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Big Thief
Animals Lyrics

Lyrics

Animals

From Masterpiece2016

Written by Adrianne Lenker

Produced by Andrew Sarlo, James Krivchenia

Lyrics

Animals

The animals are wonderful Such a vision in the sun, how they rail I catch my breath and count my dough And I only live to run And I'll need to go You and I were born and I'll make you make your mind up Hold me She always knew, she'll always know That I love to run so well But I need to go You and I were born and I'll make you make your mind up Hold me You and I were born with the same design Nothing in the world that will make you make your mind up If I had a choice I'll wait to find Nothing in your eyes will tell me where you'll lie Hold me

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About this track

"Animals" is a song by Big Thief from the album Masterpiece, released in 2016. The song was written by Adrianne Lenker. It was produced by Andrew Sarlo, James Krivchenia.

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Track 10 of 134AD

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Jason Burger— 14 credits as drums →
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Adrianne Lenker— 505 credits as songwriter & producer →
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Sarah Register— 218 credits as mastering engineer →
Andrew Sarlo— 550 credits as songwriter & producer →

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