Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Faint - Desperate Guys (Remastered)
from Wet From Birth (Deluxe Edition)
out on Saddle Creek
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AUDIO CREDITS
Produced by: Mike Mogis and The Faint
Recording Engineer: Mike Mogis and The Faint
Mixed by: Mike Mogis
Mastered by: Justin Shturtz
Composed by: Todd Fink, Joel Petersen, Dapose, Jacob Thiele, Clark Baechle
Lyrics by: Todd Fink

Lead Vocals: Todd Fink
Acoustic Guitar: Todd Fink
Drums: Clark Baechle
Synthesizer: Jacob Thiele

LYRICS
Was it more than attraction and a physical lust?
Her loins, my imagination
That first inconceivable touch
That I was planning, I mean wishing..
How embarrassed I'd have been If you knew what I was thinking
And whoa, when it started my first thought was love
And not just lust because when I heard you speak I felt warm
In the evening I saw you
You were warming the bass up
Your hair covered your face up
I was acting indifferent at the merch booth
Putting on makeup
We met up at a party in a swamp, on a yacht
I spun the helm but we were docked
I crossed my fingers but I didn't beg
'Cause I knew you knew
'Cause I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew I liked you, I knew you knew it
But I figured desperate guys
Never had a chance with you
I figured desperate guys
Never had a chance with you
Close to you wishing we're conjoined at the tongue
Can you hear me thinking? I should stop
I crossed my fingers but I didn't beg
'Cause I knew you knew
'Cause I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew I liked you, I knew you knew it
But I figured desperate guys never had a chance
I knew you knew I liked you, I knew you knew it
But I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
I knew that desperate guys would never have a chance with you
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