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I was a-working overtime at the balloon factory |
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When I made, I made, I made a discovery. |
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I pulled it from the discard pile and oh so carefully, |
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Brushed sawdust from the face of the virgin mommy! |
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The face of (the) virgin Mother on (a) deflated balloon |
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Oh yeah, I started laughing and I starting to swoon. |
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I kissed the cold rubber, tears welling in my eyes |
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A miracle? Hell yes! I started to cry. |
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I brought the ballon real close, an inch from my face, |
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I said "Mary is their something that you've got to say?" |
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"You've chosen me as your interpreter," |
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"Relay me a message", but all I got out of her was: |
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Wang Diddly Dang |
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Dang Diddle Biddle Wang |
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Wong Bong Ding Dong |
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Oh yeah... |
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Wang Diddly Dang |
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Dang Diddle Biddle Wang |
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Wong Bong Ding Dong |
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I said "What the fuck you saying? Is that Cantonese?" |
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And then apologized for cussing, and got down on my knees. |
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I was a-worried that maybe I was losing my mind |
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With all this praying I needed to verify. |
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I called my friend Juanita, |
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"Come on over here, go!" |
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Excited but nervous 'cuz I did not know |
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if I was nuts or if the virgin would soon appear |
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But then Juanita genuflected right then and there! |
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We told the boss all about it |
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and soon we got some pews. |
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Everybody stopped working |
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(We) made the press and the news. |
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Unpaid vacation for that very night |
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But no one left, we just held hands |
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And started to recite: |
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Wang Diddly Dang |
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Dang Diddle Biddle Wang |
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Wong Bong Ding Dong |
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After that I gained some local celebrity, |
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I was Promoted to be the head balloon inspectee. |
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They bought a gilded frame and mounted Virgin inside, |
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And above my very desk she came to reside. |
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She hung there for years for her cult of the devoted, |
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But their love could not prevent her image had come eroded. |
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Hot sun began to warp 'til she could barely be seen, |
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But right before she vanished, Mary whispered this to me: |
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Wang Diddly Dang |
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Dang Diddle Biddle Wang |
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Wong Bong Ding Dong |
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Wang Diddly Dang |
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Dang Diddle Biddle Wang |
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Wong Bong Ding Dong |
