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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything Lyrics — MGMT | Dork

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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything Lyrics

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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

From Late Night Tales: Mgmt2011

Written by Daniel Ash, David J, Kevin Haskins, Peter Murphy

Produced by Dave Fridmann

Lyrics

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

All we ever wanted was everything All we ever got was cold Get up, eat jelly Sandwich bars and barbed wire Squash every week into a day The sound of drums is calling The sound of the drum has called Flash of youth shoot out of the darkness Factory-town Oh, to be the cream Oh, to be the cream Oh, to be the cream Woah-oh-oh-oh, to be the cream Oh, to be the cream Oh, to be the cream Oh, to be the cream Oh, to be the cream

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About this track

"All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" is a song by MGMT from the album Late Night Tales: Mgmt, released in 2011. The song was written by Daniel Ash, David J, Kevin Haskins, Peter Murphy. It was produced by Dave Fridmann.

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