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Artist: Grant Lee Phillips
Canonical path: /grant-lee-phillips/the-straighten-outer
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Straighten Outer
Read The Straighten Outer lyrics by Grant Lee Phillips on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Straighten Outer
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Thunder on the mountain terrace
Lightning in the sky
Hammer of the straighten outer
Working overtime
And all the world’s a rattle snake
Waiting to unwind
And all the world needs setting straight
In his crooked mind
Birds are breathing circle over
Black winged birds
Smithy of the straighten outer
Hammer out the curbs
Volley of the straighten outer
Make the ravens laugh
Nature, she got all the power
He will never have
The thunder of the straighten outer
Sparking up the sky
Hammer of the straighten outer
Working overtime
And all the world’s a rattle snake
Waiting to unwind
And all the world needs setting straight
In his crooked mind
Story of the straighten outer
Story of the straighten outer
Volley of the straighten outer
Um um straighten outer
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Grant Lee Phillips performs "The Straighten Outer", and this lyric page sits inside the Grant Lee Phillips catalog on LyroVerse.
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