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Due South
04:05
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Due South
From posthumous cities,
We travel counties
From barriers in the north,
Antinomians with amnesia
No words exist,
The pig latin of your stutter
Trapped in towns
And free in towns
The narcotics arrive,
Disrupting the spine
Before we hit the wall of power
Soft as shock treatment,
That guy's a wretched red
This body wants to get down
This body wants to weigh in
I'll take it in pieces
I'll take it all
This body wants to get down
This body wants a war
Abandoned brothers
Social Security mothers
We can't stick around
Waiting for everything to drown
It was safe and warm
In my sleeping bag
Green gold and the I-5 way
Due south but sometimes back again
Before we hit the wall of power
Not like shock treatment
Efficient like your worst friend
This body wants to get down
This body wants a way in
We got burned
I'll take it all
This body wants to get down
This body wants a war
I'll take it in pieces
I'll take it all
This body wants to get down
This body wants a war
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Donna Summer
03:10
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DONNA SUMMER
800 milliamps
At 1 to 6 seconds
Depression is a threshold
You come home
To Donna Summer
You lose libido
You protect your soul
Eating at the food court
You come home
To Donna Summer
Trouble - Goodbye
Hope - Breath
Machinery twitches slightly
Low standards - Common sense
It’s been years since you noticed
What your body used to do
It’s not like something’s missing
Now you know what to do
You howl at intelligence
With every setting sun
It’s too personal
You sleepwalk
To Donna Summer
They filled you up
And altered your stuff
I mean - you volunteered
You slow down
To Donna Summer
Trouble - Goodbye
Hope - Breath
Machinery twitches slightly
Low standards - Common sense
It’s been years since we noticed
What your body used to do
It’s not like something’s missing
Now you know what to do
The stars above us twinkle and wink
We’ve got exaggerated time
I’d like to talk to you this week
I like to keep wasting my mind
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Call The Cops
04:02
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Call The Cops
I'm waiting for Mikel
Growing dizzy
Collapse against the wall
Feel it all
Take it back
It's yours
My friends are
My friends are
Blackbirds & wires
At your throat
Float above the city
Map every channel
This is no
World to win
Feel it all
Yank emergency cord
It's yours
I'm waiting for Mikel
Soft hands on the bus
Softer than mine
Growing dizzy
You should eat something
Of course
My friends are
My friends are
Blackbirds & wires
We'll use what we have
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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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