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Yo La Tengo – Alrock's Bells (1986) | Track profile | Dork

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Yo La Tengo
Ride the Tiger
Alrock's Bells

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Alrock's Bells

Release date: 1986

From Ride the Tiger

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About This Track

"Alrock's Bells" is a track by Yo La Tengo, from the album Ride the Tiger, released 1986. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo

Lyrics

Alrock's Bells

What am I wearing?

[?] passes me by

Why, oh why?

Why am I lonely?

I've sat by for so many years

Why, oh why?

I make the rounds from time to time

[?] is number one

I wander around my [?] home

I'm through changing

I'll be just who I want

My life

I came here to a city

Where it wasn't hard to live

The factory on a side street

Till I had to sell out and move away

Why, oh why?

Many cold nights go by

I sit home wondering why

Did I get tired of hating?

I'm through caring

I'll wear bells if I wanna

Laying around, laying around

Laying around, laying around

Laying around, laying around

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Track details

From Ride the Tiger

1986

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Album

Release year

1986

—The Pain of Pain
—The Empty Pool
—Alrock's Bells
—The Way Some People Die
—Big Sky
—Five Years
—Living in the Country
—The Evil That Men Do
—The Cone of Silence
—The Forest Green
—Screaming Dead Balloons

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