The Hold Steady – Banging Camp (Guitar)

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Holly wore a string around her finger

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Oh she said it helps her to remember all the nights that we got over

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Besides, it ties her outfit all together

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Holly wore a string around her finger

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There are strings attached to every single lover

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But they still can't even tether us together

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Listen to the back of the theater, I think they really love one another

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              There are strings attached to every single lover

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        When they say great white sharks,

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    they mean the kind in big black cars

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    When they say killer whales,

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they mean they whaled on him, 'til they killed him up in penetration park

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Holly wore a cross to ward them off

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She said if they think you're a Christian, then, they won't bring in the dogs

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And if they think you're a Catholic, then, they'll want to meet your boss

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Holly wore a cross to ward them off

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Yeah, there's camps down by the banks of the river

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And it's sketchy in the night, but they mostly lay low in the light

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Hey sweet recovery, come on, won't you wade into the water with me?

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Uh, you know, there's camps down by the banks of the river

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      When they say black and tans, you know they mean the kind from the cans

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     We don't got time to mix it all together,    I'm a very busy man, man

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     She said, "I dig those awkward silences, 'cause I grew up in denial and went to school in Massachusetts

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And he said, "Hi, I like to party on the problem blocks, and I can't stand it when the banging stops"

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   I saw her at the party pit

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  Yes, she was shaky, but still trying to shake it

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Half naked, and three-quarters wasted, She was completely alone

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    And I saw him at the riverbank

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      He was breaking bread, and giving thanks with crosses made of pipes and planks

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Leaned up against the nitrous tanks

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   And he said, "Take a hit, old your breath, and I'll dunk your head

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Then when you wake up again

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Yeah, you'll be high as hell, and born again"

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Yeah, there's strings attached to every single lover

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Well, there's strings attached to every single lover