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Artist: Josh Ritter
Canonical path: /josh-ritter/rumors
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Rumors
Read Rumors lyrics by Josh Ritter on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Rumors
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Serenade me with rocks, love
No lullabies through the locks love
I locked myself in with the band
But the music's never loud enough
Decibels in the belfry
Hey what the hell if it helps me
I put a whip to the kick drum
But the music's never loud enough
So you're gonna have to show me
How that dance is done
The one where somebody leaves someone
My orchestra is gigantic
This thing could sink the Titanic
And the string section's screaming
Like horses in a barn burning up
He plays pianos with fistfuls
Of broken Belvedere crystal
And he's trying to forget you
But the music's never loud enough
So you're gonna have to show me
How that dance is done
The one where somebody leaves someone
He's impaling the front row
Fighting fires with arrows
And he'll act like he forgot you
But the music's never loud enough
So you're gonna have to show me
How that dance is done
The one where somebody leaves someone
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Josh Ritter performs "Rumors", and this lyric page sits inside the Josh Ritter catalog on LyroVerse.
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