Machu Picchu

Album: Angles (2011)
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  • I'm putting your patience to the test
    I'm putting your body on the line for less
    Didn't you know there was a choice?
    It's never yours but someone else's voice

    Sellin' your body to the street
    Sending your girlfriends to the night for cheap
    Wearing a jacket made of meat
    Sealing a letter made with horse's feet
    And now you've heard that

    Waves turn to grey
    Life in the shade
    A violent crime
    And that's the USA
    Platinum's on the rise
    Sleeping in the sky
    I'm just tryin' to find
    A mountain I can climb

    I'm putting your patience to the test
    I'm putting your body on the line, for less
    Didn't you know there was a choice?
    And it's never yours and someone else's voice
    And now you've seen that

    Blondes turn to grey
    Life in the shade
    A violent crime
    And that's the USA
    Porn's on the rise
    Psychos in disguise
    I'm just tryin' to find
    A mountain I can climb

    Darling, ain't nobody gonna tell us
    They're gonna be oh-so jealous
    We're gonna be oh-so silent
    They're gonna be stoned in silence
    I didn't want to ask you, baby
    I didn't want to have to ask anybody, baby
    Is anyone asking maybe?
    Can anyone even hear me?

    Alright
    Why are you waiting beyond the door?

    Life turns to dust
    And rain turns to rust
    Gossip is a truth
    And money pays for the lies we trust
    Your love is a surprise
    Homeless saints are in disguise
    I'm just tryin' to find
    A nice place for you and I Writer/s: Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, TuneCore Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Zach from I Live On An Island, WaSomething to do with prostitution?
    "Selling your body to the street.
    I'm selling your girlfriends to the night, for cheap"
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