American Despair

from American Despair b/w The Coming by Run Down

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I'm oversexed & under pressure
been gettin' homesick from a letter
heard the couches callin' out my name
when I found out the West was just as lame
so gimme a drink that I can afford
I've seen enough of the sunlight & now I'm bored

& I don't wanna go home
'cause I ain't got no home
but I don't wanna stay there or go anywhere

It's best to keep your eyes in the back of your heads
'cause the wolves are all around and they will have us in their beds

Gimme The East, The West, The North
The Middle-West, The South, & more
gimme American despair
gimme gimme a reason I should care
I once knew a girl who called me "Baby"
she used to say my mind would drive her crazy
now I sleep in a cold room 2nd-handed
my life's a cell
my gut's been branded

I could have stopped the way I felt
I could have saved myself it's true
I could have saved your life as well
I could have stayed away from you
it's always the last place that you look
that you will find the life you lost
the life you'll risk at any cost

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from American Despair b/w The Coming, released July 30, 2012

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