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Field Music
Write Your Own History
Trying to Sit Out

TRACK

Trying to Sit Out

Release date: 30th April 2006

From Write Your Own HistoryTrack 31:48

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About This Track

"Trying to Sit Out" is a track by Field Music, from the album Write Your Own History, released 30th April 2006. The track is 1:48 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Field Music.

About the Artist

Field Music

Field Music

Lyrics

Trying to Sit Out

Words are paper
Thin like this is
You said something
No one's listening

You're trying to sit out
You're trying to sit out somewhere

Fashion better
This could-be place
And you can remember
All you have missed

You're trying to sit out
You're trying to sit out somewhere

You can't stay here
You can't stay here

You're trying to sit out
You're trying to sit out somewhere

All that we are
Elemental
Not what we know, but
What we can tell

You're trying to sit out
You're trying to sit out somewhere

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Write Your Own History

1:482006

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Album

Write Your Own History

Track number

3

Release year

2006

1You're Not Supposed To
2:37
2In the Kitchen
3:41
3Trying to Sit Out
1:48
4Breakfast Song
1:39

5Feeding the Birds

7Test Your Reaction

8Alternating Current

9Can You See Anything