Stuck Between Stations

Album: Boys and Girls in America (2006)
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  • There are nights when I think Sal Paradise was right
    Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together
    Sucking off each other at the demonstrations
    Making sure their makeup's straight
    Crushing one another with colossal expectations
    Dependent, undisciplined, and sleeping late

    She was a really cool kisser and she wasn't all that strict of a Christian
    She was a damn good dancer but she wasn't all that great of a girlfriend
    She likes the warm feeling but she's tired of all the dehydration
    Most nights are crystal clear
    But tonight it's like it's stuck between stations
    On the radio

    The devil and John Berryman
    Took a walk together
    They ended up on Washington
    Talking to the river
    He said 'I've surrounded myself with doctors
    And deep thinkers
    But big heads with soft bodies
    Make for lousy lovers'
    There was that night that we thought John Berryman could fly.
    But he didn't
    So he died
    She said you're pretty good with words
    But words won't save your life
    And they didn't
    So he died

    He was drunk and exhausted but he was critically acclaimed and respected
    He loved the Golden Gophers but he hated all the drawn out winters
    He likes the warm feeling but he's tired of all the dehydration
    Most nights were kind of fuzzy
    But that last night he had total retention

    These Twin Cities kisses
    Sound like clicks and hisses
    We all tumbled down and
    Drowned in the Mississippi River

    We drink
    And we dry up
    And now we crumble into dust

    We get wet
    And we corrode
    And now we're covered up in rust

    We drink
    And we dry up
    And now we crumble into dust

    We get wet
    And we corrode
    And now we're covered up in rust

    She was a really cool kisser and she wasn't all that strict of a Christian
    She was a damn good dancer but she wasn't all that great of a girlfriend
    She likes the warm feeling but she's tired of all the dehydration
    Most nights are crystal clear
    But tonight it's like it's stuck between stations

    These Twin Cities kisses
    Sound like clicks and hisses
    We all come down and drown Writer/s: Craig Finn, Franz Nicolay, Tad Kubler
    Publisher: Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Songtrust Ave
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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