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Blue Eyes

Destroyer
Track 2 on Kaputt 
Jan. 25, 20111 viewer13K views

Blue Eyes Lyrics

[Intro]
You terrify the land
You are pestle and mortar

Your first love’s new order, mother Nature’s son
King Of The Everglades: Population 1
I write poetry for myself
I write poetry for myself

(Oh, baby)

[Verse 1]
You’re a permanent figure of jacked-up sorrow
I want you to love me
You send me a coffin of roses

I guess that’s the way that things go these days

[Verse 2]
Take pills, for instance
I heard they’re no good for you
“I won’t and I never will,” she said
“I won’t and I never will
I won’t and I never will
I won’t and I never will
I won’t and I never will”

[Chorus]
Blue Eyes

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January 25, 2011
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