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Despair and Traffic Lyrics — SOFT PLAY | Dork

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SOFT PLAY
Despair and Traffic Lyrics

Lyrics

Despair and Traffic

From Are You Satisfied?2014

Written by Isaac Holman, Laurie Vincent

Produced by Jolyon Thomas

Lyrics

Despair and Traffic

Signals flying/ through the air Who discovered/ they were there? Darling don't be/ so dramatic It's not all/ despair and traffic Paralysed in/ paradise Dining with the/ parasites Interspecies/ intercourse Old land/ new laws This is life This is life This is life Another day/ another train Pain killers/ kill the pain Bend down/ pick it up Cut it out/ stick it up Who am I to/ say a thing Look at us/ developing Modern day/ machinery Gaining/ productivity This is life This is life This is life This is life This is life This is life This is life this is life darling don't you realise This is life this is life you have got to realise This is life this is life this is life.

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About this track

"Despair and Traffic" is a song by SOFT PLAY from the album Are You Satisfied?, released in 2014. The song was written by Isaac Holman, Laurie Vincent. It was produced by Jolyon Thomas.

SOFT PLAY profile →Are You Satisfied? album →Track profile →

Track 4 of 26

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Jolyon Thomas— 161 credits as songwriter & producer →
Isaac Holman— 92 credits as songwriter & producer →
Laurie Vincent— 88 credits as songwriter & producer →

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