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Madelyn by The Wonder Years

TRACK

The Wonder Years

Madelyn

Release date: 13th May 2013

From The Greatest GenerationTrack 112:47
AlternativeMusicPunkRock
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About This Track

"Madelyn" is a track by The Wonder Years, from the album The Greatest Generation, released 13th May 2013. The track is 2:47 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about The Wonder Years.

About the Artist

The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years

Lyrics

Madelyn

Madelyn, I share your hate for this world we're in but it makes me a better man.
It's an excuse that you make. Madelyn, I know you want to let the bottles in.
I know you think that they're all your friends. They're lying straight to your face.
I know about the devil in your bloodstream. I know that the ghosts still visit nightly.
I know it must get lonely by the Chesapeake.
Madelyn, are you really afraid of death or do you just say it if it's the right thing to say?
Madelyn, I know you're safe where you lay your head, but if you wanted to come back, I've got a place you could stay.
If I'm not doing right by my family, then what's the point of it anyway? I don't think there's a god.
I don't think that there's someone coming to save us and I don't think that's the worst news of the day.
I don't think there's a god.
I don't think that there's someone coming to save me and I don't think that's the worst news of the day.
Madelyn, I know how your cold scars turn purple.
I know how the Irish goodbyes feel.
I know where you've been
And Madelyn,
You and I got this East Coast blood between us.
It's bitter and vitriolic. I know how it ends.
If I'm not doing right by my family
Oh, I'm not doing right by family.

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Track details

From The Greatest Generation

2:472013
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Album
The Greatest Generation
The Greatest Generation
The Wonder Years
14th May 2013
Track number
11
Release year
2013
  1. 1There, There
    2:27
  2. 2Passing Through a Screen Door
    3:35
  3. 3We Could Die Like This
    3:38
  4. 4Dismantling Summer
    3:46
  5. 5The Bastards, The Vultures, The Wolves
    3:56
  6. 6The Devil In My Bloodstream
    4:06
  7. 7Teenage Parents
    3:39
  8. 8Chaser
    3:55
  9. 9An American Religion (FSF)
    2:17
  10. 10A Raindance In Traffic
    3:40
  11. 11Madelyn
    2:47
  12. 12Cul-De-Sac
    3:38
  13. 13I Just Want to Sell Out My Funeral
    7:35

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