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Dress and Smoking Jacket

by Girl Detective

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Dress and Smoking Jacket 06:01
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Will they catch her in a lie? She goes by Nancy, sometimes George Even pseudonyms get old They get old So old She wants to go public Put the letters together They might just catch her in her lie She’s running from streetlights ---------- A life she's concocted A pen name in faded pencil She’s really a light ray ---------- A magnifying glass Starts a fire in the grass The sound of her footsteps In a dress and smoking jacket It’s nighttime in Prague Or maybe somewhere in France ---------- Running from streetlights Hiding in coats and big black boots Will they catch her in a lie? ---------- Are there records of her life? Closet files or trash can notes All this running can get old It gets old So old You’d better go public Put the letters together They might just catch you in the sky You’re hiding from spotlights ---------- They’ll look under the glass And cars will stop that pass A magnifying glass Starts a fire in the grass ---------- A magnifying glass Starts a fire in the grass The sound of her footsteps In a dress and smoking jacket It’s nighttime in Prague Or maybe somewhere in France ---------- Running from streetlights Hiding in coats and big black boots Will they catch her in a lie? She goes by Nancy, sometimes George Even pseudonyms get old They get old Hey Nancy, hey George Is your name Nancy or George? ---------- Even pseudonyms get old
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Entrance 04:48
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Press tighter on the notch Lift up behind the glass That enters and exits At times it’s slow And others fast ------------ Hours pass and we fade We’re floating on backs Sometimes we’re flayed Laid open and bare And I am everywhere ------------ Every time we touch The hours fade And we pass We’re floating on our backs On our backs ------------ Everything old Everything new Everything I once knew ------------ With every touch I see colors once faded And stories once buried Surface again Deep royal tones Flashes on the bone Travels not scripted Expanding into tomes ------------ Everything old Everything new Everything old Everything new Everything I once knew ------------ This changes everything You are the key to me I answer to no one They’ll answer to me To me ------------ With eyes closed And no longer clothed Pierce again the notch And warm the entrance To my existence ------------ We pass Continue on Cheated Somehow still alone You see me Going far away from you Dazed from weary sojourns Pushing you slow ------------ Everything old Everything new Everything I once knew It’s happening again It’s happening again Again
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Life's A Movie 05:35
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It's so odd Today seems like yesterday I look at myself As a broken record Life Seems to repeat itself Even though I know this I make the same mistakes ------------ Life is a movie And I'm always playing out of character My life is a movie Something I don't want to play anymore ------------ Yesterday, today Everything's the same My thoughts get lost within themselves ----------- My life is a movie it seems And I'm always playing out of character My life is a movie it seems Something I don't want to play anymore ----------- Does the future happen Will there be any change When will the mirror show me a different face

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released July 6, 2012

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Girl Detective Chicago, Illinois

Started in May 2010, Girl Detective is a Chicago duo creating original alternative and experimental music with a lush and cerebral postmodern / altrock sound. Influences include The Cure, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Psychedelic Furs and Cocteau Twins. ... more

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