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Thumbtack - Lyrics by Vic Chesnutt


Lyrics
take a lightbulb from the closetand replace the one above the faucetscrape the whisker from my facenick my lip in pointless hastetake a magic marker blackdarken a spot on the mapof a county on the coastwhere I was born out of a ghostunderneath the ceiling fancontemplate a master planbreathe a sigh of recognitionfor a childhood superstitionpush a thumbtack in the wallpierce the picture I did drawit's a graphic portrait from my youthit hurts my heart this forced review

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