Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Jim Carroll
Canonical path: /jim-carroll/voices
Related lyric paths: 6
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Voices
Read Voices lyrics by Jim Carroll on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Voices
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Bob drives taxis when the meter runs
Bobby hears the music when it's done
He hears the voices
He hears the voices
Wheels on rain, lightning from the storm
Bobby takes the gas
Pedal to the floor
The voices
He hears the voices
Refrain:
Coming from the traffic,
Coming from the cube
Like the cry of babies
Passing through a tube
Voices run inside you
Jill breathes carbon trailing from the bus, it's like
Staring in the eyes of Lazarus
The voices
She hears the voices
Like a starving whisper no one ever heard
Like an epileptic hummingbird
The voices
She hears the voices
Repeat Refrain
Sal and Liz sitting at the Zoo
Sal says "I do . . . but Liz do you
Hear the voices
Do you hear the voices?"
Everything relaxes, everything is gray
Trapped in glass . . . on display
The voices
They hear all the voices
Repeat Refrain
Gwynne is bored with all the rules and names
She wants her life to be a video game
The voices
She hears the voices
Too much controlThe have have not
Slide another quarter into the slot
The voices
She hears the voices
Repeat Refrain
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Who performs "Voices"?
Jim Carroll performs "Voices", and this lyric page sits inside the Jim Carroll catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to (No More) Luxuries and Barricades with a short reason for opening each page next.
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