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Ennui On The Mountain

This version of Ennui On The Mountain was released by Hall & Oates in 1975.

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We don’t need a whole lot of money
We don’t need a Cadillac car
What we need is a mountain in Montana
A thousand acre world for the roadies and the girls
But you need a whole lot of money
Lots of loot, to tell you the troot’
Oh, we know what’s good but we love what’s bad
And it’d be ennui on the mountain anyway
Oh I don’t know if it’s high or low
But it’s round and round and round and round we go
I don’t know what I need

Everyday we try to get higher
Any way to the dream at the end
AM airplay and a golden concept album
So they pay for what you say
And they hang on every word
You and me are just Ponce de Leon-y
Looking for something we ain’t never gonna find
Oh, we know what’s good but we love what’s bad
And it’d be ennui on the mountain anyway
Oh I don’t know if it’s high or low
But it’s round and round and round and round we go

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