Mickey('s Got a Hold On Me)

Mickey('s Got a Hold On Me) is the sixteenth song on The Fullerenes’ album, Better Dating Through Technology, and the second track on the Blizzard Maxi-Single.

The track was inspired by a brand of cheap malt liquor the band enjoyed drinking while working and recording, named "Mickey's Malt Liquor".

On MP3.com, the track's description reads:"A loving ode to a cheap malt liquor. Enjoy it in moderation."

Lyrics:
I've got a friend

Mickey is his name

He takes me out at night

He takes all the blame

He makes me say all the wrong things

And he makes me do what I don't want to

But I know, I know, I know

He's better than reality

So the choice is clear as you can see

He's got a hold on me (he's got a hold on me)

Mickey's got a hold on me (he's got a hold on me)

'This sense of immortality

Is temporary' says (he's got a hold on me)

This half-full bottle now in front of me

Perception is the next to go (he's got a hold on me)

With him he brings my self esteem

But he'll be back around again (he's got a hold on me)

When I get more inside of me

I don't know what the label shows

But Mickey's all the proof that I need

And it doesn't take a genius to figure out

That Mickey's got a hold on me

I went out just the other night

I got drunk and I got in a fight

Oh, Mickey and me, we make a good team

I love him, and he comes in a bottle

He's got a hold on me (he's got a hold on me)

Mickey's got a hold on me (he's got a hold on me)

Another night spent lonely

Drinking 'til my 40's dry (he's got a hold on me)

Thinking about the sentimental side

Of me my nonexistent tapestry (he's got a hold on me)

Is hindering my game and chemistry

My roommate sucks, my tape is duct (he's got a hold on me)

I owe my best friend forty bucks

I don't know what the label shows

But Mickey's all the proof that I need

And it doesn't take a genius to figure out

That Mickey's got a hold on me

Oh, Mickey's got a hold on me (oh, Mickey)

Oh, Mickey, Mickey's got a hold on me (oh, Mickey)

Oh, Mickey, Mickey's got a hold on me (oh, Mickey)

Oh, Mickey, Mickey's got a hold on me (oh, Mickey)

Oh, Mickey, he's got a hold on me (oh, Mickey)

Oh, Mickey, he's got a hold on me (oh, Mickey)

Oh, Mickey, he's got a hold on me (oh, Mickey)

Oh, Mickey, he's got a hold on me (oh, Mickey)

Mickey