Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Mekons
Canonical path: /mekons/i-m-not-here
Related lyric paths: 6
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I'm Not Here
Read I'm Not Here lyrics by Mekons on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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I'm Not Here
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A velvet glove strokes a a hairy thigh
The dawn is breaking across the sky
My mind is purple
Like the bubbles around your lips
Oh baby I sure groove the way you move your hips.
Satan has already sat down to eat
Feasting on freshly slaughtered meat
A splash of blood
Falls on your milk white breast
Oh look Nixon has arrived with Hitler
As his very special guest
Straying by the waterside
My reflection looks so cool
The ripples whisper warning
I could end up in the pool
Floating through forever
like blossom in the wind
meeting all the people who've sinned and sinned
and sinned
Calling earth on the telephone
Slurred speech and unfinished phrases
Curly headed heads are turning
It's getting very hazy.
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Mekons performs "I'm Not Here", and this lyric page sits inside the Mekons catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to (Sometimes I Feel Like) Fletcher Christian and Abernant 1984/85 with a short reason for opening each page next.
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