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Calexico – Firestorm of Impossible Odds (2011) | Track profile | Dork

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Calexico
The Guard (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Firestorm of Impossible Odds

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Firestorm of Impossible Odds

Release date: 24th July 2011

From The Guard (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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About This Track

"Firestorm of Impossible Odds" is a track by Calexico, from the album The Guard (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), released 24th July 2011. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Calexico

Calexico

Lyrics

Firestorm of Impossible Odds

[EVERETT]

Anybody you'd like me to call?

[BOYLE]

I've got nobody. Just pin a medal to me body like those lads comin' home from Iraq

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Track details

From The Guard (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2011

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Album

The Guard (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Release year

2011

—All in a Day's Work
—Boyle Gets Dressed
—Bourbon in the Jar
—Black Car, Black Night
—Boyle and McBride Discuss Motives
—Boyle Swims Ashore
—Boyle Ready for Action
—Beautiful Fucking Day
—Boot Full of Guns
—McBride's Car Abandoned
—Down to Two
—Eugene Wheels Past
—Firestorm of Impossible Odds
—From Beyond
—Good to Go
—I Like Sharks
—Everett's Goodbye
—Hanley's Bar
—Leaving Gabriela
—Into the West
—Meeting by the Sea
—Malice Aforethought
—Tap at Cornell's Window

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