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The Beautiful South – How Long's a Tear Take to Dry? | Track profile | Dork

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How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?

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How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?

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"How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" is a track by The Beautiful South, from the album Soup. The track is 4:37 long.

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The Beautiful South

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From Soup

4:37

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25

1Flag Day (Single Version)
3:33
2Happy Hour
2:22
3Think for a Minute
3:32
4Caravan of Love
3:40
5Five Get Over Excited
2:44
6Me and the Farmer
2:56
7Build
4:47
8There Is Always Something There to Remind Me
3:33
9Song for Whoever (Single Version)
4:05
10You Keep It All In
2:54
11I'll Sail This Ship Alone (Single Version)
4:06
12A Little Time
3:00
13Old Red Eyes Is Back
3:35
14Bell Bottomed Tear
4:36
15Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud)
3:49
16Everybody's Talkin'
2:37
17Prettiest Eyes
3:48
18One Last Love Song
3:36
19Pretenders to the Throne
3:14
20Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) [Single Edit]
3:24
21Don't Marry Her
3:22
22Blackbird On the Wire
4:55
23Perfect 10
3:39
24Dumb
3:45
25How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?
4:37
26Just a Few Things That I Ain't
2:48
2736D (Full Version)
5:16
—Perfect 10
3:38
—Happy Hour
2:22
—Five Get Over Excited
2:44

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