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Arc Of Bar
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Japandroids
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Hustlers, whores, in rooms galore A sinking city’s stink An arc of bar, a flesh bazaar Of diamonds, dust, and drink The jukebox jamming, the lions lambing The jokers doing the dealing And queens are over jacks Remember that or catch a beating Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah The night had come into her own And I made the arc of bar my home Beneath my clothes, just a bag of bones Under my skin, just skeletons I was rolling like a pair of dice With one for laws and one for lies But all this, I tried to hide Behind a glaze of sweat and fire Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah To some, a mistress To some, a muse Something soft for something blue She sussed my needs out of my dreams And baptized me in flesh that seethes And then she lay me like a baby On a bed of Spanish moss And for her love, I would help the devil To steal Christ right off the cross Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah I lay blame on the arc of bar And the hundred proof in me But the arc, it blames the air Hundred percent humidity Well at least those damned mosquitoes That fall flounder to the flood Get a thimble full of whiskey with their paltry pint of blood My blood Yeah (The sun is sound asleep, baby) Yeah (So set your spirit free, baby) Yeah (Your secrets are safe with me, baby) Yeah (So stay all night) This port of call It ain’t no port at all But cap my cup, and anchors up The jokers, they tease another hand But they’re out of luck ‘cause I’m out of town And the sun, it's like an omen Goading me toward the gospel But I got no plans at all Except a drink as soon as possible Yeah (The sun is sound asleep, baby) Yeah (So set your spirit free, baby) Yeah (Your secrets are safe with me, baby) Yeah (So stay all night) Some men offer confession For their souls and grace of god For others women, women are for mercy And mosquitoes their applause Yeah, some men offer confession For their souls and grace of god For others women, women are for mercy And mosquitoes their applause Yeah (The sun is sound asleep, baby) Yeah (So set your spirit free, baby) Yeah (Your secrets are safe with me, baby) Yeah (So stay all night) Yeah (The sun is sound asleep, baby) Yeah (So set your spirit free, baby) Yeah (Your secrets are safe with me, baby) Yeah (So stay all night)
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