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  • Reid Paley Sub Pop Single in Gleaming Black Vinyl
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    "A voice to turn good girls bad...Maybe crazy but damn exciting."
    -- The Village Voice

    "One of America's best -- and most underrated -- songwriters."
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    "Reid Paley is the kind of artist Seattle loves."
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Bonus Track

lyrics

TAKE IT AWAY (Reid Paley)

You pass that monkey’s paw to me
Then turn around and go
Away
Say walk on water like a man
Like anybody can
Away

You keep your heart attack
You know I’m never coming back
Just take your broken heart away

I got a tattoo on my soul say nevermore
That’s why I gotta go
Away
Tear my guts out I’m a razor I’m a priest
I gotta go
Away

You keep your heart attack
You know I’m never coming back
Just take your broken heart away

I’m howling at the moon
Tequila heartbeat and a noose
Away
Don’t talk about me I been washed in blood and booze
I gotta go
Away

You keep your heart attack
You know I’m never coming back
Just take your broken heart away



Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
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from TIME FOR YOU b​/​w THE BEST OF ALL - Sub Pop Double A​-​Side Single + Bonus Tracks, released July 8, 1997
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REID PALEY - Vocal, Electric Archtop Guitar

Recorded & Mixed by James Murray
at The Edison, New York, NY
Photography by Butch Belair

Produced by James Murray

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