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PAPER CUP EXIT


SKIMMING THE TOPS OF TALL TREES
THRU THE CLEAR LIGHT OF FREE SPEECH
A SUDDEN MEMORY DIS-EASE
CLAIMS THE AIR ALL AROUND ME

I‘LL GET LOST IN THE SLIPSTREAM
MAYBE RELIVE THE SAME DREAM
OF COMING IN FROM THE COLD
LOSING HALF OF MY SOUL

MEMORY DISEASE ACROSS UNITED STATES
THAT I HAD TOLD THE TRUTH
FEEL SO HIGH—ARCHITECTURAL
I LOOK TO THE SKIES & SEE OUR BODIES

THEY WERE RISING UP
OUT OF THE PAPER CUP
A SEA CHANGE DUE
IDOLS IN FESCUE

TOUCH DOWN ON THE NEW MASON-DIXON LINE
THE MAP IS RIPPED AND TORN
TILTED FRAME WITH ALL HOPE GONE
I DON’T MIND IF YOU SING A DIFFENENT SONG
JUST AS LONG AS YOU SING ALONG

IT’S LATER THAN IT SEEMS
TIME EVERYONE CAME CLEAN
IT’S WHAT YOU DIDN’T SAY…
DON'T WANT TO BE A SLAVE

SKIMMING THE TOPS OF TALL TREES
THRU THE CLEAR LIGHT OF FREE SPEECH
COMIN IN FOR A LANDING
I GOT A SOUL UNDERSTANDING
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lyrics - lee ranaldo
sonic youth - sonic nurse (2004)

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