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Artist: Shakey Graves
Canonical path: /shakey-graves/only-son
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Only son
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Only son
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I used to be an only son
My heart was but a stranger
It wallowed in the races won
And craved impending dangers
When it settled on
And pined and pondered
On the chosen roads it had to wander
Well I used to be an only son
(Yeah) my heart was but again
Oh he has a loaded gun!
And how, above the weather?
And it will always let me forget her
And this sturdy wood will burn forever
In us together
I used to be an only son
(Yeah) my heart was but again
Oh, but he has a loaded gun
It howled, above the weather
Oh its evil ways
Let me forget her
And this sturdy wood will burn forever
In us together
Ohhhhhh
Mhhhhhh hmmmm hmmmm
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