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A.C. Newman – The Palace at 4 A.M. (2009) | Track profile | Dork

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A.C. Newman
Get Guilty
The Palace at 4 A.M.

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The Palace at 4 A.M.

Release date: 20th January 2009

From Get Guilty

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About This Track

"The Palace at 4 A.M." is a track by A.C. Newman, from the album Get Guilty, released 20th January 2009. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

A.C. Newman

A.C. Newman

Lyrics

The Palace at 4 A.M.

In some Polynesian dive

Downwind from the badlands

But-but-but-but

The palace at 4 A.M

We kick through the diamond dust

Halfway between Vancouver and

The bingo game that made the man

Kicking around in promised land

Just one flick of the wrist

One flick of the wrist

And look, look, look

We're in the palace at 4 A.M

When a daydream threw the covers

Back, back, back, back

Back before you saw

The ribbon tied around your bomb

When you were kicking hearts around

It was a straight shot, a straight shot

But, lady, would you call it art?

A straight shot, a straight shot

But, lady, would you call it art?

Lady, would you call it art?

Now, no more pushing words around

No more pushing words around

But-but-but

In the palace at 4 A.M

You're asking for the book to be thrown down

It opens with a thud

With the dumb luck that was sublime

Kicking around in promised land

With a straight shot, a straight shot

But, lady, would you call it art?

A straight shot, a straight shot

But, lady, would you call it art?

Lady, would you call it art?

Now, no more pushing words around

No more pushing words around

No more pushing words around

No more pushing words around

(Straight shot) In the palace at 4 A.M

(Straight shot) In the palace at 4 A.M

(Straight shot) In the palace at 4 A.M

(Straight shot) In the palace at 4 A.M

(Straight shot) In the palace at 4 A.M

(Straight shot) In the palace at 4 A.M

(Straight shot) In the palace at 4 A.M

(Straight shot) In the palace at 4 A.M

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Track details

From Get Guilty

2009

Album

Release year

2009

—Elemental
—All Of My Days And All Of My Days Off
—Submarines of Stockholm
—The Palace at 4 A.M.
—There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve
—The Collected Works
—The Changeling (Get Guilty)
—Thunderbolts
—Young Atlantis
—Prophets

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A.C. Newman — Just Walking To The Dress Shop
A.C. Newman — Chantry's Ticket
A.C. Newman — Beach Bummer
A.C. Newman — Iim not talking
A.C. Newman — Thereis money in new wave
A.C. Newman — The ballad of wallace and chantry
A.C. Newman — At the movies, in the changing room
A.C. Newman — Packing with dalia
A.C. Newman — Be Not So Fearful
A.C. Newman — They Should Have Shut Down the Streets
A.C. Newman — The Troubadour
A.C. Newman — Wasted English
A.C. Newman — You Could Get Lost Out Here
A.C. Newman — I'm Not Talking
A.C. Newman — There's Money in New Wave
A.C. Newman — Do Your Own Time
A.C. Newman — Hostages
A.C. Newman — Encyclopedia of Classic Takedowns
A.C. Newman — Strings
A.C. Newman — Take On Me
A.C. Newman — Elemental (from Get Guilty)
A.C. Newman — All Of My Days And All Of My Days Off (from Get Guilty)
A.C. Newman — Submarines of Stockholm (from Get Guilty)
A.C. Newman — There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve (from Get Guilty)
A.C. Newman — The Collected Works (from Get Guilty)
A.C. Newman — The Changeling (Get Guilty) (from Get Guilty)
A.C. Newman — Thunderbolts (from Get Guilty)
A.C. Newman — Young Atlantis (from Get Guilty)
A.C. Newman — Prophets (from Get Guilty)
A.C. Newman — The Heartbreak Rides
A.C. Newman — Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer
A.C. Newman — Love Goes On
A.C. Newman — Come Crash
A.C. Newman — Drink To Be Me, Babe, Then
A.C. Newman — Secretarial
A.C. Newman — Homemade Bombs in the Afternoon
A.C. Newman — On the Table
A.C. Newman — Miracle Drug
A.C. Newman — The Battle for Straight Time
A.C. Newman — Most of Us Prizefighters
A.C. Newman — Better Than Most
A.C. Newman — 35 in the Shade
A.C. Newman — The Town Halo
A.C. Newman — The Cloud Prayer

Homemade Bombs in the Afternoon
I'm Not Talking
35 in the Shade
All Of My Days And All Of My Days OffGet Guilty
At the movies, in the changing room
Be Not So Fearful
Beach Bummer
Better Than Most
Chantry's Ticket
Come Crash

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