Money to Burn

MGMT

changing lanes on a saturday
break a record did you hear about the fire
its such a tragedy lifes lost mothers crying
no time to react its getting down to the wire
but when the wheels stop turning your in trouble
head for the rubble and close your eyes

standing on the interstate
i can see you coming from a mile away
but if youve got some money to burn
you can do the talking and ill wait my turn
people say its suicide
but nothing from nothing is a real life, yeah
people say its suicide

watching it rain on a saturday,saturday
break a brick did you hear about he shooting
its a tragedy lifes lost falling hero
so close to the end of a successfull trip
but when the world stops turning your in trouble
head for the rubble and close your eyes

standing on the intersate
i can see you coming from a mile away
but if youve got some money to burn
you can do talking and ill wait my turn
people say its suicide
but nothing from nothing is a real life, yeah
people say its suicide

standing on the intersate
i can see you coming from a mile away
but if youve got some money to burn
you can do talking and ill wait my turn
people say its suicide
but nothing from nothing is a real life, yeah
people say its suicide

whooaaa


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    money to burn... all i can think just burn some cigs or weeds share the joints while talking about bad stuffs that happened recently i kinda imagine, while MGMT already graduated but haven't join Columbia they spent their times smoke pots and nothing pretty much to do just spend time smoking weeds, talking about depressing stuffs that happend recently

    goldgardenon July 16, 2010   Link

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