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	'''"Myopic Books"''' is the 9th song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 8th album, 2004’s ''[[Love Songs For Patriots]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] solo demos of the song appeared on the ''Comes With A Smile, Vol. 8: Like Others Need Oxygen'' compilation as "Bought A Book" and on Eitzel's ''[[Demos Before Love Songs]]'' as "Bookstore".		'''"Myopic Books"''' is the 9th song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 8th album, 2004’s ''[[Love Songs For Patriots]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] solo demos of the song appeared on the ''Comes With A Smile, Vol. 8: Like Others Need Oxygen'' compilation as "Bought A Book" and on Eitzel's ''[[Demos Before Love Songs]]'' as "Bookstore".

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	~~File:CWASv8.jpg\|Comes With A Smile Vol. 8 cover~~
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	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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	'''"Myopic Books"''' is the 9th song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 8th album, 2004’s ''[[Love Songs For Patriots]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] solo demos of the song appeared on the ''Comes With A Smile, Vol. 8: Like Others Need Oxygen'' compilation as "Bought A Book" and on Eitzel's ''[[Demos Before Love Songs]]'' as "Bookstore".		'''"Myopic Books"''' is the 9th song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 8th album, 2004’s ''[[Love Songs For Patriots]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] solo demos of the song appeared on the ''Comes With A Smile, Vol. 8: Like Others Need Oxygen'' compilation as "Bought A Book" and on Eitzel's ''[[Demos Before Love Songs]]'' as "Bookstore".

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			File:CWASv8.jpg\|Comes With A Smile Vol. 8 cover
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	* ''[[Demos Before Love Songs]]'' <small>Solo demo as "Bookstore"</small>		* ''[[Demos Before Love Songs]]'' <small>Solo demo as "Bookstore"</small>
	* ''[[A Toast To You]]'' <small>Live version</small>		* ''[[A Toast To You]]'' <small>Live version</small>
	<~~gallery~~>		* ''[[Our First Trip to Nottingham]]'' <small>Live version</small>
	~~File:CWASv8.jpg\|Comes With A Smile Vol. 8 cover~~		* ''[[Solo Acoustic Live 2005-2007]]'' <small>Mark Eitzel - live version</small>
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	==References==		==References==

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	* ''[[Demos Before Love Songs]]'' <small>Solo demo as "Bookstore"</small>		* ''[[Demos Before Love Songs]]'' <small>Solo demo as "Bookstore"</small>
	* ''[[A Toast To You]]'' <small>Live version</small>		* ''[[A Toast To You]]'' <small>Live version</small>
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			File:CWASv8.jpg\|Comes With A Smile Vol. 8 cover
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	==References==		==References==

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	'''"Myopic Books"''' is the 9th song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 8th album, 2004’s ''[[Love Songs For Patriots]]''.		'''"Myopic Books"''' is the 9th song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 8th album, 2004’s ''[[Love Songs For Patriots]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] solo demos of the song appeared on the ''Comes With A Smile, Vol. 8: Like Others Need Oxygen'' compilation as "Bought A Book" and on Eitzel's ''[[Demos Before Love Songs]]'' as "Bookstore".

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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{{Infobox song
| Name = Myopic Books
| Cover = AMC-LoveSongs.jpg
| Caption = ''Love Songs For Patriots'' cover
| Artist = [[start|American Music Club]]
| Album = [[Love Songs For Patriots]]
| Released = 2004
| Format = LP / CD
| Length = 3:31
| Label = [[Merge Records]] (US) / [[Cooking Vinyl]] (UK) / [[Devil In The Woods]] (UK LP)
| Writer = [[Mark Eitzel]]
| Producer = [[Mark Eitzel]] / [[Tim Mooney]]
| Tracks =
# "[[Ladies And Gentlemen]]"
# "[[Another Morning]]"
# "[[Patriot's Heart]]"
# "[[Love Is]]"
# "[[Job To Do]]"
# "[[Only Love Can Set You Free]]"
# "[[Mantovani The Mind Reader]]"
# "[[Home]]"
# '''"Myopic Books"'''
# "[[America Loves The Minstrel Show]]"
# "[[The Horseshoe Wreath In Bloom]]"
# "[[Song Of The Rats Leaving The Sinking Ship]]"
# "[[The Devil Needs You]]"
# "[[1000 Miles]]"
}}

'''"Myopic Books"''' is the 9th song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s 8th album, 2004’s ''[[Love Songs For Patriots]]''.

==Lyrics==
One day I left my room in the evening 
It was freezing, a sidewalk shining 
But it was okay - I wasn't lonely 
I wasn't no one, I was just hoping 
for a bookstore like the one I prayed for 
and the music they'd play there would be Dinosaur Jr. 
and the people who worked there would be super skinny 
and super unfriendly - and that would make me happy 
That would make me happy

And what really kills me is I'm only lonely 
when I talk to you, yeah I should have told you 
I just can't handle your endless sorrow 
All I wanted from you was some tomorrow 
But it's okay - I'll find a bookstore 
and buy Saul Bellow 
and one about old ruins for my mother 
You never met her - she liked Manhattans 
They taste like mouthwash 
She understood how to be alone, all alone 
All alone

Maybe the worst is over 
Maybe the worst is over 
Maybe the worst is over 
Maybe the worst is over

One day I left my room in the evening 
The sun had just gone down, but the sky was still shining 
and not even the stars out, up in their heaven 
could throw their ashes on the blue still burning 
over this ugly city - and that makes me happy 
and that makes me happy 
and that makes me happy 
that makes me happy.

==Video==
American Music Club performing "Myopic Books" on April 10, 2005 in Kerry, Ireland.
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8suyPLm6AaU</embedvideo>

Mark Eitzel performing "Myopic Books" on October 23, 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ThqzAVsk4Q</embedvideo>

== Personnel ==
* [[Marc Capelle]] – piano, organ, brass arrangements
* [[Mark Eitzel]] – vocals, guitars, production
* [[Tim Mooney]] – drums, production, engineering
* [[Danny Pearson]] – bass
* [[Vudi]] – guitars

==Also appears on==
* ''[https://www.discogs.com/Various-Comes-With-A-Smile-Vol8-Like-Others-Need-Oxygen/release/651477 Comes With A Smile, Vol. 8: Like Others Need Oxygen]'' Solo demo as "Bought A Book"
* ''[[Demos Before Love Songs]]'' Solo demo as "Bookstore"
* ''[[A Toast To You]]'' Live version

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:AMC songs]]