Emergency Exit

By Beck

On Guero

Released on March 29, 2005

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[Verse 1]

14 miles away from a landfill grave

Never pawned my watch and chain

To the landlord living inside my head

Never paid my rent till the lights went dead

Then I saw my sign coming up the road

A dead ditch waiting for to bury my load

On the avenues in the plain of day

I threw a Roosevelt dime in a bucket of rain


[Hook]

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh oh


[Verse 2]

Now hold your hand onto the plow

Work the dirt 'til the sun goes down

What's left of death is more than fear

Let dust be dust and the good Lord near

It's a little too much to ask of faith

A little too late to wait for fate

So tell the angels what you seen

Scarecrow shadow on a Nazarene


[Hook]

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh oh


[Outro]

Kindness will find you

When darkness has fallen 'round your bed

Kindness will follow

Children will wander 'til the end, hey, oh-oh, hey


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