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Undiscovered Countries
02:19
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Homemade skies, railroad ties
Painted red, the Hammer’s dead
Where’s that sound?
Must be found
Fabric covered
Undiscovered Countries
Surveillance, weak defense
Homemade town, it’s coming down
Screaming lines
Please don’t try
Drowsy hills
Fading cotton mills
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Wood Factory
03:19
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Epitomize the demise
Lumberjack and wood fire
Deconstruct the log house
It won’t live again
Smokey air I’m standing in
Smells like fall again
I’d like to stay but ties are something to be cut
With a knife carefully
There’s comfort and security
Comfort and security here
Work in the factory
Sharpened axe and chopping block
Deconstruct the log house
It won’t grow again
Wind blows to the west
Can’t forget about the rest
Threadbare end all
Tunnel under the wall
To the wood factory
There’s comfort and security
Comfort and security here
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Hi-fly Driveway
02:04
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We’ll change the locks to butterflies and silt
But sand is silt just sifted (rifted wide)
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Chasing Saucers
02:25
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The F100 takes it toll
Rough roads end it all
Slow it up, speed it down
No voice to pull out the sound
The Black Dot takes it all
Big equipment breaks the fall
Slow it up, speed it down
No words
Kick, kick brightly covered wall
I like the sound
Of potter’s wheels
And the taste of old men’s meals
No one seems to mess with
The green tongue that sticks to everyone
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Natural Spectacle
03:03
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This ain’t the Holy Grail
This is the Holy Grail
This ain’t the Holy Grail
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The Last Song
02:24
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Face is heavy, it’s in the levy
Near the bottom, cops have caught ‘em
Doing nothing instead of rushing around
In the house where the locks don’t work and
Nothing gets fixed, come quick
Sonic Youth are on the Late Show
It’s a new song, I don’t hate it
They’re still the greatest, that’s all
My useless powers waste more hours
Than I’d like to think
In the house where the locks don’t work and
Nothing gets fixed, come quick
Sonic Youth are on the Late Show
It’s just a new song, I don’t hate it
They’re still the greatest, that’s all
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