Smiles so Gray

from Portrait of Portraits by Riverdistrict

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No way to fake it
Some things are sacred
What comes to bloom
Can wilt so soon

My eyes can't take it
But still they make it
With smiles so gray
Don't miss a day

I want to believe everything I see
On polaroid prints and color TVs

In Lebanon they're calling for peace
And the ice grows back on the arctic seas

Clips from kids from the underground
Where the giants and kings come falling down

A trip to the moon in a yellow bus
And it's all about them and it's all about us

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from Portrait of Portraits, released November 1, 2010

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Riverdistrict is a one-man-band turned 4-man band from Utrecht, Rivierenwijk.

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