Buzzcocks – Why Can't I Touch It? Lyrics - Genius

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Why Can’t I Touch It? Lyrics

[Verse 1]Well, it seems so real, I can see itAnd it seems so real, I can feel itAnd it seems so real, I can taste itAnd it seems so real, I can hear it[Hook]So why can't I touch it?So why can't I touch it?[Verse 2]Then, it looks so real, I can see itAnd it feels so real, I can feel itAnd it tastes so real, I can taste itAnd it sounds so real, I can hear it[Hook]So why can't I touch it?So why can't I touch it?[Instrumental Interlude][Verse 3]Then, it looks so real, I can feel itAnd it feels so real, I can taste itAnd it tastes so real, I can hear itAnd it sounds so real, I can see itSee Buzzcocks LiveGet tickets as low as $101You might also like[Hook]So why can't I touch it?So why can't I touch it?[Instrumental Bridge][Verse 4]Now, it is so real, I can see itAnd it is so real, I can feel itAnd it is so real, I can hear itAnd it is so real, I can be it[Hook]So why can't I touch it?So why can't I touch it?[Instrumental Outro]4EmbedCancel

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1. 1. Fast Cars
2. 2. No Reply
3. 3. You Tear Me Up
4. 4. Get on Our Own
5. 5. Love Battery
6. 6. Sixteen
7. 7. I Don’t Mind
8. 8. Fiction Romance
9. 9. Autonomy
10. 10. I Need
11. 11. Moving Away from the Pulsebeat
12. 12. Real World
13. 13. Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)
14. 14. Operators Manual
15. 15. Nostalgia
16. 16. Just Lust
17. 17. Sixteen Again
18. 18. Walking Distance
19. 19. Love Is Lies
20. 20. Nothing Left
21. 21. E.S.P.
22. 22. Late for the Train
23. 23. Paradise
24. 24. Sitting Round at Home
25. 25. You Say You Don’t Love Me
26. 26. You Know You Can’t Help It
27. 27. Mad Mad Judy
28. 28. Raison D’Etre
29. 29. I Don’t Know What to Do with My Life
30. 30. Money
31. 31. Hollow Inside
32. 32. A Different Kind of Tension
33. 33. I Believe
34. 34. Radio Nine
35. 35. Orgasm Addict
36. 36. What Do I Get?
37. 37. Love You More
38. 38. Promises
39. 39. Everybody’s Happy Nowadays
40. 40. Harmony in My Head
41. 41. Whatever Happened To?
42. 42. Oh Shit!
43. 43. Noise Annoys
44. 44. Lipstick
45. 45. Why Can’t I Touch It?
46. 46. Something’s Gone Wrong Again
47. 47. Breakdown (Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK—March 10th, 1978) (Missing Lyrics)
48. 48. Fast Cars (Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK—March 10th, 1978) (Missing Lyrics)
49. 49. Noise Annoys (Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK—March 10th, 1978) (Missing Lyrics)
50. 50. Moving Away From the Pulsebeat (Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK—March 10th, 1978) (Missing Lyrics)
51. 51. Fiction Romance (Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK—March 10th, 1978) (Missing Lyrics)
52. 52. What Do I Get? (Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK—March 10th, 1978) (Missing Lyrics)
53. 53. Whatever Happened To? (Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK—March 10th, 1978) (Missing Lyrics)
54. 54. Time’s Up (Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK—March 10th, 1978) (Missing Lyrics)
55. 55. Are Everything
56. 56. Strange Thing
57. 57. What Do You Know?
58. 58. Why She’s A Girl From The Chainstore
59. 59. Airwaves Dream
60. 60. Running Free
61. 61. I Look Alone

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