Automatic

from Recordings from Locust Street by LadyBug

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all the ways i've destroyed myself
wipe a layer of dust off a shelf
it's what's gotten me this far
going along for a ride in your car
all the ways of making repairs
using the spare parts i've found
keep me rolling along
under a bourbon cloud

not commonly mistaken
as somebody someone else knows
just commonly broken down
at the side of a nameless road
and commonly taken
as somebody someone else will see
you remind me of why
i keep wearing these clothes with the holes
i got sneakers with holes in them too
i guess i'm afraid of a life that's dressed up like you
in a car with everything automatic and talking to you
where everyone is automatically dressed up like you
and everything is automatic and polished and plastic
everyone is automatic what we feel think and do is automatic

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from Recordings from Locust Street, released January 1, 2010

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