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Artist: Chris Whitley
Canonical path: /chris-whitley/altitude
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Altitude
Read Altitude lyrics by Chris Whitley on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Altitude
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Tearing down the wall that we come upon
Would it live if I debunk the condition
Who talked you down to the reasonable illness
By and by we won't need no forgiveness
Sister got to tell me you like it
Now that gravity seems so cruel
At a different altitude
Tearing down the wall of institution
Give me love or electrocution
Sister we could die tomorrow
Now that everything looks so small
It's hard to care at all
Now that gravity seems so cruel
At a different altitude
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Chris Whitley performs "Altitude", and this lyric page sits inside the Chris Whitley catalog on LyroVerse.
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