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ELLIOTT SMITH lyrics : "Memory Lane"

This is the place you end up when you lose the chase
Where you're dragged against your will from a ba!@&(t on the hill
And all anybody knows is you're not like them

And they kick you in the head and send you back to bed
Isolation pulled you past a tunnel
To a bright world where you can make a place to stay

But everybody's scared of this place, they're staying away
Your little house on Memory Lane
The mayor's name is fear

His force patrols the pier
From a mountain of cliche
That advances every day

The doctor spoke a cloud
He rained out loud
You'll keep your doors and windows shut

And swear you'll never show a soul again
But isolation pushes you 'til every muscle aches
Down the only road it ever takes

But everybody's scared of this place, they're staying away
Your little house on Memory Lane
If it's your decision to be open about yourself

Be careful or else
Be careful or else
I'm comfortable apart

It's all written on my chart
And I take what's given me
Most cooperatively

I do what people say and lie in bed all day
Absolutely horrified
I hope you're satisfied

Isolation pushes past self-hatred, guilt, and shame
To a place where suffering is just a game
But everybody's scared of this place, they're staying away

Your little house on Memory Lane
Your little house on Memory Lane

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