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Head Automatica
Decadence
Brooklyn Is Burning

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Head Automatica

Brooklyn Is Burning

Release date: 16th August 2004

From DecadenceTrack 23:55

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"Brooklyn Is Burning" is a single by Head Automatica, from the album Decadence, released 16th August 2004. The track is 3:55 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Head Automatica.

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Head Automatica

Head Automatica

Lyrics

Brooklyn Is Burning

You strangle people with a piercing stare
I can't believe I made it
The way you operate is so severe, so severe
I hate it

You strangle people with a sneering grin
I can't believe I made it
Brooklyn is burning down the discotheque, discotheque
Let's shake it

I feel the fire tonight
I hear, I hear the people cry
I see all the people now
I got, I got what the people want

You send a message in the atmosphere and everyone starts running
The way you operate is so severe, so severe
So cunning

You send a message in your beady stare and everyone starts running
Brooklyn is burning and by fireside, by fireside, we're dancing

I feel the fire tonight
I hear, I hear the people cry
I see all the people now
I got, I got what the people want

You strangle people with a piercing stare
I can't believe I made it
The way you operate is so severe, so severe
I hate it

You strangle people with a sneering grin
I can't believe I made it
Brooklyn is burning down the discotheque, discotheque
Let's shake it

I feel the fire tonight
I hear, I hear the people cry
I see all the people now
I got, I got what the people want

I feel the fire tonight
I hear, I hear the people cry
I see all the people now
I got, I got what the people want

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Track details

From Decadence

3:552004Single

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Album

Head Automatica

17th August 2004

Track number

2

Release year

2004

1At the Speed of a Yellow Bullet
2:15
2Brooklyn Is Burning
3:55
3Beating Heart Baby
3:24
4Please Please Please (Young Hollywood)
4:10

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Head Automatica — Bear the Cross
Head Automatica — Too Ashamed
Head Automatica — Please Please Please (Young Hollywood) [Smitty & Gabriel D. Vine Remix]
Head Automatica — Pulling Muscles From A Shell
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Head Automatica — Mondo Cannibal
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Head Automatica — Candy Warhol
Head Automatica — Tara Reid Is A Whore
Head Automatica — Negro Spiritual
Head Automatica — Sacramental Narcotics
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Head Automatica — Beating Heart Baby (Chris Lord-Alge Remix) (from Popaganda)
Head Automatica — Graduation Day (from Popaganda) [3:43]
Head Automatica — God (from Popaganda) [3:02]
Head Automatica — Cannibal Girl (from Popaganda) [3:11]
Head Automatica — Curious (from Popaganda) [2:43]
Head Automatica — K Horse (from Popaganda) [4:24]
Head Automatica — Laughing At You (from Popaganda) [2:46]
Head Automatica — Scandalous (from Popaganda) [4:11]
Head Automatica — She's Not It (from Popaganda) [3:29]
Head Automatica — Shot In The Back (The Platypus) (from Popaganda) [3:43]
Head Automatica — Egyptian Musk (from Popaganda) [3:54]
Head Automatica — Nowhere Fast (from Popaganda) [3:00]
Head Automatica — Million Dollar Decision (from Popaganda) [4:04]
Head Automatica — Lying Through Your Teeth (from Popaganda) [3:29]
Head Automatica — Beating Heart Baby (Chris Lord-Alge Mix) (from Popaganda) [3:25]
Head Automatica — Beating Hearts Baby (El-P Remix)
Head Automatica — Beating Heart Baby (from Decadence) [3:24]
Head Automatica — I Shot William H. Macy (from Decadence) [3:17]
Head Automatica — Dance Party Plus (from Decadence) [3:22]
Head Automatica — Disco Hades II (from Decadence) [3:57]
Head Automatica — Head Automatica Soundsystem (from Decadence) [3:36]
Head Automatica — Please Please Please (Young Hollywood) (from Decadence) [4:10]
Head Automatica — At the Speed of a Yellow Bullet (from Decadence) [2:15]
Head Automatica — Solid Gold Telephone (from Decadence) [2:24]
Head Automatica — The Razor (from Decadence) [3:31]
Head Automatica — King Caesar (from Decadence) [3:55]
Head Automatica — Brooklyn Is Burning [3:57]
Head Automatica — Please Please Please
Head Automatica — Sampler

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3:11

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Head Automatica have returned with sultry new single 'Annulment' - their second in 18 years

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