The Great Communicator Lyrics - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

My only chance not easy to see 

I'm not the great communicator that I used to be apparently 

But I know what it means when I hear screams 

And it's the sonics not the phonics 

And it's all in the delivery 

Now I'm learning 'bout what lies underneath 

So if you catch me speaking through my teeth 

Oh you've gotta stop me now 

I keep my ear to the street 

And I keep on reading lips and looks 

As I'm looking for that perfect beat 

But I know it's all down to me 

And if something's lost in the translation 

I know I shouldn't take it so personally 

But your answers look like efforts to me 

We've been ebonic since we been 13, oh 

You like me now 

They get detached from what's been going on 

They feed you crap you can't keep growing old 

They give you stats to tell you you're nothing at all 

And wanna be 

And now your answers look like efforts to me 

We've been ebonic since we been 13, oh 

You like me now 

They get detached from what's been going on 

They feed you crap, you can't keep growing old 

They give you stats to tell you you're nothing at all 

And wanna be 

Who you wanna be?