦‍♂️ )

Posted 2 years ago by bseib [ Reply ]

Just a few songs ago (4/1/22) Bill played Lyle Lovett - If I Had a Boat. A jillion years ago I saw Marshall Crenshaw open for Lyle Lovett in a bookstore in SoHo and it was one of the best shows I ever saw. There were maybe 50 people there. It was so intimate and the music was brilliant.

Posted 2 years ago by TLynneHenry [ Reply ]

If only we'd met when I was 12...have been struggling to be a hopeful once since! Work in progress as noted by my chosen name

Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee [ Reply ]

And in the end the cynical girl has no interest what so ever in him...

Posted 2 years ago by forthbrdge [ Reply ]

ajlept wrote:

This song needs to be played later then 2004. Absolute classic from a fine songwriter/performer. Saw Marshall and the band at UGA's Memorial Hall in '82. What a memorable, jaw dropping performance. To be young again.....*sigh.*

I saw him at the 688 Club in Atlanta, probably the same week. Hard to describe how amazing that show was! Still remember ti today.

Posted 2 years ago by pfreet [ Reply ]

Yeah, great, great album. Someday, Someway is most likely my favorite on this album.

Posted 2 years ago by kurtster [ Reply ]

Is the frequency increasing?

Posted 2 years ago by the_jake [ Reply ]

I keep hearing "cinnamon girl", maybe he should see Neil.

Posted 2 years ago by eyke [ Reply ]

Haven't heard this in years. So good still.

Posted 2 years ago by jjbchansen159 [ Reply ]

A favorite album stuffed from end to end with vastly under-rated exquisite pieces. His story is fantastic and his body of work is rock solid. Yep, a big fan here!
Thanks to WHFS for turning me on to MC...

Posted 2 years ago by StfuDonny [ Reply ]

ajlept wrote:

This song needs to be played later then 2004.

It's now 10 years later, and we're still waiting for it to hit again.

Where's the love for "Cynical Girl"?