Teller
Throwing Muses * Track #10 On University
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- #1Bright Yellow Gun
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- #3Hazing
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- #4Shimmer
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- #5Calm Down, Come Down
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- #7No Way in Hell
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- #8Surf Cowboy
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- #9That’s All You Wanted
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- #10Teller
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- #11University
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- #12Snakeface
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Teller by Throwing Muses
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Kristin Hersh tweeted about the origin story of this song:
Teller…ugh…probably the saddest song I’ve ever written. And I’m not known for happy songs. On the little island where we grew up, the bank is next door to a bar. When I tried to take too much money out of the bank, the teller read my backst...
Teller Lyrics
"I leave in the morning, I don't wanna go"
I said to the teller "If this is the future
I don't wanna know I don't wanna know"
"Fives and tens" said the guy behind the bar
"Twenty-five says he don't"
You cut a nice figure of a family
I don't know I don't know
I have a fear of flying
I think I have a fear of him
I'm afraid of meaning
Nothing again
After all this is over
This is over after all
We cut a nice figure of a family
I don't know I don't know
Can I be stupid for a minute?
I was looking at that half-empty glass
Waiting for the waiter
You don't have to listen to this
Tell me what to say
Teller Q&A
When did Throwing Muses release Teller?
Throwing Muses released Teller on Mon Jan 16 1995.