100 Unread Messages
Gruff Rhys
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You set foot in America, one fine October day Sailing into Baltimore, well, everything's okay New buttons on your jacket, shining like they're brand-new dimes Glistening in the sunlight, blistering my eyes When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true I've 100 unread messages, but not a single note from you You zoomed up to Philly, they'd taught you to make maps They commissioned you in piety, and pitied any lapse So you stormed into Pittsburgh, and waited for the waters to rise And set sail down the Ohio, with a lost tribe on your mind When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true I've 200 unread messages, but not a single note from you As Hurricane Charlie was gathering pace At night instead of eyelids, I saw pictures of your face Smiling in the moonlight, shining in a golden hour Bluffing 'round America, seizing every hour When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true I've 300 unread messages, but not a single note from you You left old Kentucky, and sailed to the west Stopped in Cincinnati, dined with all the best Reached the Mississippi, took an oath in New Madrid Fell into a maiden's arms, malaria on your lips When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true I've 400 unread messages, but not a single note from you Up to St Louis, Kaskaskia on the way Walking through the wilderness, sicker by the day Imaginary volcanoes, and reptiles crawl around Your mind was baked just like a cake, as trouble gathered round When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true I've 500 unread messages, but not a single note from you Defected to the Spanish, you joined the mighty crown Up the Missouri, flags were coming down You traded with the Omaha, the Ponca and the Sioux But missed the lost Padoucas, after all the ballyhoo When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true I've 600 unread messages, but not a single note from you Up with the Mandan, you raised the Spanish flag Survived assassination, worked upon your maps But the lost tribe was a lost cause, so you cried a silent tear And fled back to St Louis, to a familiar frontier When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true I've 700 unread messages, but not a single note from you Down in New Orleans, the church bells did trill The body of Don Juan Evans, is staying mighty still You annexed North Dakota, you surveyed by the stars But here lies your body, by these disease-ridden bars When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true I've 800 unread messages, but not a single note from you
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Written by: Gruffudd Rhys
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