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Down To The Wire Lyrics by Son Volt

American Central Dust

2009

Wake up to the Beale Street blues
Can't shake the news
All the way to the big dome
They're trying

The intrigues of the new royalty
And the believers
In the afterlife
Share the same gamblers pages

Cobblestone streets saw 3 sovereign flags
As they raised their glasses to conquest and nation
Still pawns playing out the legacy
Of long dead industry titans and haters of men

Feeling down to the wire
Feeling down to the wire

Plastic grocery bags fly from trees
Proud symbols of a cavalier progress
Memories and landscapes in triage
Disappearing averages, permanent changes

No jury will have a final say
Everyone knows the jury is guilty
Faced with no plan at all
Just to trick a smile out of the moment

Feeling down to the wire
Feeling down to the wire

Feeling down to the wire
Feeling down to the wire
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"Down To The Wire" is credited to Son Volt. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Down To The Wire" appears on "American Central Dust" in 2009.

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