Beck

Dead Melodies

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where will you go
when this day is over
a gambler's purse
lays in the road
straight to your door
snakes have gone crazy tonight
winding their way out of sight

laugh, joke
the sentiment wasted
seasons and strangers,
they come and go
the doldrums are pounding
cheapskates are clouding this town
who could disown themselves now

engineer
slow down that old
train
send us in chaff
laugh at the moon
nightbirds will cackle
rotting like apples on trees
send in their dead melodies
to me.

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ice On May 28, 2001

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2001-05-28 12:03:04

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by ndo

20y ago

Nothing is permanent, so all songs and all of us are dead already, in the long term?

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by suclid003

20y ago

Good observation. I agree. Maybe also the absurdity of how boring life can be and thus how "dead" we can already be even though we're physically alive.

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by prmacaluso

19y ago

the lyrics are wrong fyi:

Where will you go when this day is over? A gambler's purse lays on the road. Straight to your door, snakes have gone crazy tonight, winding their way out of sight. A laugh, a joke, a sentiment wasted, seasons of strangers - they come and go. Doldrums are pounding. Cheapskates are clouding this town. Who could disown themselves now? Engineer - slow down this old train. Cinders and chaff laugh at the moon. Nightbirds will cackle, rotting like apples on trees, sending their dead melodies to me.