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[music notes playing] PRESENTER 1: On this episode of The Local Group Presents Ted & The Hi-Fi's.

Playing raunch and roll.

CREW: How is it level wise?

PRESENTER 1: The following program was produced in the Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross WPSU Production Studio in University Park, Pennsylvania.

PRESENTER 2: Support for The Local Groove Presents comes from The Rockwell foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, supporting the arts, science, technology, and education, and a proud supporter of local programs on WPSU.

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[TED & THE HI FI'S, "MAYBE JUST MAYBE"] (SINGING) Maybe just maybe I can sweep you off your feet Maybe I'll become your central conversation piece Maybe understanding is overrated Maybe you're the one to keep me happily sedated Maybe tomorrow, you'll just easily unwrap Or maybe I'll trip and just fall over in your lap Maybe I'll throw glass at a house Maybe I'll get lucky, and I get to see your blouse Maybe just maybe I'll see this through Or maybe I'll stay here and in and you, ooh Maybe some D&E will visit me tonight Or maybe punish me for being right Maybe I'll be blessed Maybe I'll be sated Maybe you'll be waiting and just happy that I waited Maybe for a second I won't need to second guess Maybe I'll find a way to find you happiness I may be reckless but in a good way Maybe I'll get the nub to sweet talk you today Maybe just maybe I'll see this through Or maybe I'll stay here and in you and you, ooh You're the goddess of all my misunderstanding The goddess of all my misunderstanding A-hoo Maybe I'll get down on my knees and pray to you Maybe you'll reply with the list of things to do Maybe I'll appoint Maybe success Maybe you'll answer me with a resounding yes Maybe just maybe I'll come sweep you off your feet Or maybe I'll wake up with you lying next to me I may be dreaming Time may be wasted Maybe you'll be the best thing that I've ever tasted Maybe just maybe I'll see this through Or maybe I'll stay here and in you and you, ooh You're the goddess of all my misunderstanding The goddess of all my misunderstanding A-hoo, ooh, Maybe just maybe Maybe just maybe Maybe just maybe Maybe just maybe I wrote this song.

Hang on.

[TED & THE HI FI'S, "(NO PARKING) THIS SIDE OF TEMPORARY"] (SINGING) Raise the rent and price of salt Pack up the merchandise Tear it all down at a feverish pace till there's streets I don't recognize Mom and pop, they closed the shop Forced to say their goodbyes Where we all gonna go when we all get displaced?

The signs says, there's no parking on this side of temporary No long-term parking It's all temporary An overgrown construction zone When did this place get so dull?

High-rise floors with vacant stores You've lost all your small town charm They're knocking down all of downtown Here comes the wrecking ball And all the familiar faces They're all getting squeezed out The signs say, there's no parking on this side of temporary No long-term parking It's all temporary The sign says, there's no parking on this side of temporary No long-term parking It's all temporary Where we all gonna go when we all get displaced?

[TED & THE HI FI'S, "JET SET SUFFRAGETTE"] (SINGING) Now what, now when now that the world is flat again?

She want to wane against the tide She's making noise by design We're in a t-shirt that says freedom for sale A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette A captive, a captive world A street fight, street fighting girl Works the crowd She tilts and sways like on November, election day We're in a t-shirt that says freedom for sale Jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette She feeds back She's got a drama She's got the nerve And she won't leave until she's heard Wearing a t-shirt that says freedom for sale A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette A jet set suffragette Ooh!

[TED & THE HI FI'S, "RUNNING ON A LOOP IN MY BRAIN"] (SINGING) You're running out a loop in my brain You're running on a loop in my brain I feel like I'm going insane 'cause I don't even know your name I ran into a runaway train Now you're running on a loop in my brain Yeah, you're running on a loop in my brain Running on a loop in my brain You're running on a loop in my brain You're running on a loop in my brain You're running on a loop in my brain You're running on a loop in my brain I feel like I'm going insane Feel like I'm going insane 'Cause I don't even know your name Don't even know your name I ran into a runaway train Ran into-- And now you're running on a loop in my brain Yes, you're running on a loop in my brain [TED & THE HI FI'S, "REALLY MISS YOUR RAIN"] (SINGING) Drought, it's been a long, long drought Yeah, I'm burned out I really miss your rain Drink, God, I could use a drink It's far too hot to think I really miss your rain Cry on me Come wash me out Your falling tears on my cotton mouth Oh, rain I really miss your rain Heat, an unrelenting heat A 100 plus degrees I really miss your rain Cursed, feels like I'm cursed Dying of thirst I really miss your rain Those weeping eyes I sorely miss I'm dying for a little kiss of your rain I really miss your rain Heat, been three weeks of hell It's been a long, dry spell I really miss your rain Really miss your rain Really miss your rain Really miss your rain I really miss your rain Really miss your rain Really miss your rain Really miss your rain Really miss your rain Really miss your rain Really miss your rain One, two, one, two, three- [TED & THE HI FI'S, "WAIT, WAIT"] (SINGING) I want a meaningless job seven days of the week Barely afford my rent, my electric, my heat I spent the last ten years with a chip on my shoulder And all I got was 10 years older While I wait, wait on politicians Wait, wait on indecision Wait, wait They remain seated Did you ever get the feeling that you've been cheated?

I got a nagging cough that I just ignore I should probably see a doctor, but I'm uninsured I'm in the back of the line with a vow Where I medicate myself to the point of denial While I wait, wait on politicians Wait, wait a worser condition Wait, wait They remain seated Did you ever get the feeling that you've been cheated?

Well, I'm waiting in the hypocrisy of a locked democracy And no one has the balls to change a thing While I wait, wait while I'm treading water Wait, wait Why even bother?

Wait, wait Did you ever get the feeling that you've been cheated?

Wait, wait on politicians Wait, wait in a worser condition Wait, wait they remain seated Did you ever get the feeling that you've been cheated?

We gotta wait, wait Wait, wait Wait, wait Wait, wait Wait, wait Wait, wait Wait, wait Did you ever get the feeling that you've been cheated?

[TED & THE HI FI'S, "BE STILL MY BLEEDING HEART"] (SINGING) Come back and be still my bleeding heart 'Cause I can't wrestle one coherent thought Right next to me her life is all pretty I'm saving up my dignity Come back here and be still my bleeding heart You know that I think the world of you, girl But you also know what I think of this world I didn't say out loud And before it all starts out starts and starts to spin You know that I think the world of you girl I can't afford to get where I belong They cost twice as much and take twice as long And following you makes me believe that I should beg, borrow 'Cause I can't afford to get where I belong Please, please, still my beating heart Please, please still my beating heart My bleeding My bleeding My bleeding My bleeding heart My bleeding My bleeding My bleeding heart Come back here, I'm pleading, pleading Come back here, I'm pleading, pleading Come back here Be steal my bleeding heart Come back here, I'm pleading, pleading Come back here, I'm pleading, pleading Come back here Be still my bleeding heart Come back here Be still my bleeding heart Waiting here maxed out in question mark I'm deep in debt, deep in confusion and unresolved resolution Come back here and be still my bleeding heart Please, please, still my bleeding heart Please, please, still my bleeding heart My bleeding My bleeding My bleeding My bleeding heart My bleeding My bleeding My bleeding heart PRESENTER 2: Support for The Local Groove Presents comes from The Rockwell Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, supporting the arts, science, technology, and education, and a proud supporter of local programs on WPSU.