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3 Hours
02:56
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I’m a magician
I'm a magician
3 hours
In the day ward
In the day light
You once had
Attention and interest
You wanna go
It's time we went
You once had
Attention or interest
It's time we left our time
You make money
I make days
Disappear
Learn to love
Sick repetition
Hate in the head
And weak in the knees
Get used to forgetting
I'm a magician
I'm a magician
3 hours
In the Kazaa
In the expression
I'm a magician
Rocker on the bridge
3 hours
Took the day off
There's a time we'll never get out of
You make money
I make days
Disappear
Learn to love
Slick revolution
Hate in the head
Seratonin in the knees
Get used to forgetting
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Yes Yes Yes
06:16
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Yes Yes Yes to the disco drive
It's as bad as all the rest
Let me tell you something -
Who doesn't like kneeling alive?
I'll keep you hot when the fuel runs out
Endless mutations; political doubts
There's a cock in your hand
And a boredom in your mouth
But bodies bloat and they still react
Stretching for fingers that might decompress
Secondhand currents we will to life
I taste grim yearnings in the crack of your sweat
Taste precious future in the scent of your sweat
But bodies collide and they still react
Remake the same thing every time we dance
Secondhand lusts we command to life
I see the same future when you pay your tab
I want to do more than dream of distant lands
Yes Yes Yes to the disco drive
It's as bad as all the rest
A spot on the century's lung
I knew I couldn't go on and on
Yes Yes Yes to the disco drive
It's as bad as all the rest
Let me ask you something -
Don't you like staying alive?
But bodies splinter and they still react
Stretching for fingers that might recompense
Secondhand currents we will to life
I taste grim yearnings in the crack of your sweat
Taste precious future in the scent of your sweat
But bodies collide and they still react
Remake the same thing every time we dance
Secondhand lusts we command to life
I see the same future when you pay your tab
I want to do more than dream of distant lands
(I tried, I tried)
Born to be alive
There's a new me coming out
Satisfaction came
In the chain reaction
Nobody can stop the music
To lose it would be tragic
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The Welfare State Portland, Oregon
Portland OR rock & roll & groove combo that made it's way from the 00s to the 10s. Guitars & reaching for the stars.
Anthemic jamz for nowhere generations.
“Moves on from where the Velvet Underground left off at Loaded.”
- Richard Meltzer
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