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Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1

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Neutral Milk Hotel

King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1

Release date: 20th February 1998

From In the Aeroplane Over the SeaTrack 12:00

Alternative Music Rock

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"King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1" is a track by Neutral Milk Hotel, from the album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, released 20th February 1998. The track is 2:00 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Neutral Milk Hotel.

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Neutral Milk Hotel

Neutral Milk Hotel

Lyrics

King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1

When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers
And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees
In holy rattlesnakes that fell all 'round your feet

And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder
And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor
As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for

And this is the room, one afternoon I knew I could love you
And from above you, how I sank into your soul
Into that secret place where no one dares to go

And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking
And dad would dream of all the different ways to die
Each one a little more than he could dare to try

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Track details

From In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

2:001998

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Album

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

20th February 1998

Track number

1

Release year

1998

1King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1
2:00
2King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3
3:06
3In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
3:22
4Two-Headed Boy
4:26

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