Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Nellie McKay
Canonical path: /nellie-mckay/adios
Related lyric paths: 6
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Adios
Read Adios lyrics by Nellie McKay on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Adios
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If time runs like a river
I saw my people bathed in blood
And if the faithful find the sinners
I'll have to leave all I loved
(Adios)
Goodbye, O hypocrite heathens
(Adios)
Goodbye, O false paradise
(Adios)
Goodbye, O rinky-dink Eden
And may you lie yourselves to sleep
Tonight
We're marching through the madness
With not a soul about to see
We're moving through the fortress
Chasing the ghosts of anarchy
(Adios)
Goodbye, my Frankenstein lady
(Adios)
Goodbye, O pagan delights
(Adios)
Goodbye, and good riddance, baby
And may you lie yourselves to sleep
Tonight
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Nellie McKay performs "Adios", and this lyric page sits inside the Nellie McKay catalog on LyroVerse.
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