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Neko Case

Middle Cyclone

Release date: 3rd March 2009

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"Middle Cyclone" is a track by Neko Case, from the album Middle Cyclone, released 3rd March 2009. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Neko Case

Neko Case

Lyrics

Middle Cyclone

Baby, why am I worried now?

Did someone make a fool of me

Before I could show 'em how it's done?

Na na na na na, na na na

Na na na na na, na na na

I can't give up acting tough

It's all that I'm made of

Can't scrape together quite enough

To ride the bus to the outskirts of the fact that I need love

There were times that I tried

One for every glass of water that I spilled

Next to the bed, retching pennies in a boiling well, in a dream

That, at once, becomes a foundry of mute and heavy bells

They shake me deaf and dumb

Say someone made a fool of me

'Fore I could show 'em how it's done

It was so clear to me

That it was almost invisible

I lie across the path waiting

Just for a chance to be

A spider web trapped in your lashes

For that, I would trade you my empire for ashes

But I choke it back, how much I need love

Na na na na na, na na na

Na na na na na, na na na

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Track details

From Middle Cyclone

2009
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Middle Cyclone
Middle Cyclone
Neko Case
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2009
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  2. —Vengeance Is Sleeping
  3. —Prison Girls
  4. —Polar Nettles
  5. —Fever
  6. —I'm an Animal
  7. —Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
  8. —Marais la Nuit
  9. —Magpie to the Morning
  10. —Middle Cyclone
  11. —Red Tide
  12. —The Pharaohs
  13. —The Next Time You Say "Forever"
  14. —This Tornado Loves You

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Neko Case
Producer
Darryl Neudorf, Neko Case
Vocals
Neko Case
Acoustic Guitar
Paul Rigby
Mastering Engineer
Peter Moore
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