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Artist: Modest Mouse
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I Cames As a Rat (Long Walk Off a Short Dock)
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I Cames As a Rat (Long Walk Off a Short Dock)
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Well, I ain't sure but I've been told
He's baking cakes inside our souls
Stayed awake, took a nap
Got myself my bottles back
I'm breaking them out on the street
Walkin' 'round in my bare feet
I do not need you to tell me
That I am not a cat
I caught a ride, we caught some air
He's never gonna cut his hair
It takes more time to make a fake
We night swam down in the lake
And washed the dirt off our intentions
Prattle on 'bout bad inventions
I came as ice, I came as a whore
I came as advice that came too short
I came as gold, I came as crap
I came clean and I came as a rat
It takes a long time but God dies too
But not before he'll stick it to you
Well, I don't know but I've been told
You never die and you never grow old
I came as call, I came as flat
I came too soon so I came back
I came as flowers, I came as nice
I came as dirt and I came as it's price
It takes a long time but God dies too
But not before he'll stick it to you
I don't know but I've been told
You never die and you never grow old
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