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Beta Male

from Mean Times by The Argyles

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This is your life as a beta male
If this were the wild, you wouldn't get laid
Rational men can't go chasing tail
When it's attached to just another ape

Wish you could ape what they've got on sale
Guys that look good when they're at the gate
But you're looking starved and a little pale
Cause they keep taking food you put on your plate
Cause they wait for your mistakes, whoa

This is your life as a beta male
And you've been flirting with an alpha mate
Holding it down like you never fail
But then she's gone cause she has a date

She can't be late cause he's out on bail
And he's no good so he must be great
You're looking hard but you just can't tell
What you don't have that he's got in spades
And he'll wait for your mistakes

But you can be funny, you can be clever
And you can talk about more than the weather
You can be charming, you can be sweet
Even if you can't talk without staring at your feet
And don't worry what they think because they can't – oh

This is your life as a beta male
It's how you're born and it's how you'll stay
Is it the same, just on a smaller scale?
Doesn't it feel like an awful fate?

But you'll be cured when they're getting stale
Watch you take off while they watch their weight
While they're getting hammered, you'll get to nail
Cause you learned to think when they learned to drink
As you wait for their mistakes

But you can be funny, you can be clever
And you can talk about more than the weather
You can be charming, you can be sweet
Even if you can't talk without staring at your feet
And don't worry what they think because they can't – oh

But you can be funny, you can be clever
And you can talk about more than the weather
You can be charming, you can be sweet
Even if you can't talk without staring at your feet
And don't worry what they think, don't worry what they think
Don't worry what they think because they can't

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from Mean Times, released June 26, 2012
Greg McLeod - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboard
Andrew Miller - Guitar

Written by Greg McLeod
Recorded and Produced by Greg McLeod

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The Argyles are an energetic rock band from Montreal raging at the hazards of life and love as thoughtful and polite young men.

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