The Hold Steady – Girls Like Status (Guitar)

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He was drawn up in the dark in Penetration Park

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He says he's got your medication

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She was sitting on the edges of his vision trying to start a revolution

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But he's done with all the parties, he's covered in contusions

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Your laugh leaves laugh lines, your love leaves bright bruises

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She said she was cruising but she came back all proud and out of focus with a cool car crankin' Krokus

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Guys go for looks, girls go for status

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There are so many nights where this is just how it happens

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Guys go for looks, girls go for status

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He was dreadlocked in the dorms in the Colorado corn

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He says he's got your vegetation

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She was sitting on the edge of the bed smoking trying to reach emancipation

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And he's done with DVDs, he's fully entertained

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He's bleaching out the blood stains, he's got diamonds in the drain

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She said that she was coming but she mostly just made hard fast noises

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It kind of sounded like The Locust

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Guys go for looks, girls go for status

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There are so many nights where this is just how it happens

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Guys go for looks, girls go for status

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It was song number three on John's last CD

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"I'm going to make it through this year if it kills me"

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And it almost killed me

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And song number four on that first D4, you want the scars but you don't want the war

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These kids are clever to the core

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Guys go for looks, girls go for status

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Guys go for looks, girls go for status

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Guys go for looks, girls go for status