This Ticonderoga

Album: The Getaway (2016)
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  • I met a man in a rock and roll band, he said won't you come with me
    I let him know that I could not go, you see I get mine for free

    We are all just soldiers in this battlefield of life
    One thing that's for certain is my burning appetite

    Step inside the emotional ride, I could use some company
    Illusionary is so damn scary, I call my best friend Flea

    This Ticonderoga is an element that shines
    Connected by the great unknown, between us there are lines

    Yes I told her that
    I'm the older cat
    Can I scratch your back all day?
    I would not have it any other way, well

    Means so much to me
    Can you see that we
    What are we ever gonna do when all I want to be is next to you

    I took a girl from the underworld and I held her way too tight
    When it's all been said and done she was not up for the fight

    We are all just soldiers in this open field of time
    Hoping to get with you when you get right with your mind

    It's my favorite
    So I savor it
    I must report that life is short
    So of your love I'll take ten quarts well

    There's no end to this
    Don't pretend to miss
    You and you would not repent for sitting on my elephant and

    Am I crazy to
    Join the lazy zoo
    All these human butterflies and
    Cactus flowers swollen eyes and

    I want the devil's share
    Of you I do declare
    Again I'm asking can I do
    When all these animals want to be just like you

    I met a girl with long black hair and she opened up so wide
    A daffodil growing in Brazil and I picked her for my bride

    We are all just soldiers in this epic loving flight
    And no one that I know has ever really done it right

    Done it right
    Done it right
    Done it right
    Done it right
    Whoa Writer/s: ADAM KLINGHOFFER, ANTHONY KIEDIS, CHAD SMITH, MICHAEL BALZARY
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Dani from LouisvilleUh..NO. This song is most def. not speaking of Fort Ticonderoga, and the French Indian War. How do you even get that? Where is any historical reference?.... A Ticonderoga is a BRAND OF PENCIL... Lyricists occasionally use actual writing utensils, not software programs. At least old school ones do...
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