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Ballad Of The Irish Channel

from On The Eastside EP by Rats Rest

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lyrics

There's a shiver in the air
and a sliver in the sky
sometimes a weakness
crawls up my spine
there's a ribbon of road
that bears a heavy load
upon this which I will not fold

You know that hammer
the one above our skulls
you know that hammer really knows
death is an adviser
an arms' length away
the percussive tick tock stops

I been working like a dog
moon's been working like a dog
we been working like doggy dogs
there's no screen door to slam, it fell off
hanger boards and shifting rock foundations
moon licks her wounds
by leaving water and whiskey
pastels turn in cloudy nights
color of the smoke
bellowing out of the barges

You know that hammer
the one above our skulls
you know that hammer really knows
death is an adviser
an arms' length away
the percussive tick tock stops

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from On The Eastside EP, released June 1, 2016
Original song written by UKE OF PHILLIPS

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