Cover art for Do What We Do by Portugal. The Man
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Do What We Do Lyrics

[Intro: Zach Carothers & Ryan Neighbors]
Do you live in that big bright sky
Do you live in that big bright sky

[Verse 1: John Gourley]
Where the sun don't grow too hot in the summer time
And the moon watched chase to Hanes and all else it finds

[Chorus: Zach Carothers & Ryan Neighbors]
We don't need you to do what we do
We don't need you to do what we do

[Verse 2: John Gourley]
So we chased our tails around, heads were all we found
In those heads a shining place, a town inside a home

[Chorus: Zach Carothers & Ryan Neighbors]
We don't need you to do what we do
We don't need you to do what we do

[Verse 3: John Gourley & (Zoe Manville)]
Little lips hammers for fists, eyes were little lights
Building base from town to town, based in another town
Ah ah ah ah
(Ah ah ah ah)
Ah ah ah ah
(Ah ah ah ah)
[Chorus: Zach Carothers & Ryan Neighbors]
We don't need you to do what we do
We don't need you to do what we do
We don't need you to do what we do
We don't need you to do what we do

[Verse 4: John Gourley & (Zoe Manville)]
Mark the trails from point to point, tape bright enough to find
When the moon's the only one watching, you never gotta hide
Ah ah ah ah
(Ah ah ah ah)
Ah ah ah ah
(Ah ah ah ah)

[Verse 5: John Gourley]
We don't need you
When the boys go missing down by the riverbed
(The grass don't grow too tall in the summer)
The fireweed bloom marks the end of the summer time
(While the willow down spills coming in with the summer)

[Chorus: Zach Carothers & Ryan Neighbors]
We don't need you to do what we do
We don't need you to do what we do
Do you live in that big bright sky
Do you live in that big bright sky
Do you live in that big bright sky
Do you live in that big bright sky
Do you live in that big bright sky

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Credits
Drum Programmer
Programmer
Scratches
Mastering Engineer
Mixing Engineer
Synthesizer
Electric Guitar
Background Vocals
Recorded At
Camp Street Studios
Release Date
March 2, 2010
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