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Stars & Rats
Hamilton Leithauser
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Well, that crooked voice came creaking out
Through the frosted glass of a cocktail lounge
Well, I love your voice, full of salt and oil
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Stars are burning behind the clouds
Rats are running the sidewalks down
Well, your pitch is loose, and your words are sour
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But they pick me up, and they get me going
From the windy streets to the dusty dawn
To the 79th Street bus going home tonight
I was told you had a choice
And your blood was burning again
So I stared past the new dawn
And I did what everyone did
Ice in your throat with the radio hissing
As you burn all the breath in your lungs
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Now the bells will ring and the sun will rise
And the room goes red in my haloed eyes
I'm farther away now, but your star is bright
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I was told you had a choice
And your blood was burning again
So I stared past the star-filled morning
And I did what everyone did
But you're stronger than that now
You won't need our hearts again
You can stare down the road you came
Goodnight, that's all that there is
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