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Artist: Shakey Graves
Canonical path: /shakey-graves/built-to-roam
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Built To Roam
Read Built To Roam lyrics by Shakey Graves on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Built To Roam
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This lazy livin’ yeah it sure tastes good
lets make a killin’ down in Hollywood
and buy ourselves some nice fancy home in the hills
spend all our fancy ol’ time spendin’ ten dollar bills
watch out
cause here I come bored and lazy
here I come no dignity
so long sad city of angels you aint been very good to me
you take that blood right from my body
oh you take the bone out of my spine
so long sunny California you aint no friend of mine
so New York City yeah I’ll see you soon
spend all my money on some elbow room
wander around like i got someplace fancy to go
I’m the king of Brooklyn for all you know
watch out cause here I come
bored and lazy
yeah here i come just passin’ through
oh follow me beyond the mountain
go howl the ol’ big moon
yeah strip them clothes right off your body
dress your skin in sticks and stones
doesn’t matter where were headed cause
some of us were built
some of us were built
some of us were built to roam
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