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Why Do We Want What We Want

from Why Do We Want What We Want by Karen & the Sorrows

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What’s past is past
I had a dream that this could be true
It didn’t last
All of the past bled right through
Each cell inside me singing back to that very first sea
Will I ever get free?

Why do we want what we want
When it don’t give a damn if we’re safe?
Why do we want what we want
When it spits right back in our face?
Why do we cry when it’s gone
When we know we ought to pray
To be saved
From what we want

I tear it out
Deep as I can, down to the root
It grows right back
Covers me up with its horrible blooms
My mama’s mama’s mama’s mama all just like me
Am I the one to get free?

Why do we want what we want
When it don’t give a damn if we’re safe?
Why do we want what we want
When it spits right back in our face?
Why do we cry when it’s gone
When we know we ought to pray
To be saved
From what we want

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from Why Do We Want What We Want, released September 19, 2023

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“Like Gram Parsons, Pittelman peels away the superficiality that much of country music has embraced and looks deep into its soul, its history, and its stories and makes it all her own.”—No Depression

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