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DZ Deathrays

Black Rat

Release date: 1st May 2014

From Black Rat
Track 1
3:30
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"Black Rat" is a track by DZ Deathrays, from the album Black Rat, released 1st May 2014. The track is 3:30 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

DZ Deathrays

DZ Deathrays

Lyrics

Black Rat

Running through the streets to the black hole pubs
I'm a black rat with a crawl space love
My body still hangs over every bar
Trapped inside my last round home

Why leave it too long?
It could never go wrong

Time is best spent
Being
Wasted on
Laughter calling
Homesick
For a haunted home

I've been, I've been here way too long

Fallen through the cracks of the city I love
Looking for someone, a century ago
Hoped that it would be till death do us part
Ended up being dead from the start

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Track details

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3:302014
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Black Rat
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DZ Deathrays
2nd May 2014
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Release year
2014
  1. 1Black Rat
    3:30
  2. 2Gina Works at Hearts
    3:36
  3. 3Less out of Sync
    3:07
  4. 4Reflective Skull
    3:31

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