Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Soul Coughing
Canonical path: /soul-coughing/the-incumbent
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Incumbent
Read The Incumbent lyrics by Soul Coughing on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Incumbent
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New York, New York
I won't go back
Indelible reminder of the steel I lack
I gave you seven years
What did you give me back?
A jaw-grind, disposistion to a panic attack
On this side the incumbent
And who quoth
There's only one everything
Red sucker mouth
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Soul Coughing performs "The Incumbent", and this lyric page sits inside the Soul Coughing catalog on LyroVerse.
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