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Artist: Cat Power
Canonical path: /cat-power/silent-machine
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Silent Machine
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Silent Machine
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I walk on through woods in the streets every night
Walk through people who walk too close
Into each other, they're hanging
I am told there's a mother in me, remember?
In the name of the father, but never the ghost
Me, I use the money for those just as hard
Who hung, he said, for the laidies, I'll pretend that he did
(He did, she did, he did, we did)
She loves you, she loves you, she loves you so hard
The one the person to have, you cannot
The child, he is a sinner, tell me, teacher
You put on your light and then turn around
Silent machine is here to meet you
To put on your light and then turn around
You lie, you lie, you lie, you lie, you lie
(Turn around...)
Silent machine is here to meet you (meet you) (x4)
If there ever was a religious figure
In my age, it don't count to have butter cup eyes
But she knows some of us would see more than other, ah
She loves you, she loves you, she loves you so hard
The one the person to have, you cannot
The child, he is a sinner, tell me, teacher
You put on your light and then turn around
Silent machine is here to meet you
To put on your light and then turn around
You lie, you lie, you lie, you lie, you lie
Silent machine is here to meet you (meet you) (x4)
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