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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox song<br />
| Name = Song Of The Rats Leaving The Sinking Ship<br />
| Cover = AMC-LoveSongs.jpg<br />
| Caption = ''Love Songs For Patriots'' cover<br />
| Artist = [[start|American Music Club]]<br />
| Album = [[Love Songs For Patriots]]<br />
| Released = 2004<br />
| Format = LP / CD<br />
| Length = 4:21<br />
| Label = [[Merge Records]] (US) / [[Cooking Vinyl]] (UK) / [[Devil In The Woods]] (UK LP)<br />
| Writer = [[Mark Eitzel]]<br />
| Producer = [[Mark Eitzel]] / [[Tim Mooney]]<br />
| Tracks = <br />
# "[[Ladies And Gentlemen]]"<br />
# "[[Another Morning]]"<br />
# "[[Patriot's Heart]]"<br />
# "[[Love Is]]"<br />
# "[[Job To Do]]"<br />
# "[[Only Love Can Set You Free]]"<br />
# "[[Mantovani The Mind Reader]]"<br />
# "[[Home]]"<br />
# "[[Myopic Books]]"<br />
# "[[America Loves The Minstrel Show]]"<br />
# "[[The Horseshoe Wreath In Bloom]]"<br />
# '''"Song Of The Rats Leaving The Sinking Ship"'''<br />
# "[[The Devil Needs You]]"<br />
# "[[1000 Miles]]"<br />
}}<br />
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'''"Song Of The Rats Leaving The Sinking Ship"''' is the 12th song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s 8th album, 2004’s ''[[Love Songs For Patriots]]''. It was recorded by [[Mark Eitzel]] and [[Matt Pence]] during the mixing of the record and ended up making the album at the last minute.<br />
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==Lyrics==<br />
Once you rode a tide, it was always flowing out towards the sky<br><br />
It was like a dancer who followed your step<br><br />
It was like a lover who could take you to the dawn<br><br />
It was like a history you could throw away<br><br />
yeah...<br />
<br />
Now the sea is throwing back all the voices who don't want to drown<br><br />
Every wave is like a soldier who will fade back into the fear<br><br />
where the soldiers are made<br><br />
trapped with your first class papers on a lonely dock<br><br />
where the future is a luxury to mock<br />
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You can laugh, you can cry, you can even bitterly grieve<br><br />
But you can't deny that it's time to leave<br />
<br />
Your indecision is poison, worse than broken bones or the coffin<br><br />
You're either standing still or you're running out<br><br />
You're like a safety door that's stuck and won't open<br><br />
for a fire or a summer day<br><br />
All you do is tire<br />
<br />
But you don't have to try - everyone wants to be deceived<br><br />
But you can't deny that it's time to leave<br><br />
I swear you wanna say goodbye even more than you want to breathe<br><br />
But you can't deny that it's time to leave<br />
<br />
The enemy always lies<br><br />
Hides like a match in a lump of coal<br><br />
He won't use his eyes<br><br />
He hates you for your soul<br><br />
He hates you for your soul<br />
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==Video==<br />
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== Personnel ==<br />
* [[Mark Eitzel]] – vocals, guitars<br />
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==Also appears on==<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
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