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From a factory under cloudy skies
To a seven bedroom penthouse at the top of a highrise
A sermon on the floor of a disco everyone will know

When you're seventeen you can see the stars
There's a dream you want to dream on the screen with a man from mars
Hammered to the mic you're the new queen everyone will know

Oh, Magpie
In the back you wait with a cigarette and an unlucky date
Oh, Magpie
It's the cross you bear, now you've changed the world 'cause of what you wear
Oh, Magpie

Now you disappear, heal, and maybe mend
There's a chair to make you fair, someone there to make you feel again
Walking on the hands of the faithful everyone will know

In the frigid air you escape the scene
There's a photo of a doppelganger girl inside a magazine
The masses rise again when you beckon everyone will know


Oh, Magpie
It's a confidence game they've got you in just to see you dance
Oh, Magpie
In a stolen car, with your golden hair in between the bars
Oh Magpie

Just a casualty an experiment
Children crowd around to ask you how can they fight the establishment
Or start another war with their family so everyone will know

Oh, Magpie
In a shotgun shack with your TV shows and a broken back
Oh, Magpie
Tell me how you feel, say it one more time, tell me love is real
Oh, Magpie
Start your sharp descent, I can see you now this is permanent
Oh, Magpie

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from Part of Your Collection, released September 22, 2014

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Zak Schaffer Los Angeles, California

UPDATE:

Zak has moved to Austin!

Zak Schaffer has been a fixture on the Austin music scene for six months. He's been a side guy (Pete Yorn) and Engineer/Producer a singer songwriter. If it has something to do with music, he's probably done it. Zak's currently working on a new release that should drop in the spring. ... more

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