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Carried to Dust
Contention City

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Contention City

Release date: 9th September 2008

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About This Track

"Contention City" is a track by Calexico, from the album Carried to Dust , released 9th September 2008. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Calexico

Calexico

Lyrics

Contention City

Contention City

Through miles of waste to cross upstream

Risking all dreams for what the surface brings

Free like the flow that pours from your hand

Claiming its own, New River

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Track details

From Carried to Dust

2008

Album

Carried to Dust

Release year

2008

—Writer's Minor Holiday
—Inspiracion
—Contention City
—Falling From Sleeves
—El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited)
—Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)
—Bend to the Road
—Man Made Lake
—House Of Valparaiso
—Sarabande In Pencil Form
—Red Blooms
—Slowness
—The News About William
—Victor Jara's Hands

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Credits

Credited: Craig Schumacher, Joey Burns, John Burns, John Convertino