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Artist: The Mountain Goats
Canonical path: /the-mountain-goats/then-the-letting-go
Related lyric paths: 6
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Then the Letting Go
Read Then the Letting Go lyrics by The Mountain Goats on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Then the Letting Go
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down in the south bronx
down home
saw you walking down the street again
saw you looking sweet again
i saw you coming through
i turned my head away from you
why do you come here
why do you come around
why'd you go home
why'd you head on home to rockaway? (rock away)?
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