Laura Marling - Travel Light

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when i was an astronaut , i didn’t have my boot’s ,
when i was a coal miner , i didn’t know the news ,
when i owned a record store , i didn’t have the blues ,
i travel light and that’s the life for me .

he doesn’t care where else he goes ,
he’s not gonna take any extra clothes ,
or extra shoes to hide his feet ,
the ground is dirt , the dirt is sweet .

when i go to london town , ill stand under a rock ,
till i know all the time it takes to pack a clock ,
then ill flip it over , close the key , swallow the lock ,
i travel light and that’s the life for me .

he doesn’t take his spoon or fork ,
he’s seen too many eating in new york ,
he’ll use his hands to pick and eat ,
the fruit he finds , he’ll find it sweet .

when i was a waitress i gave away my tips ,
when i was a call girl i gave away my hips ,
when i ran a kissing booth i gave away my lips ,
i travel light and that’s the life for me .

she lives her life like abandoned wind ,
elemental wife , fortune is her friend ,
smile on a planet and a river made of light ,
she’s just a pebble on a waterfall tonight .

when i go to boston , i stand around in jeans ,
and save the cash for levi’s selling black market baked beans ,
denim’s what i liked to wear , it has durable seems ,
i travel light and that’s the life for me .

she’s just a genius without a thinking cap ,
never pays the rent , she’s funny like that ,
i don’t know what she’s on , she’s here and gone ,
rides a welcome mat on a jungle cat .

fur’s and silver chairs and shiny things are just a fuss ,
we’ll eat all the peanuts that we steal from the circus ,
we’ll count all the stars and go to sleep under a bus ,
we’ll travel light and that’s the life for us .

we’ll travel light and that’s the life for us x3