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Artist: Graham Parker
Canonical path: /graham-parker/chloroform
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Chloroform
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Chloroform
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You look like you been here before
one or two many times
you look like you made a business deal
that crossed too many lines
you look like you been marked for life
and given up for dead
you look like you got someone else's
hair growing out of your head
so where you gonna get your feelings from
after they've been removed
where you gonna get your water from
a glass or a plastic tube
how you gonna keep your head up
when it's down there in your shoes
how you gonna keep the big sleep
from closing in on you
like chloroform x4
Seems like our paths might have crossed
many many moons ago
in some dark and evil place
but where I just don't know
didn't you have a sidekick then
some flunky with a scar
who did the deals you wouldn't touch
from the back seat of your car
and didn't you try to palm me off
with some Chinese opium
that didn't really do anything
just made my lips grow numb
and didn't you punch my lights out
after I expressed my doubt
but didn't you do that to everyone
after they sussed you out
so where you gonna get your feelings from
after they've been removed
where you gonna get your water from
a glass or a plastic tube
how you gonna keep your head up
when it's down there in your shoes
how you gonna keep the big sleep
from closing in on you
like chloroform x4
Why didn't you see it coming man
from way way down the pike
there had to be a payback baby
someone had to strike
something had to bring it home
the mirror had to smash
when you hit those kind of highs
you know you have to crash
when you hit those kind of lows
you know there's further down
in the hands of forces
you just don't understand
like chloroform
so where you gonna get your feelings from
after they've been removed
where you gonna get your water from
a glass or a plastic tube
how you gonna keep your head up
when it's down there in your shoes
how you gonna keep the big sleep
from closing in on you
like chloroform x4
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