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Radiator

by Jo MacKenzie

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A year ago, my mom told me and my sister about how in her high school in the ‘80s, all the “cool kids” would sit on the radiator. Conveniently located at the front of the school, this imaginary throne gave the high school royalty a place where they could flaunt their popularity and let everyone know where they stood on the social food chain. I thought this was an interesting concept–how public displays can radically skew one’s perception of a cohort of people when in reality these “cool kids” are just like us. All “cool kids” grow up and have families and problems of their own. The truth is that when we superficially compare each other, we'll always be left feeling less-than—regardless if we sit on the radiator or not. So I thought I’d write a song as a nod to that experience and the truth that nothing is ever as good as it seems.

Oh it’s also a pop banger and super fun to dance around to in your room :)

lyrics

V1:
Hey you with the blank stare You know who you are
Top down with your windows I see you from afar.
And you’re talking with your friends And you ask who I am.
New girl in town and
She’s already in with
You with the blonde hair Can you come over here?
PC1:
And it’s a happy ending
If I think you think of me.
I’ll pay the price of being nice and you’ll get me for free
oh it’s a happy ending Everybody wants to believe Believe
Believe
that
C1:
We are dancing
in your room
And you say to me Baby I love the view I can feel it
Can you too? oh
Let’s just dance like we used to do
Follow you bout anywhere
Ya I would go to any place
Leave you for a weekend and then I will start to miss your taste
I can feel it when we move
“Radiator”
Written and Produced by Jo MacKenzie

Let’s just dance Like we used to do.
V2:
We are the cool kids golden like the stars Sit on the radiator
As we watch from afar
PC2:
And I know I loved you first From a mile away
And twenty years from now Ya we’re going to say
I loved every second of that Like hell ya.
C2:
We are dancing
in your room
And you say to me Baby I love the view I can feel it
Can you too? oh
Let’s just dance like we used to do
Follow you bout anywhere
Ya I would go to any place
Leave you for a weekend and then I will start to miss your taste
I can feel it when we move Let’s just dance
Like we used to do.
B:
I was captain of your shore, but I think you wanted more
Ya I think that I was sure of that.
So hey let’s be friends
Isn’t that the most stupid scared shit lie that you’ve ever said? I was captain of your shore, but you pushed me overboard Now you’re drowning cause you let go of my hand
Was that the plan? Cause now

You’re drowning and
You’re drowning and
You’re never gonna see me again
C3:
We are dancing
In my head
I wish that you would
Take back the things you said. I still feel the space of you oh Let’s just dance
Like we used to do
Follow you ‘bout anywhere
Ya I would go to any place
Leave you for a weekend and then I will start to miss your taste
I feel myself reach for you Wish we could dance Like we used to do.

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released May 27, 2022
written, produced, and performed by Jo MacKenzie
mixed by Jo MacKenzie and Harper James

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