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Artist: The Decemberists
Canonical path: /the-decemberists/one-engine
Related lyric paths: 6
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One Engine
Read One Engine lyrics by The Decemberists on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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One Engine
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One engine barely makes it away
One engine barely makes it away
Hold on, they're breaking their bonds
Hold on, they're breaking their bonds
One engine barely makes it away
And the martyr line
I's a bitter pill
And the line of right
It will barely make you fill
I like to get you in some kind of way
Some kind of trouble in some kind of way
Bear down, they'll run you aground
Bear down, they'll run you aground
We all must suffer awhile in a way
And the martyr line
It's a bitter pill
And the line of right
It will barely make you fill
Make you fill
Barely make you fill
Make you fill
And the martyr of line
It's a bitter pill
And the line of right
It will barely make you fill
Make you fill
Barely make you fill
Make you fill
One engine
One engine
One engine barely makes you fill
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