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When I threw my back out it clattered and clicked
It was hardly that nimble and not all that quick
So maybe my breaker is shorting or maybe you just didn’t wire me right
Either way I must say that it’s hard to survive
When you’re 36 miles from here

My cast iron body, my fragile tin heart
I’m saving up money to buy some new parts
But it’s hard to accumulate that kind of cash
Making sofas for minimum wage
And although I know you’ve got little to say
Your voice won’t get out of my head

I could not hold you for one second more
My shoulders are tired, my elbows are sore
And if you stopped to remember just one thing about me
You’d know that I’m not all that strong
But no matter my strength, my model or make
You should know I’ve been waiting too long

You told me my torso belonged in a cage
You said I was way too damn big for my age
And I couldn’t believe it when you said you’d leave it
To me to decide your last name
Because regardless of girth, my alleged date of birth
Is still relatively the same

And I will remember you, assuming I can
If I have enough storage, if I have enough RAM
And if this is broadcast back to the factory
Then they’re gonna tear me apart
But as long as you know I’ve got nowhere to go
I guess that I’ll never be far

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from Jake McKelvie & the Countertops, released June 24, 2012

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