Name: My Dream Girl Don't Exist
Duration: P00H03M23S
Description: This is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel that we covered. We're releasing a little EP of NMH covers next year, they're one of our favorite bands. We aren't selling this in any way, it is a completely free download. If you're reading this Jeff we hope you like it and we hope you don't sue us because we do not have any money. <3 u.

My Dream Girl Don't Exist

from Rose Wallace Goldaline by Fence

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This is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel that we covered. We're releasing a little EP of NMH covers next year, they're one of our favorite bands. We aren't selling this in any way, it is a completely free download. If you're reading this Jeff we hope you like it and we hope you don't sue us because we do not have any money. <3 u.

lyrics

Lyrics by Jeff Mangum:

My dream girl don't exist
At the age of five she slit her wrists
She didn't know that I'd be hanging around
So her parents buried her in the ground
To this day I can still hear the sound
Of her life in outer space

My dream girl don't exist
It's just you and I and this TV
And this illness seems to feel so strange
Like a henchman that's about to hang
The moon up like a ball and chain
And set its sands ablaze

And the weight is waiting, oh
Feel the world so real and strong

My dream girl don't exist
Just a photograph in a history book
And I believe she had a voice and name
Three children on the coast of Maine
Her life was in a hurricane
Of love and real embrace

My dream girl don't exist
At the age of five she slit her wrists
She didn't know that I'd be hanging around
So one day she took a stroll to town
And walked in front of a greyhound bound
For New York central state

And the weight is waiting, oh
And the weight is waiting, oh
Build a world so real and strong
She goes and now she knows
She'll never be afraid

credits

from Rose Wallace Goldaline, track released January 1, 2019
Original song written and performed by Jeff Mangum/Neutral Milk Hotel and recorded/produced by Robert Schneider. First appearance (we think) on the 1991 demo cassette "Invent Yourself A Shortcake" by Neutral Milk Hotel.

This recording:
Recorded and Produced by Evan at Coolman Studios
Performed by Fence
Chris - Bass
Ed - Drums
Mike - Guitar
Rob - Vox, Electric Piano

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