Railroad Boy

by The Magnetic Fields

From the album: Distant Plastic Trees

Track 1 of 11 on Distant Plastic Trees (1991).

Duration: 3:00

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Lyrics for Railroad Boy

I will not sing your ugly song I won't put on your ugly play I cannot join your ugly priesthood And if I die I won't come home Railroad boy of mine... I bought you crows and candelabra And I went moth-eating with you I held you down when you had seizures And read to you at bedtime Railroad boy of mine... We went to see a beaver dam We went to see a coral reef But life is more than going to see things And that's too bad Railroad boy of mine Railroad boy of mine...

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  3. You Love To Fail
  4. Kings
  5. Babies Falling
  6. Living In An Abandoned Firehouse With You
  7. Tar-Heel Boy
  8. Falling In Love With The Wolfboy
  9. Josephine
  10. 100,000 Fireflies
  11. Plant White Roses