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Breakdown by Jack Johnson

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Jack Johnson

Breakdown

From In Between Dreams3:33
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"Breakdown" is a track by Jack Johnson, from the album In Between Dreams. The track is 3:33 long. Full lyrics are available below.

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Jack Johnson

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Lyrics

Breakdown

I hope this old train breaks down
Then I could take a walk around
See what there is to see
Time is just a melody

With all the people in the street
Walking fast as their feet can take them
I just roll through town
And though my windows got a view
Well the frame I'm looking through
Seems to have no concern for now
So for now I

I need this
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown

Well this engine screams out loud
Saying this beat gonna crawl westbound
So I don't even make a sound
Because it's gonna sting me when I leave this town

And all the people in the street
That I'll never get to meet
If these tracks dont bend somehow
And I got no town
That I got to get
To where I don't need to be
So I

I need this
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown

I need this
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown

I want break on down
But I can't stop now
Let me break in down

But you can't stop nothing
If you got no control
Of the thoughts in your mind
That you kept and you know
You don't know nothing
But you don't need to know
The wisdom's in the trees
Not the glass windows

You can't stop wishing
If you don't let go
Of the things that you find
And you lose, and you know
You keep on rolling
Put the moment on hold
The frame's too bright
Put the blinds down low

I need this
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown

I need this
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown

I want break on down
But I can't stop now

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Track details

From In Between Dreams

3:33
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Album
In Between Dreams
In Between Dreams
Jack Johnson
2005
  1. —Good People
    3:29
  2. —Banana Pancakes
    3:12
  3. —Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
    3:04
  4. —No Other Way
    3:10
  5. —Never Know
    3:33
  6. —Crying Shame
    3:06
  7. —Breakdown
    3:33
  8. —Staple It Together
    3:16

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