The New Pornographers – Breakin' the Law (Destroyer cover)

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I can never place the name with the face
I can never place the name with the face

Don't touch me
Don't touch me up to the tee by the numbers
It's not much but I'm going under
It's not much but I'm going under
It's not much but I'm going under

Liar, liar, everything's on fire
So I don't want to hear how you crossed the wires
Don't touch me, don't touch me up
Watch, I'll take it to the river
You'll come too, little Indian giver
You'll come too, little Indian giver
You'll come too, little Indian giver

So give us the keys now
We'll burn this hall of justice down
Around the ankles, or just to the ground
Hats off to the city fathers
They're no longer a hundred feet tall
They're no longer, no longer
And we're just here
Another hundred feet stronger

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    General Comment:This is the song that got me into the New Pornographers. Fucking fantastic, one of my all-time favorites.
    Flag pheineon April 09, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think a key in this song is the line "You'll come too, little Indian giver."
    Anyone ever notice that they don't do this song live very often? I got them to do it last time I saw them. Too bad I didn't know that it was dan's song, or else I would have tried to get him do it when I saw Destroyer a couple months later. That would have been cool! Lol.
    Flag edwarticaon January 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:ok, the end of this song where they all start screaming, or whatever the fuck it is they're doing, is GREAT!
    Flag fursoftasfuron January 13, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:brilliant song, originally a Destroyer song from his first album "We'll build them a golden bridge".

    this is pretty much a political\social issues song, being non-canadian i can't read too much into it, if it is indeed that kind of a song.
    Flag Witch headacheon February 13, 2005   Link

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