Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Mountain Goats
Canonical path: /the-mountain-goats/world-cylinder
Related lyric paths: 6
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World Cylinder
Read World Cylinder lyrics by The Mountain Goats on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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World Cylinder
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dont like going to the doctor.
i don't like looking at the mirror.
i like looking out the window,
watching the waves break.
do i have to hit you over the head with it?
do i have to hit you over the head with it?
tired of talking to the suckers,
i'm tired of talking to the wealthy.
i want to talk to men and women
who haven't got anything left.
do i have to hit you over the head with it?
do i have to hit you over the head with it?
carry me down to the water
where i used to play when i was five.
let me go, let me go down to the water.
don't bring me back alive.
do i have to hit you over the head with it?
do i have to hit you over the head with it?
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