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Instinct

Release date: 20th June 1988

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"Instinct" is a track by Iggy Pop, from the album Instinct, released 20th June 1988. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Iggy Pop.

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Lyrics

Instinct

Standing on the borderline

Between joy and reason

Tending carefully my fire

Waiting for my season

I know who these people are

I know what they stand for

Corruption's built into this plan

Nothing's under the other hand

Tricks and trials await the child

Instinct keeps me running

Running like a deer

Instinct keeps me running

Running through the grinning shadows

I have seen the sludgy beach

And the poisoned river

I have met the lordly rich

They're just getting stiffer

This whole place is like a maze

Or like some Medusa

Let me out I can't accept

A second rate life story

Tricks and trials await the child

Instinct keeps me running

Running like a deer

Instinct keeps me running

Running where the sorrow bless me

Instinct keeps me running

Running like a moose

Instinct keeps me running

Running to keep one chance open

Marks on walls, the common outlet

Tell the truth and always will

Marks on wall destroy the thought

Of perfect sunny civilization

Tricks and trials await the child

Instinct keeps me running

Running like a deer

Instinct keeps me running

Running through the grinning shadows

Instinct keeps me running

Running like a bear

Instinct keeps me running

Running to keep one chance open

Instinct keeps me running

Running cause I don't believe it

Instinct keeps me running

Running through the bare emotion

Instinct keeps me running

Instinct keeps me running

Running

I'm running, running, running, running

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1988

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Modern Day Ripoff

The News For Andy (Interlude)

Strung Out Johnny

You Want It Darker

I Wanna Be Your Slave

L’appartement

Why Can’t We Live Together

Sunshine Superman

Dirty Little Virus

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Glow in the Dark

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Bells & Circles

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Lust for Life (The Prodigy remix)

Loneliness Road

No Fun / I Dig Your Mind

Chocolate Drops

A Woman Waits For Me

Out Of The Rolling Ocean, The Crowd

As Adam Early In The Morning / I Am He That Aches With Love

From Pent-Up, Aching Rivers

Ages And Ages, Returning At Intervals

Leaves Of Grass

To The Garden, The World

American Valhalla

Break Into Your Heart

Love Will Tear Us Apart

In The Deathcar

The Passenger (Rare Version)

Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell (Originally Titled "Hard To Beat") - Iggy Pop Mix

I'll Be Seing You

How Do Ya Fix A Broken Heart [Duplicate]

Knockin Em Down (In The City)

Lil know it all feat. sum 41

You Really Got Me

T.V. Eye (live 1993)

Cry for Love (7″ edit)

My Baby Wants To Rock 'n'roll

King Of The Dog

Nightclubbing (live)

Cry for Love (extended dance version)

The Tell-Tale Heart

Cock In My Pocket

Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)

Cry for Love (12" dance mix)

I Need Somebody

I Wanna Be Your Dog

White Christmas (Guitar Stooge Version)

Sweet Betsy from Pike

Asshole Rules the Navy

Let's Boot and Rally (Instrumental)

If I’m in Luck I Might Get Picked Up

Let’s Boot and Rally

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Et si tu n'existais pas

Everybody’s Talkin'

I'm Going Away Smiling

What Is This Thing Called Love

Only the Lonely

I Can't Explain

The Little Drummer Boy

Oh My God [Digital 45]

I Want to Go to the Beach

How Insensitive

Je sais que tu sais

Les feuilles mortes (Marc’s Theme)

Nice to Be Dead

Les feuilles mortes

King of the Dogs

He's Dead/She's Alive

She’s a Business

A Machine for Loving

He's Frank (Slight Return)

Les Feuilles Mortes / King of the Dogs

Here Comes the Summer

Til Wrong Feels Right

Blood on Your Cool

Little Electric Chair

Inferiority Complex

Perverts in the Sun

Little Know It All (feat. Sum 41)

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

Little Know It All

Search and Destroy

Go for the Throat

Death Is Certain

Drink New Blood

One for My Baby

It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll

Afraid to Get Close

Nazi Girlfriend

Shakin' All Over

I Felt the Luxury

She Called Me Daddy

Les Zinzins De L'Espace (générique)

Monster Men (Remix Edit)

Nightclubbing (Baby Doc remix)

Keep On Believing

Innocent World / Shoeshine Girl

Mixin' the Colors

Plastic & Concrete

Perforation Problems

Some Weird Sin N.Y.C. Live Ritz 86

Why Was I Born? (Freddy's Dead)

I Need Somebody (Live)

Gimme Danger (Live)

Sister Midnight (Live)

Raw Power (Live)

T.V. Eye (Live)

I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live)

My Baby Wants to Rock & Roll

Main Street Eyes

I Won't Crap Out

Livin’ on the Edge of the Night

Well, Did You Evah!

Love Transfusion

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The Ballad of Cookie McBride

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Iggy Pop — I Wanna Be Your Slave

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Iggy Pop — Why Can’t We Live Together

Iggy Pop — Move Your Hand

Iggy Pop — Sunshine Superman

Iggy Pop — Dirty Little Virus

Iggy Pop — No Flag (Chanté)

Iggy Pop — Family Affair

Iggy Pop — Broken Boy

Iggy Pop — Bitch

Iggy Pop — If You’re Going to the City

Iggy Pop — Glow in the Dark

Iggy Pop — Dirty Sanchez

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Iggy Pop — Loneliness Road

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Iggy Pop — Vulture

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Iggy Pop — Out Of The Rolling Ocean, The Crowd

Iggy Pop — As Adam Early In The Morning / I Am He That Aches With Love

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Iggy Pop — Ages And Ages, Returning At Intervals

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Iggy Pop — Sunday

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Iggy Pop — T.V. Eye (live 1993)

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Iggy Pop — My Baby Wants To Rock 'n'roll

Iggy Pop — Shake Appeal

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Iggy Pop — Nightclubbing (live)

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Iggy Pop — I Need Somebody

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Iggy Pop — Asshole Rules the Navy

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Iggy Pop — If I’m in Luck I Might Get Picked Up

Iggy Pop — Lonely Boy

Iggy Pop — Let’s Boot and Rally

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Iggy Pop — Et si tu n'existais pas

Iggy Pop — Michelle

Iggy Pop — Les passantes

Iggy Pop — Everybody’s Talkin'

Iggy Pop — I'm Going Away Smiling

Iggy Pop — What Is This Thing Called Love

Iggy Pop — La javanaise

Iggy Pop — Only the Lonely

Iggy Pop — La vie en rose

Iggy Pop — Syracuse

Iggy Pop — I Can't Explain

Iggy Pop — Why?

Iggy Pop — The Little Drummer Boy

Iggy Pop — I Hate People

Iggy Pop — Oh My God [Digital 45]

Iggy Pop — Party Time

Iggy Pop — I Want to Go to the Beach

Iggy Pop — How Insensitive

Iggy Pop — Je sais que tu sais

Iggy Pop — Les feuilles mortes (Marc’s Theme)

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Iggy Pop — Les feuilles mortes

Iggy Pop — King of the Dogs

Iggy Pop — Spanish Coast

Iggy Pop — He's Dead/She's Alive

Iggy Pop — She’s a Business

Iggy Pop — A Machine for Loving

Iggy Pop — He's Frank (Slight Return)

Iggy Pop — Les Feuilles Mortes / King of the Dogs

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Iggy Pop — Kick It

Iggy Pop — Here Comes the Summer

Iggy Pop — Til Wrong Feels Right

Iggy Pop — Blood on Your Cool

Iggy Pop — Skull Ring

Iggy Pop — Superbabe

Iggy Pop — Private Hell

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Iggy Pop — Loser

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Iggy Pop — Español

Iggy Pop — Motorcycle

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Iggy Pop — Avenue B

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Iggy Pop — Monster Men

Iggy Pop — Keep On Believing

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Iggy Pop — Innocent World

Iggy Pop — Outta My Head

Iggy Pop — Look Away

Iggy Pop — Knucklehead

Iggy Pop — I Wanna Live

Iggy Pop — Heart Is Saved

Iggy Pop — Pussy Walk

Iggy Pop — Innocent World / Shoeshine Girl

Iggy Pop — Hate

Iggy Pop — Jealousy

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Iggy Pop — Mixin' the Colors

Iggy Pop — Character

Iggy Pop — Social Life

Iggy Pop — Caesar

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Iggy Pop — Fuckin' Alone

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Iggy Pop — Plastic & Concrete

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Iggy Pop — Arizona Dream

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Iggy Pop — Louie Louie

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Iggy Pop — Gimme Danger (Live)

Iggy Pop — Sister Midnight (Live)

Iggy Pop — The Undefeated

Iggy Pop — Raw Power (Live)

Iggy Pop — 1969 (Live)

Iggy Pop — Starry Night

Iggy Pop — T.V. Eye (Live)

Iggy Pop — Dirt (Live)

Iggy Pop — No Fun (Live)

Iggy Pop — I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live)

Iggy Pop — Neon Forest

Iggy Pop — Pussy Power

Iggy Pop — Something Wild

Iggy Pop — My Baby Wants to Rock & Roll

Iggy Pop — Main Street Eyes

Iggy Pop — Moonlight Lady

Iggy Pop — I Won't Crap Out

Iggy Pop — Brick by Brick

Iggy Pop — Livin’ on the Edge of the Night

Iggy Pop — Well, Did You Evah!

Iggy Pop — Candy

Iggy Pop — Butt Town

Iggy Pop — Home

Iggy Pop — Love Transfusion

Iggy Pop — Lowdown (from Instinct)

Iggy Pop — Tom Tom (from Instinct)

Iggy Pop — Tuff Baby (from Instinct)

Iggy Pop — Strong Girl (from Instinct)

Iggy Pop — Squarehead (from Instinct)

Iggy Pop — Power and Freedom (from Instinct)

Iggy Pop — Easy Rider

Iggy Pop — High on You

Iggy Pop — Cold Metal

Iggy Pop — Risky

Iggy Pop — Blah-Blah-Blah

Iggy Pop — Winners & Losers

Iggy Pop — Little Miss Emperor

Iggy Pop — Baby, It Can't Fall

Iggy Pop — Hideaway

Iggy Pop — Fire Girl

Iggy Pop — Cry for Love

Iggy Pop — Shades

Iggy Pop — Real Wild Child (Wild One)

Iggy Pop — Isolation

Iggy Pop — Repo Man

Iggy Pop — I'm Sick of You

Iggy Pop — Johanna

Iggy Pop — No Sense of Crime

Iggy Pop — Scene of the Crime

Iggy Pop — Consolation Prizes

Iggy Pop — I Got Nothin'

Iggy Pop — Tight Pants

Iggy Pop — Gimme Some Skin

Iggy Pop — Bulldozer

Iggy Pop — The Ballad of Cookie McBride

Iggy Pop — Platonic

Iggy Pop — Street Crazies

Iggy Pop — Ordinary Bummer

Iggy Pop — Watching the News

Iggy Pop — Life of Work

Iggy Pop — Angry Hills

Iggy Pop — The Horse Song

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Iggy Pop — Time Won't Let Me

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Iggy Pop — Houston Is Hot Tonight

Iggy Pop — Sincerity

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Iggy Pop — Pleasure

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Iggy Pop — I’m a Conservative

Iggy Pop — Get Up and Get Out

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Iggy Pop — Curiosity

Iggy Pop — I'm Bored

Iggy Pop — African Man

Iggy Pop — Don't Look Down

Iggy Pop — New Values

Iggy Pop — I’m Bored

Iggy Pop — Tell Me a Story

Iggy Pop — Girls

Iggy Pop — How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part

Iggy Pop — Billy Is a Runaway

Iggy Pop — The Endless Sea

Iggy Pop — Pretty Flamingo

Iggy Pop — Five Foot One

Iggy Pop — I Got a Right

Iggy Pop — Some Weird Sin

Iggy Pop — Kill City / I Got Nothin'

Iggy Pop — Night Theme

Iggy Pop — Sell Your Love

Iggy Pop — Master Charge

Iggy Pop — Kill City

Iggy Pop — Beyond the Law

Iggy Pop — Night Theme (Reprise)

Iggy Pop — Lucky Monkeys

Iggy Pop — Neighborhood Threat

Iggy Pop — Success

Iggy Pop — Sixteen

Iggy Pop — Fall in Love with Me

Iggy Pop — Turn Blue

Iggy Pop — Tonight

Iggy Pop — Funtime

Iggy Pop — Mass Production

Iggy Pop — Baby

Iggy Pop — Nightclubbing

Iggy Pop — Dum Dum Boys

Iggy Pop — Tiny Girls

Iggy Pop — Sister Midnight

Iggy Pop — China Girl

Iggy Pop — Lust for Life

Iggy Pop — Livin' on the Edge of Night

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