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Down in the bottom

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In case you're wonderin' it's alive and well
That little habit that you left with me
Here in the suburbs where it's hard to tell
I got the bear or the bear got me
How did you know that it would take me down
Down to the bottom of the wine dark sea
Where you were waiting there to bring me 'round
Where you knew all the deepest cuts to be

Drowned at the bottom of your mystery
Down at the bottom of the wine dark sea

Saw your old lady in the park today

Her legendary smile is wearing thin
Behind that guessing game you make her play
Now that she knows that she could never win
I guess you're never gonna take her down
Down to the bottom of your little black heart
Lay with her naked on the cold dark ground
To watch the sunrise in the dopest part

Down in the bottom where your lifeline shows
Down in the bottom where nobody goes

Did you lose your way find another
Did you make your play or just run for cover 
Is it safe to say you got burned today

I like the feathers and I love the hat
I like that little gypsy tune you're humming
I guess I'm happy now we had this chat
Oh yeah I'm really glad I saw you comin'
There in the corner of the eastern sky
The tortured angel of your rising sign
Darkens the evening with his one good eye
An evil omen of the dopest kind

Down in the bottom where your demons fly
Down in the bottom of the eastern sky
Down in the bottom where your lifeline shows
Down in the bottom where nobody goes

Drowned at the bottom of your mystery
Down in the bottom of the wine dark sea

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The dopest cut:

In case you're wondering it's alive and well
That little habit that you left with me 
Here in the suburbs where it's hard to tell
If I got the bear or if the bear got me 
How did you know that it would take me down
Down to the bottom of the wine dark sea 
Where you were waiting there to bring me 'round 
Where you knew all the dopest cuts to be 

Drowned at the bottom of your mystery 
Down in the bottom of the wine dark sea  

Saw your old lady in the park today 

The legendary smile is wearing thin 
Behind that guessing game you make her play 
Now that she knows that she could never win 
I guess you're never gonna take her down
Down to the bottom of your little black heart 
Lay with her naked on the cold hard ground 
To watch the sunrise in the dopest part  

Down in the bottom where your lifeline shows 
Down in the bottom where nobody goes  

I like the feathers and I love the hat 
I like that little gypsy tune you're humming 
I guess I'm happy now we've had this chat 
Oh yeah I'm really glad I saw you coming 
There in the corner of the eastern sky 
The tortured angel of your rising sign 
Darkens the evening with his one good eye 
An evil omen of the dopest kind  

Down in the bottom where your demons fly 
Down in the bottom of the eastern sky 
Down in the bottom where your lifeline shows 
Down in the bottom where nobody goes
Drowned at the bottom of your mystery 
Down in the bottom of the wine dark sea
	
	

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