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Artist: Cat Power
Canonical path: /cat-power/ruin
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Ruin
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Ruin
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I’ve seen gypsies who made it all the way and kept goin'
kept rolling with nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
As far as I’ve seen from the bush
In the wilderness, to every known city
I’ve been to Saudi Arabia, Dhaka, Calcutta
Soweto, Mozambique, Istanbul, Rio, Rome
Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Taiwan, Great Britain
Belfast, to the desert in Spain (Wollongong)
Some little bitty island in the middle of the Pacific
All the way back home to my town
To my town
Bitchin', complainin'
When some ṗeople ain’t got shit to eat
Bitchin', moanin'
So many people you know what they ain't got
What are we doing?
We’re sitting on a ruin
What are we doing?
We’re sitting on a ruin
As far as I’ve seen from the bush
In the wilderness, to every known city
I’ve been to Saudi Arabia, Dhaka, Calcutta
Soweto, Mozambique, Istanbul, Rio, Rome
Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Taiwan, Great Britain
Belfast, to the desert in Spain (Tokyo)
Some little bitty island in the middle of the Pacific
All the way back home to my town
To my town
Bitchin', complainin'
When some people ain’t got shit to eat
Bitchin', moanin'
So many people you know what they ain't got
What are we doing?
We’re sitting on a ruin
What are we doing?
We’re sitting on a ruin
What are we doing?
We’re sitting on a ruin
What are we doing?
We’re sitting on a ruin
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