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Artist: Marissa Nadler
Canonical path: /marissa-nadler/river-of-dirt
Related lyric paths: 6
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River of Dirt
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River of Dirt
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I was your lover
You were my plan
I told you that you were
My sun and my sand
But right away
Get a circus job
And I'd fly away
And become a bird of song
El Camino, take me home
El Camino, take me home
You are a jester
And I am an elf
And I'm sad to the books
That are stocked upon my shelf
Take me back to the river of dirt
Take me back to the river of dirt
Built of the veins
And the flesh, and the bones
We are all so
Painfully alone
Burning by rivers
Of dirt and fire
We return to the ground
When we retire
Back to the river of dirt and fire
Summer is coming
I can't believe it's true
Where all you were issued
Are turning into you
Take me back to the place
Of golden slumbers
Where I was happy
And you were my middle name
Take me back to the river of dirt
Take me back to the river of dirt
And I grew up
In the houses made of lead
The walls were white, the stairs were sharp
The scent of summer lead
Take me back to the river of dirt
Take me back to the river of dirt
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