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GNow that I’m alone I feel the lonely brokeness
DOf all the wicked avenues I’ve ever sold my love on
EmAll these moments of meekness and trembling subsided
DIn the outright abandon of this orphan child
GHome is on the highway living on soft bread and solace
DI guess I’m waiting for nightfall or a solar eclipse
EmAnd to wake up half empty
Only to be Dfilled again with mourning
He’s my Gevil shadow dove
My black Palamito Can’t Dbreak him like a diamond skull
I can’t seem to do so EmCan’t just rob him out like the
mob used to do so DLike memories of porno and tearstains
and tobacco O Gits a miny disastro
Bigger than the ice age Ddon’t know if baby dinosaurs
Maybe could live through it, Emor indians and butterflies
What’s crushed is my spirit, O I Dfear it is too fragile
Like fall leaves burn like paper
GI always knew DI would spend a lot of time alone
EmNo one would understand me
Maybe I should go Dand live amongst the animals
GSpend all my time Damongst the animals
And Emon the tracks I would go they lead to the Dsea
To be amongst the animals
GOh I’m just a fill leaf something simple and shy like that
DThat’s how my heart lies down beside the sidewalk
EmLike an empty restaurant filled with perfume and balloons
DI sit and entertain the bizarre ghosts of my soul
GHis name still lingers maybe lactates on my tongue
DPerhaps I’m just teel him for a foreign fallen destiny
EmMiserable but mine I Dlook like his mother
Or Sophia Loren in a Gold fashioned movie
Slow motion motion I cling to my cDhild desperate for love
EmOn day soon my brother died made me Dremember all the
Subordinate feelings I cast aside
GMaybe I had lied when I said I was ok
DJust getting along like a little song that stops to sing and say
Em“Wild willow, windy winter won’t you blow through me 
DMy who eternity”
GI always knew DI would spend a lot of time alone
EmNo one would understand me
Maybe I should go Dand live amongst the animals
GSpend all my time Damongst the animals
And Emon the tracks I would go they lead to the Dsea
To be amongst the animals

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Animals

by CocoRosie

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Now that I’m alone I feel the lonely brokeness

Of all the wicked avenues I’ve ever sold my love on

All these moments of meekness and trembling subsided

In the outright abandon of this orphan child

Home is on the highway living on soft bread and solace

I guess I’m waiting for nightfall or a solar eclipse

And to wake up half empty

Only to be filled again with mourning

He’s my evil shadow dove

My black Palamito Can’t break him like a diamond skull

I can’t seem to do so Can’t just rob him out like the

mob used to do so Like memories of porno and tearstains

and tobacco O its a miny disastro

Bigger than the ice age don’t know if baby dinosaurs

Maybe could live through it, or indians and butterflies

What’s crushed is my spirit, O I fear it is too fragile

Like fall leaves burn like paper

G D

I always knew I would spend a lot of time alone

No one would understand me

Maybe I should go and live amongst the animals

G D

Spend all my time amongst the animals

Em D

And on the tracks I would go they lead to the sea

To be amongst the animals

Oh I’m just a fill leaf something simple and shy like that

That’s how my heart lies down beside the sidewalk

Like an empty restaurant filled with perfume and balloons

I sit and entertain the bizarre ghosts of my soul

His name still lingers maybe lactates on my tongue

Perhaps I’m just teel him for a foreign fallen destiny

Em D

Miserable but mine I look like his mother

Or Sophia Loren in a old fashioned movie

Slow motion motion I cling to my child desperate for love

Em D

On day soon my brother died made me remember all the

Subordinate feelings I cast aside

Maybe I had lied when I said I was ok

Just getting along like a little song that stops to sing and say

“Wild willow, windy winter won’t you blow through me

My who eternity”

G D

I always knew I would spend a lot of time alone

No one would understand me

Maybe I should go and live amongst the animals

G D

Spend all my time amongst the animals

Em D

And on the tracks I would go they lead to the sea

To be amongst the animals

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