Babes in Toyland

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I know I know shut up Killer clean been a race car on a skyway down I've been shown the wrong ways i now own i now own all these wrong ways I've been shown
I know shut up. All the rapists keep asking me for cigarettes I just grab hold of a solid piece of pavement and pray I have 2 legs Lee Ann she has one,
I know. My own notions go a choking my throat all bad thought still afloat
Around in a fury luring me into one big abyss of hit & miss I empty all of this.
Johnnys walk around my ninety pound brain cloud of how.

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smuser35620 On Jun 29, 2002

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2002-06-29 03:23:43

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by bee63388

21y ago

This is my favorite Babes in Toyland song. Everything about it is amazing, especially Lori's drumming in the beginning.

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by grunge girl

20y ago

This song is awesome .

All the rapist keep asking me for cigarettes....

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by paul109071

4y ago

Impossible not to jack up the volume when listening to this song. Bloody brilliant!

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