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Artist: Manchester Orchestra
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Bad Things To Such Good People
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Bad Things To Such Good People
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My jail shoes on
The well kept cemetery lawn
Both of them weeping
Their one good son now was gone
Oooo, oooo
The irony
To see my dad down on his knees
Crying out to Jesus
But Lord I've always done what's right
Oooo, oooo
All the while
The good Lord smiled
And looked the other way
Yeah looked the other way
Oooo, oooo
When we were kids
I did my best to make them proud
It just wasn't in me
I could not fly straight to save my life
And all the while
The good Lord smiled
And looked the other way
Yeah looked the other way
Their big success is now
Their biggest failure
Their golden child has been
Dethroned
Their reputation
Is now in ruin
Their tower to Heaven
Has come tumbling down
And all the while
The good Lord smiles
And looks the other way
And looks the other way
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