Ryan Adams - Political Scientist(2004)

[00:11.12] He is drinking water from the faucet from the river
[00:16.04] From the tributary it comes through rusted pipes
[00:21.21] Outside his window he sees the water that's supposed to be clean
[00:25.41] By the chemicals polluted by the candy factory lines
[00:31.81] Someplace on the edge of town
[00:36.73] Someplace on the edge of town
[00:41.93] Is where they live
[00:46.09] Political scientists
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[01:07.58] So now she is crawling on her hands and her knees
[01:12.37] She is dirtying her jeans choking on her own perfume
[01:17.55] With a pen she writes below the sink in someone's restaurant
[01:22.81] This place is inconvenient for my name
[01:27.54] She forgets to write it anyway
[01:32.75] She forgets to write it anyway
[01:38.26] The government supplies the cocaine
[01:41.90] Political scientists
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[02:06.89] There's no guarantees
[02:11.80] There's no guarantees
[02:16.79] There's no guarantees
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[02:33.36] Banging hard upon a crooked drum
[02:36.25] She feels them tearing down Salvation Army houses back in Michigan
[02:44.09] Her husband's divorced but he treats her that way of course
[02:48.49] Because he needs her just like he needs medicine
[02:53.73] She forgets to write him anyway
[02:58.61] She forgets to write him anyway
[03:03.87] What's red and white and nearly over
[03:07.80] Political scientist
[03:12.67] Political scientist
[03:17.70] Political scientist
[03:22.74] Political scientist
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[03:37.30] There's no guarantees
[03:41.91] There's no guarantees
[03:47.10] There's no guarantees
[03:51.91] There's no guarantees
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[04:21.32] There's no guarantees
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