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Gastr del Sol – Why Sleep (1994) | Track profile | Dork

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Gastr del Sol
Mirror Repair
Why Sleep

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Why Sleep

Release date: 18th November 1994

From Mirror Repair

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About This Track

"Why Sleep" is a track by Gastr del Sol, from the album Mirror Repair, released 18th November 1994. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Gastr del Sol

Gastr del Sol

Lyrics

Why Sleep

Who believes you

That  a raccoon ate the first

Ate  eight digits followed by a gland

I called the zoo

Asked who eats four pair of knuckles while dragging one swollen testicle

They  too were skeptical

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From Mirror Repair

1994

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1994

—Why Sleep

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Credited: David Grubbs, Jim O’Rourke