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The Exception

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Searing violin tears through the heart in this love-gone-wrong song, with major dynamic contrasts between jazzy reflective vocals and dirty drivin’ mad guitar.

lyrics

The Exception
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP

Once in a while you will give me a little smile
When things are going just the way you want them to
Sometimes love doesn’t seem to be worthwhile
And you only smile when you make me feel a fool

Oh you can love me, oh so good, so good
But that’s the exception, yeah, to the rule
You can make me feel like I never thought I could (no, no)
But that’s the exception to the rule
Oh, hey, oh, yeah

You like to think that you’re oh so much better
And you could never possibly be wrong
Giving me pain is the thing that gives you pleasure
So why do I stay when I’d rather be long gone

Oh you can love me oh so good, so good
But that’s the exception, yeah, to the rule, oh to the rule
And you can make me feel like I never thought I could
But that’s the exception, yeah, to the rule
Oh, hey, oh, yeah

One of these days maybe you will see your face
And you will find that you don’t like what you see
Maybe you’ll find that it just is not your place
To be the one who is always hurting me

Oh you can love me oh so good, so good
But that’s the exception, yeah, to the rule, oh to the rule
You can make me feel like I never thought I could
But that’s the exception, yeah, to the rule
Oh, hey, oh, yeah

Tell me why is that the exception

credits

from Bird Mancini, released April 15, 2002
Billy Carl Mancini guitars, lead vocal
Ruby Bird keyboards, background vocals
Sven Larson upright bass
David Roy Kulik drums
Dan Kellar violin

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Bird Mancini Boston, Massachusetts

“…a cosmopolitan fusion…pop music in the most adventurous, inclusive sense of the term.” -The Boston Globe

Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini, better known as BIRD MANCINI, Boston's acclaimed accordion/guitar rock duo/band features eclectic and at times a bit psychedelic rock with lush vocal arrangements, blues-tinged guitar, accordion, harmonica, and a variety of percussion, bells and whistles.
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