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Artist: Shawn Colvin
Canonical path: /shawn-colvin/steady-on
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Steady On
Read Steady On lyrics by Shawn Colvin on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Steady On
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China gets broken
And it will never be the same
Boats on the ocean
Find their way back again
I am weaving
Like a drunkard
Like a ballon up in the air
I am needing a puncture and someone
To point me somewhere
I'm gonna keep my head on straigt
I just hope it"s not too late
Open up the gate I go straight on,steady on
Steady on!
I was feeling imploded
A wooden smile,a wooden heart
Then things exploded
Like rockets in the dark
Now I'm pulling out splinters
And I'm off to hibernate somewhere
For the nuclear winter
Of another love affair
'Cause he seemed like a miracle
I ate it up like cereal
But it was somethinglike shrapnel
Steady on!
It's like ten miles of two-lane
Ona South Dakota wheat plain
In the middle of a hard rain
A slow boat or a fast train
I am gonna keep my head on straight
I'm gonna keep my head on straiight
I'm gonna keep my head on straight
Steady on!
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Shawn Colvin performs "Steady On", and this lyric page sits inside the Shawn Colvin catalog on LyroVerse.
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