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Artist: Stephen Malkmus
Canonical path: /stephen-malkmus/long-hard-book
Related lyric paths: 6
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Long Hard Book
Read Long Hard Book lyrics by Stephen Malkmus on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Long Hard Book
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I can't see you through these wandering eyes
I'm a one-trick pony and I can't survive
Seen me flagging
Something's wrong you see
Rogue director won't you bury me
There's a long hard book that needs reading
So do what you must but don't touch
I'm ever-so-frightened
Come around baby
Take a look
No excuses for what you might do
Unclean lady things you'll never know
Run around rabbit
Won't you run run run
There's a long hard book that needs reading
So do what you must but don't touch
I'm ever-so-silent
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