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How it Ends
04:04
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The Argentine
01:21
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Blue Skin
03:01
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Daylight breaks loudly and violent and terrible
The MP's throw rocks at my window
And laugh to themselves on the lonely street
And I never thought it would come to this
We were in love it was beautiful
You in the park in your summer dress
Ah to throw it away
Sometimes I get the nerve up and cross the street
Take out the trash and get groceries
Run back as fast as I possibly can
And whoever thought it could come to this
You were my friend and you sang to me
We'd stick our toes in the riverbed
Ah to throw it away
Now I grow old in my bathrobe and bedclothes
Taking whatever ill comes to me
Jump every time that the phone rings
And hindsight is totally relative
And maybe I've always been miserable
How for a moment I held my breath
Ah to throw it away
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4. |
Red Flesh Dogs
04:49
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I'm a man of blood and guts and means in harder times
An easy life will drag you to your knees that's right
Brutal men go drifting through the day
Self assured and forthright
And few would ever pause to think or say
You're no good and why should I
You concede the man that I've become
Far too kind and charitable
Hateful wastes of sperm and eggs and breath
Would make you crawl
All the way to Birmingham
You had me smiling like an idiot
You're the one to blame for the happiness
I drag around all the time
I can't listen to music anymore
Without contempt or jealousy
Where sadness used to sing in through the seems
All that's left is words and rhyme
All the way to Fayetteville
How I wept with joy and sweet relief
What a thing to say
You don't have to feel so alone all the time
Every day begins and ends the same
You're no good
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Poem
01:13
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A Miner Maybe
03:09
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A miner in a desperate race
For fame and gold capitulates
And settles for the shelter of a cave
But it rained for days and its been said
We've sold our souls for common sense
And recompense is surely on the way
I'm gonna make it mine
A matter of fact well so
I'm gonna make it mine
The deafening black well so
A fond farewell to a faithful heart
That couldn't stand to bear the thought
Of looking out through tired eyes with grace
But I believe the saddest song
I'll ever sing under the sun
Is waiting in the shelter of a cave
I'm gonna make it mine
A matter of fact well so
I'm gonna make it mine
The deafening black
Well so what?
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Northern Song
03:20
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Bones underground they go rumbling around
Singing a northern tune
In the hills far away
wolves are howling your name
By the house that you built in your youth
It's true there were ghosts on the horizon
Don't be afraid its the shadows at play
There are so many sunrises
Don't be afraid it's a lifetime away
The are bones in the hillsides
Grey solemn skies ever watchful and wise
Groaning as old people do
Silhouttes still at play growing longer each day
It's as though no one told them the truth
Adieu see the ships on the shoreline
Why must I feel so afraid
It gets worse every day
There are so many sunrises
Always afraid how I tremble and shake
there are bones in the hillside
Ghosts on the shoreline
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Elegy
03:36
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Asleep on the wings of an owl flying east
My bones on the rocks far below
Your cruelty awake
In my blood in my veins
My lips sing a northern tune
Relieved of the weight of worldly restraint
I am crawling back to you
Asleep in a boat
Out at sea all alone
Beyond lay the stars and you
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The Argentine Brooklyn, New York
The Argentine is a five piece band from Brooklyn, NY. The debut record was recorded and produced by Bill Moriarty (Dr. Dog,
Man Man) and is intended to be listened to as an album. While you can hear individual tracks on this page, we encourage you to listen to it as a whole.
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