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Downpour

from Dead Animals by Brooks Strause

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It was a dark and stormy night when I fell into your raincoat. I wanted a nurse and you needed a scapegoat. We walked for miles, till our legs and lungs were sore and neither of us felt like moving anymore. Cause and affection were the thorns in our paws. They ran us out of Romance and we were outlaws. Six years, six years, six years, never seen a downpour like that one. Our voices raised, we both broke into song, I shot her down when we were off the run. We were tangled up in black sheets that no passion could cut through, our cursed birthplace somewhere we never could get to. We searched for hours, till our eyes and minds were sore and neither of us felt like looking anymore. Cause and affection were the thorns in our paws. They ran us out of Patience and we were outlaws. Set loose upon the world with no tether there to hold us, we never were much for ever doing what they told us. We laid out the guilt, till our fucking fingers hurt. I got sick of blaming and I laid down in the dirt. Cause and affection were the thorns in our paws. They ran us out of Reverence and we were outlaws. They ran us out of Patience and we were outlaws. They ran us out of Romance and we were outlaws.

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from Dead Animals, released July 18, 2009
Brooks - acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals
Bradford Highnam - bass
Ben Driscoll - piano
Nicholas Beard - drums

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