The Tropical Riders
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Dress To Distress

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Dress To Distress

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The oldest story in the world, a tale of a simple man

With nothing but a soul of gold, but he resists

Why you wearing the strangest clothes, (you) should be the usual clone

Ain't your mama at home to think for you?

I've got some smiles at the liquor store, among debris

I had a bunch of friends that never knew my name

They lack style, oh boy, they are so lame, my friend

But still I'm living like the king of hopes and dreams

You and all your friends, you got no place to go

You should have stayed at home, you should have stayed at home

There's nothing worse than letting go, a life in vain

Swimming at the Karma's Beach ain't cheap, you know?

You should have stayed at home with your own deep, dark regrets

I've tried to be like them

But they're so strange, everyone else

Hooray, not me!

I dress to distress, I dress to distress

I've tried to be like them

But they're so strange, everyone else

Hooray, not me!

I dress to distress, I dress to distress

A man with such a common fate can go insane

'You should wear a giant cone of shame, my boy

For all your sins, so sad, you should be on a cage'

A broken heart can take you home, you know it can

Drilling in the core of a neon sun,

I've found a place so cold you can sleep for day

Still I'm like the goddamn king of useless shit

Cosmic love is strong as an atomic bomb

A peaceful mind is blind to darker days

Never walk these streets alone, (it's) a strange place

Swimming at the Karma's Beach is just a dream

We have to let it go, with our own deep, dark regrets

I've tried to be like them

But they're so strange, everyone else

Hooray, not me!

I dress to distress, I dress to distress

I've tried to be like them

But they're so strange, everyone else

Hooray, not me!

I dress to distress, I dress to distress

I've tried to be like them

But they're so strange, everyone else

Hooray, not me!

I dress to distress, I dress to distress

I've tried to be like them

But they're so strange, everyone else

Hooray, not me!

I dress to distress, I dress to distress

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