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The Strokes – Machu Picchu Lyrics 14 years ago
I borrowed some parts from CrochetTheLeper - there were a lot of good ones in their version of the lyrics!

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The Strokes – Machu Picchu Lyrics 14 years ago
I've been listening to this song over and over and this is what I got for lyrics...

I'm putting your patience to the test
I'm putting your body on the line, for less
And didn't you know there was a choice?
It's never yours, but someone else's voice

Selling your body to the street
Sending your girlfriends to the night, for cheap
Wearing a jacket made of meat
Sealing a letter made with horses feet

And now you've heard that
Words turn to gray
Life in the shade
A violent cry
And that's on USA
Platinum's on the rise
Payphones in the sky
I'm just trying' to find
A mountain I can climb

I'm putting your patience to the test
I'm putting your body on the line, for less
And didn't you know there was a choice?
And it's never yours, in someone else's voice
And now you've seen that

Waltz on the grave
Life in the shade
A violent cry
And that's on USA
Born on the right
Circles in disguise

I'm just tryin' to find
A mountain I can climb

Tell us
Can anybody tell us
They're gonna be oh so jealous
They're gonna be oh so silent
They're gonna be sworn in silence

I didn't wanna ask you, baby
I didn't wanna love you
And everybody saw me
And even if they knew me,
Can anyone even hear us?

Can anybody tell us
They're gonna be oh so jealous
They're gonna be oh so silent
They're gonna be sworn in silence

Can anybody tell us
They're gonna be oh so jealous
They're gonna be-

Aww, right...

Why are you waitin'
At my door?

Life turns to dust
And rain turns to rust
The gossip is the truth
The money paid for the lives we took

And why do you look surprised
Only since I'm in the skies
I'm just tryin' to find
Enough space for you and I

Hopefully that helps fill in a few gaps!

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