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Low – Taking Down the Tree (1999) | Track profile | Dork

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Christmas
Taking Down the Tree

TRACK

Taking Down the Tree

Release date: 16th November 1999

Alternative Music

About This Track

"Taking Down the Tree" is a track by Low, from the album Christmas, released 16th November 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Low

Low

Lyrics

Taking Down the Tree

Careful, one by one

It is undone

Seems before it's over

It's begun

Another broken reindeer

Another candle

Another velvet ribbon

Another nosebleed

Winding up the lights

We set the star so high

So high

So high

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Track details

From Christmas

1999

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Album

15th November 1999

Release year

1999

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Low — Taking Down the Tree

Low — Taking Down the Tree

Taking Down the Tree

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Writer: Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker, Zak Sally
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