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Misplaced Innocence and a Bunch of Words

from A Bullet by Any Other Name by Sunshine & Irony

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i don't how long i can pretend my eyes are closed
& every place i used to sleep is getting filled with crows
was rolling with the wheel & then i got caught in it's spokes
was stumbling through the night & the moon refused to glow
there were people all around me & their eyes were very cold
i reached for my knife but my and grabbed a rose
& no one wants to hang around, they spend their time like gold
been days since i heard i sound but i don't feel alone
though i think this smiling wolf might be staring at my throat

& everywhere i go people complain about the cold
& take off their clothes & walk into the snow

& everywhere i walk thieves run me off the road
& i try to be polite & do as i've been told
but my smile seems to sharpen every blade they hold
& i can't seem to drop this casket filled with broken oaths
& everybody tells me that they're in the same boat
but i seem to be the only one on this side of the moat
& breathless in the doorway my mind was filled with holes
i was carrying my doubts like they were wishing stones
but subtracted what i didn't need & became zero

& everywhere i go people complain about the cold
& take off their clothes & lay down in the snow

sometimes i'm just as thick & light as smoke
& sometimes i'm spread & heavy on the floor
but i'm not sure i wanna play that role anymore
but i seem to be speaking through a child's megaphone
& there's strangers in the hallway telling me that i owe
i gave them all i could & man, it really shows
but these blankets made of ice don't keep me very warm
& even when i'm in my house i feel like going home
& every time i turn my head my eyes get filled with smoke
& everything i tried to say got turned into a joke
& everyone i ever met missed something that they sold
& everybody's making locks to keep death outside the door

& everywhere i go people complain about the cold
& take off their clothes & lay down in the snow

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from A Bullet by Any Other Name, track released September 16, 2011
Generic Donahue: Guitar, Lyrics, Vocals.
Key-yawn-uh: Banjo, Vocals
Jonthom: Mandolin, Vocals
Mad Dawg: Toy Piano, Vocals

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Sunshine & Irony Olympia, Washington

Sunshine & Irony is a band in Olympia. We've recently put out our first album & are starting to record our second. Our first album, A Bullet By Any Other Name, is for sale here, at local record stores or at our shows.

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