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I've been looking for a fight
All the trouble that I know
Trying to loose the world inside
But it's got no place to go

Oh, I'm only dangerous at the whim of my command
I've been searching for an angle
For a cause I can defend

Oh take me home
Let me go all day
Just be here til I know
Til I know that the riot's gone, the riot's gone away

I've been haunted all my life
On the brink of something close
People know that I write
Know I'm grappling with a ghost

Oh I'm only dangerous, and I'm deafened by the fright
Waiting for the day I'm able
And I said it all this way

Oh take me home
Let me go all day
Just be here til I know
Til I know that the riot's gone, the riot's gone away
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Cover art for The Riots Gone lyrics by Santigold

I've been looking for a fight All the trouble that I know Trying to loose the world inside But it's got no place to go Oh, I'm armed and dangerous At the whim of my command Been searching for an angle For a cause I can’t defend

Oh take me on Let me go all day Just beat it till I know 'Til I, I know that The riot's gone, The riot's gone away

I've been haunted all my life On the brink of something close People know that I ain't right Know I'm grappling with a ghost Oh I'm armed and dangerous, And I'm deafened by the fray Waiting for the day I'm able And I set it on it's way

Oh take me on Let me go all day Just beat it 'til I know 'Til I know that The riot's gone, The riot's gone away

Turn it on, turn it on Now blow for blow I want to make up now For all the things I swallow That I can't control Get it out, get it out Where does it go So, one day we wake up Someone we Wish to God We could say we Don't know

Oh take me on Let me go all day Just beat it till I know 'Till I know that The riot's gone The riot's gone away

Hey, I heard it for a moment, now hey, I hear it coming in, be quiet, hey, I heard it for a moment now, The riot's gone, the riots gone

Per the lyrics included in the CD "Master Of My Make Believe" which is worth the cost for this song alone

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Cover art for The Riots Gone lyrics by Santigold

I think it's

" and I'm deafened by the fray"

And

"Oh I'm only dangerous" sounds like "I'm armed and dangerous". But I could be wrong.

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Cover art for The Riots Gone lyrics by Santigold

I've been looking for a fight All the trouble that I know Trying to loose the world inside But it's got no place to go

Oh, I'm armed and dangerous [sounds a lot like "only" but "armed 'n' dangerous" makes much more sense] At the whim of my command I've been searching for an angle For a cause I can defend

Oh take me home Let me go all day Just be here 'til I know 'Til I know that the riot's gone, the riot's gone away

I've been haunted all my life On the brink of something close People know that I ain't right Know I'm grappling with a ghost

Oh, I'm armed and dangerous And I'm deafened by the fray [definitely "fray"] Waiting for the day I'm able And I set it on its way

Oh take me home Let me go all day Just be here 'til I know 'Til I know that the riot's gone, the riot's gone away

[This whole end of the song isn't in the current lyrics, for some reason?]

Turn it up, turn it up, gonna get fucked up I wanna make up, now For all the things I saw that I can't control Cut it out, cut it out, when it doesn't go So, one day we wake up So when we wish to go, we can zip and go now [or maybe "zip up and go"]

Oh take me home Let me go all day Just be here 'til I know 'Til I know that the riot's gone, the riot's gone away

Hey, I heard it for a moment now Hey, I hear you comin', at me quiet [though it really sounds like "and be quiet"] Hey, I heard it for a moment now The riot's gone, the riot's gone

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First! Favorite off the new album

 
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