Violet Best

from Southbound To Nowhere by Thief River

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A scene we'll call someday
You're dressed in your violet
Best to look fragile when harboring faint malice
Thought I'd wake up to find you
Burning my things
or shaving my heart out
with your cutlery tongue
Your fiery eyes steady, so calm

Undoubtedly sure of yourself
How about us?

We now turn to one day
Awaken alarmed
As we turn to lyin'
To ourselves
Maybe your mind it just started a war
One that your heart ain't eager to fight in

Undoubtedly sure of yourself
How about us?

We were young, we were kids, we didn't know what we wanted
Drinkin’. Fightin’ the world, so in love with a girl
I was young it was almost the 80's, I watched my daddy go down,
To the corner bar humming such colorful sounds
We were dancing the bottle was leading the waltz
They were swaying like rays of the sun
Young and wild that's the way I remember it now
Young and wild that's the way I remember it now

Sure of yourself
Sure of yourself
How about us?

A scene we'll call someday
You're dressed in your violent
Best to look fragile

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from Southbound To Nowhere, released February 15, 2013

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Thief River Denver, Colorado

Thief River is a western chuck wagon of raw energy with a punk rock heart, country soul and a ten gallon rock n roll attitude.

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