Name: Magic Sand
Duration: P00H02M55S
Description: Written in the Netherlands, 1995; recorded circa 2001/2002

Magic Sand

from Better Roads EP by Alex(x) Reed

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Written in the Netherlands, 1995; recorded circa 2001/2002

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Let my ears purge their water like the rock that I squeeze
Let my strength move a mountain
Let me unbend my knees
Let me off at the next convenient place if it's okay
It's so dark and I think I'd like to walk today

But I don't know what I can do
If you don't want to be with you
I don't know what I can say
I think I'd like to walk today

Tell me all about your exploits that know no bounds
Let me take another blow
Let me go twenty rounds
And dearest Janie, I don't wanna fight, and I don't wanna play
I'm gonna walk until I bleed, and I'm gonna start today

So tell me what's gone wrong with you
"Nothing at all," I answer the truth
Conversations with myself
Magic sand and wisdom tooth

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from Better Roads EP, released April 23, 2004

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