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And I don't wanna go to war And I don't wanna have to fight 'Cuz I don't wanna be right I don't wanna be right So swerve a little in the road The curve will take your cruise control Or you could hit the ghost pine I can see the headline

"Poor Tree, Man Died" Or maybe we move slow Or we don't even go? Or maybe we should fight Somewhere in a field at night Straw man coming for the scarecrow Straw man coming for the scarecrow "No Brains in the Meadow"

I was amenable But this is petro-chemical So now I need relief You're so ethereal It's so immaterial It beggars some belief (yeah) "No Change, Yes Grief" Reading aloud your chapter and verse

It's got me so beat down That I might order a hearse I got no room and I feel all alone Still it feels like you could eat me out of house and home In my headline

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"Headlines" is a song by Islands from the album And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs, released in 2023.

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