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The Relevant Ballads Lyrics — Destroyer | Dork

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Destroyer
The Relevant Ballads Lyrics

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The Relevant Ballads

From This Night2002

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The Relevant Ballads

The Relevant Ballads are calling you "truant" and then "untrue"... The Annotated Swan Song says - "You've been here too long with your ashes by the river... There is something you were supposed to give her real soon..."

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"The Relevant Ballads" is a song by Destroyer from the album This Night, released in 2002.

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Track 14 of 15Merge Records

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