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Artist: The Go-Betweens
Canonical path: /the-go-betweens/by-chance
Related lyric paths: 6
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By Chance
Read By Chance lyrics by The Go-Betweens on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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By Chance
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my head fits
into my hands
I roll it around
and nothing comes out
by chance, we fight
by chance, struck a chord
we'll stand tonight
who broke who
who screamed who
there's no two things
lovers can do
by chance, we fight
by chance, struck a chord
we'll stand tonight
who's your tall friend?
he's built like a song
the valley of Tin Pan *
is where he belongs
by chance, we fight
by chance, struck a chord
we'll stand tonight
bye-bye-bye-bye-bye
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