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Due to the content of the song (hoping that a girl lies and says she’s 18, though she is younger, so the narrator can have plausible deniability in having sex with her), the band no longer plays “Say 18” during live performances, and it has been removed from many streaming services.
She's got a lot of issues
Like a good magazine
The kind you'd find under my bed
If you know what I mean
'Cause Mother would trip if she saw
The way that girl wears her clothes
To the L3 shows
I got my fingers crossed
She'll say "18"
Lie through lip-gloss
And say "18"
Tonight
Tonight you're the girl with the big date
And I've become the guy that I used to hate
She's never turned down
And she's never down twice
"Getting lucky" for her ain't luck
It's just naming a price
'cause Father, he bounced her around
And I got the rebound
Jacque, are you all right?
Does your face burn?
And do the black lights make your guts turn?
Jacque, are you all right?
Do your ears burn?
And do the black lights make your guts turn
Inside out? outside in
Between
Between the dust and the stars
Say "18"
Say 18 was written by Mike Harwood & Shawn Harris.
Say 18 was produced by The Matches & Miles Hurwitz & Matt Redosevich.
The Matches released Say 18 on Tue May 11 2004.