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Artist: Cass McCombs
Canonical path: /cass-mccombs/not-the-way
Related lyric paths: 6
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Not The Way
Read Not The Way lyrics by Cass McCombs on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Not The Way
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Of vocabulary vow
Sifting ash, can't see in from out
First to know, quick to criticize
Blow by blow, can he fall to rise?
That's not the way
That's not the way to make
That's not the way to make, friends
Content for love
And everything you drown
I know these words can be turned around
I know you think politeness is what I need
Well I don't, but it might as well have been
That's not the way
That's not the way to make
That's not the way to make, friends
That's not the way
That's not the way to make
That's not the way to make, friends
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Cass McCombs performs "Not The Way", and this lyric page sits inside the Cass McCombs catalog on LyroVerse.
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