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PUP

The Shield

Release date: 6th June 2012

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"The Shield" is a track by PUP, from the album Oceans, released 6th June 2012. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 14 articles about PUP.

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PUP

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Lyrics

The Shield

[Verse]

Well I went down to Georgia where no one knows my name

I got drunk when I arrived and now I'm drunk again

The more I grow the more they say

“You're just like your granddad”

Sometimes drinking by yourself

Ain't so bad

These wounds won't heal

Until I'm back on the old Canadian Shield

Let's get real

I won't ever leave

The shield

[Chorus]

Frozen roads

Heart of stone

Weary bones

Come back home

[Bridge]

Well I keep coming back to you

'Cause I love this place and I think we should see it through

It's what you do to me

It's what you do to me

[Chorus]

Frozen roads

Heart of stone

Weary bones

Come back home

[Outro]

Frozen roads

Heart of stone

Keep on, keep on

Weary bones

Come back home

Keep on, keep on

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From Oceans

2012
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Oceans
Oceans
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Release year
2012
  1. —Fogo Island
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  4. —Whiskey & Water

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