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Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
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The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete
Read The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete lyrics by The Smashing Pumpkins on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete
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Dusty screams
Through doors and imaginary floors
"why can't you miss me?"
Pistol pete
Removes the final breaths from her unkind
And she is shaken
What does this mean
In love or in peace?
With you lying next to me
So faithless serene
And she calls to him
Let the waste
Cross the ancient trails to you
Far out
Beneath the sorrow clouds
Let them taste
The bitter lost mistake of you
Let them cry out
Through your rusted scars
Alone he roams
Inside the ordinary catacombs
Of her waiting
With raven hands
She steals and staggers towards her man
Still scorned by his demon
Because he's undone
Become the language of
Disaster and love
Vengeance and dust
And she calls to him
Let the waste
Cross the ancient trails to you
Far out
Beneath the sorrow clouds
Let them taste
The bitter lost mistake of you
Let them cry out
Through your rusted scars
Dusty screams
Through doors and imaginary scenes
Of hurt and teardrop
As he holds her down
In the cold lonely winds
Together again
Her inside him
And she calls to him
Let the waste
Cross the ancient trails to you
Far out
Beneath the sorrow clouds
Let them taste
The bitter lost mistake of you
Let them cry out
Through your rusted scars
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