Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Wire
Canonical path: /wire/lowdown
Related lyric paths: 6
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Lowdown
Read Lowdown lyrics by Wire on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Lowdown
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The time is too short
but never too long
to reach ahead,
to project the image,
which will in time become a concrete dream.
Another cigarette,
another day,
from A to B,
again avoiding C, D, and E,
'cause E is where you play the blues.
AVOIDING A DEATH
IS TO WIN THE GAME,
TO AVOID RELEGATION,
THE BIG 'E'.
Drowning in the big swim,
rising to the surface
The smell of you
That's the lowdown
That's the lowdown
Drowning in the big swim,
rising to the surface
The smell of you
That's the lowdown
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