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(I'll Name You) The Flame That Cries

Credits:

Author/Publisher
Publisher	Needmore Songs
Songwriter	Robert Pollard

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(I'll Name You) The Flame That Cries [Shorter Version]

Lyrics:

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Cherub blown apart
baby's in the bed
sit around and mope
better not
can't be long from me

Here they linger
probably in danger
read it on a flyer
glisten on the burner
king shows anger, "reign, man!"
he will deal with it later, send them away
send them away then
not gonna spank you
and we thank you from all of our hearts
send them away then
they're developing rashes
down on the ashes
and after the body-parts
visiting down there
trying to cling there
it don't mean a thing there

Warlock bought her,
animal's little daughter
smiling in spite that she's a spy
while she's singing, an insect stinging
glowing, winging by
if this one will call you like a tide
it can only breed alone
so alone it flys
to enslave you by the night
you can only weep alone
I'll name you the flame that cries

Yeah we did it
we brought you in this ready
takes a quick one to find the light
high speed child in motion
and you can't come along for the ride
yeah we made it with a pitchfork and machete
wow, that's amazing, can I try?
no dangerous weather is approaching
and we wouldn't want you to slide

Visiting down there
trying to cling there
it don't mean a thing there

Source: GBV.com

Appears On:

Artist	Title	Year	Format	Label	Catalog #
Guided By Voices	Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere	2003	5 CD + DVD Box Set	Matador	OLE 550
Guided By Voices	I Am A Tree	1997	CD Single	Matador	OLE 264-2
Guided By Voices	I Am A Tree	1997	7" Single	Matador	OLE 264-7
Guided By Voices	Mag Earwhig! Outtakes & B-Sides	1997	Album Outtakes
Various Artists	GBV.com Multi Media		Digital