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My friend lives in an ivory tower
She's protected from misery
She doesn't worry she's got power
She controls all she sees

But her blinders work too well
She don't listen when you try to tell her
It's too late
Your ivory tower's falling down

She strolls down the rose lined lane
With her thoughts up in the air
And she never has known pain
Yet she still insists she cares

But her blinders work too well
She don't listen when you try to tell her
It's too late
Your ivory tower's falling down

Still you got to be careful
What you say to her
Still you got to be careful
What you say

My friend lives in an ivory tower
She's protected from misery
She doesn't worry she's got power
She controls all she sees

Still her blinders work too well
She don't listen when you try to tell her
It's too late
Your ivory tower's falling down
It's too late
Your ivory tower's falling down
It's too late
Your ivory tower's falling down

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from State Of Our ReUnion - Live 2004, released July 2, 2020
Written by Barry Shanks
© Barry Shanks
Published by Warner Bros Music Ltd/Bug Music

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The Long Ryders Los Angeles, California

The Long Ryders founded alt-country with their 1984 album, Native Sons, and helped codify and popularise Americana throughout their career. Crossing Byrds/Buffalo Springfield electric guitars and harmonies with a Sex Pistols/Ramones rhythm section was their idea and their legacy. Their signature songs Looking For Lewis And Clark and I Had A Dream have never left the airwaves. ... more

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