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The Milk Carton Kids – Unwinnable War (2018) | Track profile | Dork

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The Milk Carton Kids
All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do
Unwinnable War

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The Milk Carton Kids

Unwinnable War

Release date: 29th June 2018

From All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do

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About This Track

"Unwinnable War" is a track by The Milk Carton Kids, from the album All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do, released 29th June 2018. Full lyrics are available below.

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The Milk Carton Kids

The Milk Carton Kids

Lyrics

Unwinnable War

[Verse 1]

I belong to places in between

I've been wrong many times before

Chosen sides in an un-winnable war

So badly I needed something to fight for

[Verse 2]

I've been open, I've been gone

I've been hoping for so long

Gone on and take all you can from me

Hoping no one notices when I take my leave

[Verse 3]

I'm blind in the unforgiving face

Of what I find and what has been erased

Paralysed and held at bay

So badly I needed something that I could change

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Track details

From All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do

2018

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All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do

The Milk Carton Kids

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2018

—A Sea of Roses
—Blindness
—Just Look at Us Now
—I've Been Loving You
—One More for the Road
—Nothing Is Real
—You Break My Heart
—Younger Years
—Unwinnable War
—All the Things…
—Mourning in America
—Big Time

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Producer: Joe Henry