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Artist: David Gray
Canonical path: /david-gray/the-rice
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The Rice
Read The Rice lyrics by David Gray on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Rice
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The draughts blew cold
Under the door
When we threw our clothes
To the kitchen floor
The broccoli boils
In a pan on the gas stove
Where we stand
Won't you take this spatula
In your hand
Let the rice burn
It cannot deter my love for you
We have no concern
Under the hem of the night
Under the hem of the night
Out on the roof
Over havoc streets
With the sky a blanket
Each sweet kiss
So melodramatic embroidered by shadow
By the fridge I reminisce
Let the rice burn
It cannot deter my love for you
We have no concern
Under the hem of the night
Under the hem of the night
We stagged a doorway
And all of a sudden
The drum of the rain
On the heather hills
Now everything's changed
And our silence is bitter
And you are all unhinged
Let the rice burn
It cannot deter my love for you
We have no concern
Under the hem of the night
Under the hem of the night
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David Gray performs "The Rice", and this lyric page sits inside the David Gray catalog on LyroVerse.
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