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Dirty Projectors
Morning Better Last!
How Does My Mind Work?

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Dirty Projectors

How Does My Mind Work?

Release date: 1st September 2003

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"How Does My Mind Work?" is a track by Dirty Projectors, from the album Morning Better Last!, released 1st September 2003.

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From Morning Better Last!

2003

Album

Morning Better Last!

Dirty Projectors

Release year

2003

—After Santa Monica Boulevard
—Brother Had a Birthday
—Dahlonegabhama
—Further on Down the Strip
—Like Once Heated Milk
—Fake Folks
—Her Freezings and Thawings
—Grandfather's Jacket
—I Am Going to See It
—Here Comes the Summer King
—How Does My Mind Work?
—Katydids Calling
—Morning Better Last!
—O! You Hungering Infants
—The Love-Prayer Book
—The Enterprising Catalyst
—We Could Cling
—Twenty-Foot Stalks
—To Give It Weight
—The Softer Shell
—We Two Feared the Storm
—The Disordered Sprawl
—Hildegard Vs. Beach Boys

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