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Artist: Thom Yorke
Canonical path: /thom-yorke/the-mother-lode
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The Mother Lode
Read The Mother Lode lyrics by Thom Yorke on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Mother Lode
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Another clown jumps off the ladder
A shallow pool but it doesn't matter
The way it goes, the way it goes
It's falling through barriers and hedgerows
Hollow man, hollow hand puppet
Where's the applause when you need it?
But these brought by somersaults and backflips
I wish that things would be different
A mother lode, a mother lode
Hollow man, hollow hand pupper
I'm a clown you don't want her to know me
The knife behind the curtain
The truth is hard of hearing
Ypou can't see a way out of this one
It makes a joke but nobody listens
Ar least he does not ----
The last of all his courage
Press the button for a free ticket
Here he goes, hits the ground running
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Thom Yorke performs "The Mother Lode", and this lyric page sits inside the Thom Yorke catalog on LyroVerse.
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