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You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure

Title of song: You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure

Artist: Funkadelic

Title of album: Cosmic Slop

Year of first release: 1973

Trivia: Remake of "Heart Trouble" (The Parliaments, 1965)

This is one of the more R&B-influenced songs on the album, which varies from R&B and soul to hard rock and heavy metal.

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Songwriters: George Clinton, Sidney Barnes

Memorable Lyrics:

Complete lyrics at the Motherpage

The singer explains why he is sad, because his woman has left him for someone else. He claims to have noticed water in his house and called a plumber, who told him that the water did not come from his sink, but from his tears. He also claims his "nerves are shot" and he has devoured most of his fingernails in his pain.

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