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Well I watched you wear your face out,
Watched you tugging at your skin.
I Watched you bruise and blister your painted toes,
In heels that wouldn't fit.
Your evening friends are assholes,
They're just trying to wear you in.
You know I'd take you out for coffee if I could.

I know that you're tired,
Of blacking out when you go dancing.
I know you're tired of all those sloppy goodnight kisses,
And waking up to glossy disappointed glances.

Why don't you bind my hands and feet
With your furry bedroom cuffs?
Bare your teeth, slap me around, fuck me, fuck me up.
Your friends are the kind of friends
Who get off on calling you a slut.
You know I'd take you out for coffee if I could.

I know that your tired
Of keeping everybody laughing.
I know you're tired of wiping sweat off of your forehead,
And serving breakfast in bed to disappointed glances.

You know I'd stumble for miles through the false church woods.
I would stumble for miles through the false church woods.
I would stumble for miles through the false church woods.
If I thought it'd do you any good.

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from Patient Barney Penrose, released March 3, 2013

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Patient Barney Penrose Richmond, Virginia

"As a lyricist, Patient Barney Penrose shares a vividness with Matt Berninger of The National, expressing himself with melancholic, literate concision. These are lyrics that read well without a melody. An extension of an obvious literary talent, they embellish his dulcet arrangements."

Julian Belvedere, HY.GEN.IC London ... more

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