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Artist: The Walkabouts
Canonical path: /the-walkabouts/on-the-day
Related lyric paths: 6
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On the Day
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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On the Day
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behind the bric and brac
there will be no lookin' back
and between hell and hello
there will be no lettin' go
no there won't
and you can't be serious
no you can't
you won't really do him in
well you might
hey this all seems like a joke
yes it does, but it's not
where I laugh before you've spoke
stuttered words
poisoned love
And the trumpets lean and barren
and the sirens shrill and darin'
on the day that I......
and your people all will say
what they want, what they will
and the tower bells will rage
from the top of the hill
and the crows they all will crow
what they crow
what they know
and the crows they all will crow
"gotta go"
"gotta go"
And the trumpets lean and barren
and the sirens shrill and darin'
on the day that I.....
the day that I stop carin'
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