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Artist: Neko Case
Canonical path: /neko-case/ragtime
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Ragtime
Read Ragtime lyrics by Neko Case on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Ragtime
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Last night, late, I was watching it snow
It always goes sideways in the city
It comes right out from the streetlights, you know
Pumped out by an engine deep inside the earth's core
It goes sideways in the city
Cover the shapes and erase the date
This could be any evening in any place
The blizzard blows from left to right
Which is funny cause the piano's playing "Summertime", from 1935
So sounds the alarm of Ragtime
It's Ragtime keeping time
Brave to the waves of its residue
Its laughter from a marbled room
The white-crowned sounds of possible
The sound that lures me
It says, "Don't you hurry
Don't you worry, kid, we'll be seeing you
We'll see you when you're ready"
Ragtime turning out the sun and moon
Its gravity is soothing
It winds me in a sleek cocoon
I'll reveal myself when I'm ready
I'll reveal myself invincible soon
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