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Ohio (Part One)
01:36
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This will be the last year of my life
Don't ask me how I know, I just know
I've known it my entire life
I just know it like the wind blows
Ohio...
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Neon Blue Graffiti
03:42
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Who painted you all neon blue
I just want to graffiti you
All over you
Give up on your destiny
Come here and eat the rest of me
I have to get out of this city
And into the jungle with you
Who painted you
All over you
I just want to write all over you
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I Was Once Like You
03:50
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I was once like you
I fucked her too
And when your lips pull from hers
I've been there first
And in the deep of her eyes only mine look back
I was once like you
I married her too
She told me I do and she didn't
And when she hears my name
Her heart beats faster
I drop her
You catch her
In her heart and in her mouth
She's only ever saying
This one, now that one
(Lyrics written by Thomas Baltzer.)
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Souls Go Out
02:54
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Hey, where you going?
Nobody knowing
Pass like a ghost through the house
Drive out the churchmouse
Raccoons watching me from the chimney
They watch my spirit fall out
Of the window, down the stairwell
To the street and to the carousel
Spin around, little clown
Spin around
Hey, where you going?
Nobody knowing
You'll never really leave me
I don't believe it
The sparrows sing "you have no soul"
But I can see it
Under the train track, the second star
It's all over your mouth
It's in the graveyard
Spin around, little clown, spin around
Hold my hands and we both fall down
Hey, where you going?
Nobody knowing
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