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FUNK MECHANIC

DON'T TOUCH THE THERMOSTAT

Four men who have argued for twenty-five years and never once about the bassline

style

  • funk rock
  • slap bass driving everything
  • wah guitar
  • tight punchy drums
  • rapped verses into melodic chorus
  • californian energy
  • live band grit
  • american accent
  • sweaty and joyful
  • american accent

the numbers

bpm
112
key
F minor
energy
0.71
dance
0.91
valence
0.53
vocal at
4.4s
length
3:20
language
En

lyrics

(a dial clicks twice)
Uh-oh. Who touched it? WHO touched it?

I taped a note above the dial
Seventy-two, in permanent style
You crank it down to sixty-five
Now the electric bill's alive

I hear the furnace kick and moan
(uh-oh)
That sound is money leaving home

Don't touch the thermostat (don't touch it!)
Don't touch the thermostat (why you touch it?)
Put on the socks I bought you, baby
Don't touch the thermostat (don't touch it!)
Don't touch the thermostat
Sweater weather starts with me

Three a.m., I hear the floor
Tiptoe creeping down the corridor
Caught you glowing by the wall
One degree? Baby, that's a brawl

Don't touch the thermostat (don't touch it!)
Don't touch the thermostat (why you touch it?)
Put on the socks I bought you, baby
Don't touch the thermostat (don't touch it!)
Don't touch the thermostat

Alright — split it, sixty-nine
(ow!)
Your cold hands, warm heart, both mine

Don't touch the thermostat (don't touch it!)
Don't touch the thermostat (why you touch it?)
Put on the socks I bought you, baby
Don't touch the thermostat (don't touch it!)

(don't touch it... don't touch it)
(the furnace sighs)