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See How We Are
Left & Right

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Left & Right

Release date: 1987

From See How We Are

About This Track

"Left & Right" is a track by X, from the album See How We Are , released 1987. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

X

Lyrics

Left & Right

Traffic piles up

25 miles

24 hours a day

In front of a line of Spanish-style houses

Pretty little children play

[Refrain]

Can't you tell there's trucks out there

They're just waiting for you

That mountain you love is getting washed away

Look out your window and see

There's a man on top

Bawling his eyes out

Just for you and me

[Refrain]

Can't you tell there's trucks out there

They're just waiting for you

And everyone is loaded

With the blues

[Chorus]

Left and right

Look left and right

And then run like hell

Left and right

Look left and right

And then run like hell

The face of this world is just as flat as hell

Like somebody way up there

Tipped all the troubles onto our side

Tipped 'em way over here

Some people I love cried over the phone

But nobody died, so it's okay

So why is this corner of this flat little world

So full of trouble today?

[Refrain]

Can't you tell there's

Trucks out there

They're just waiting for you

And everyone is loaded

With the blues

[Chorus]

Left and right

Look left and right

And then run like hell

Left and right

Look left and right

And then run like hell

Oh, left and right

Look left and right

Left and right

Look left and right

Left and right

Look left and right

And then run like hell

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Track details

From See How We Are

1987

Album

Release year

1987

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X — The Once Over Twice

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4th of July
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All or Nothing
All the Time in the World

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Credits

Credited: Alvin Clark, Exene Cervenka, John Doe