The Hold Steady – Riptown (Guitar)

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This kid's a computer that's been programmed to dream,

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he stumbled to start but regained his speed.

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He said: my superpower is I say what I mean

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and he's always in the red, white and blue.

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The lens cap was lost, so they stretched out the shoot,

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the second location, it stuck to her shoes.

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She said: do me a favor, let me order for you,

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you should really try something different.

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  Really funny running into you,

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I love these tiny little collisions.

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The kids on the corner aren't here for their health,

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they're just trying to uphold the traditions.

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Another Sunday night, locked   in the bathroom,

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obsessing over minor abrasions,

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some local legend let her pick up the check,

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then he hit her with his whole presentation.

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  Be careful of the second lo - [Interlude] cation.

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The director's distracted, he's losing his light,

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the actors are wrapped up in robes for the night.

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Her sister went sideways, her mother was right,

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these things tend to run in the family.

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  Really funny running into you,

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I love these tiny little collisions.

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She knows that her mother ain't right here to judge her

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but she tries not to date other actors.

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A million tiny bugs at the breakdown

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and a second time that felt like the first.

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The doctors kept saying: trust the medication

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but when it hit she thought it might be a curse.

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A couple quick visits to Riptown,

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another kid with his thumb in his belt loop.

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He was pinned back in the booth but he tried to tell the truth,

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he said: I'd rather go with somebody new.

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Monday night, locked in a hotel bathroom

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with your psyche dressed up for display.

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And she's stranded at the moment with some hot glitchy robot,

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he's giving her the whole play by play.

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Another sick smile from the spotlight,

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another sketchy crucifixion tattoo.

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I know it probably covers some hardline thunder,

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all dressed up in the red, white and blue.

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  You got to want to be rescued.