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That old crow, |
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Came back today. |
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Sitting in my window, |
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Like a prophet, |
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Out on the fire escape. |
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To say, |
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Anger is just love, |
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Left out, gone to vinegar. |
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You wake up a stranger to yourself, |
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And then you learn to live with her. |
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Sit in her clothing til you fill out her figure. |
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You know life's no Bella Tella Novella. |
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The tightrope bows with your weight at the center. |
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The slideshow, don't put all the pictures together. |
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You try to do it right though, |
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Right though? |
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Until you let the kite go. |
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Death and romance, |
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Riddle of our lifetimes. |
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Trying to get a slow dance, |
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Middle of a knife fight. |
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You get up and you, |
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You give blood. |
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Awwwww even on a good night. |
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Awwwww even on a good night out. |
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You send a single, |
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You listen for an echo. |
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At the first splinters, |
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You run to tell Geppetto, |
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And in the worst winters, |
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The whole things feels untenable. |
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Crow took me by the shoulder, |
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And he told me, "Honey don't let go." |
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Nobody fears the height, |
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You all just fear the fall. |
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Go to the edge sometime, |
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And prove your body wrong. |
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You land badly, |
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But you crash standing. |
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You land badly, |
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But you crash. |
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He took me to the workshop. |
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Showed me where the built the bodies. |
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A blacksmith, a mason, a carpenter. |
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And in the darkroom where the whole assembly started, |
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Are the clotheslines where the hearts hung to harden. |
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You come as fragile soft machines, |
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And you're bound to fast, |
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You're bound to greive. |
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But you're built to balance on two feet, |
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So why you living this last year from your knees? |
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Aww please put me... |
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Please put me down again. |
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Aww please put me... |
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Please put me down. |
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Aww please put me... |
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Please put me down again. |
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Aww please put me down. |
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Please put me down. |
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Please put me down! |
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I know you lost a bet, |
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G'head and catch your breath. |
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But when the worst relents, |
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You learn to live on less. |
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You learn to live on less. |
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You learn to live on less. |
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You learn to live on less. |
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You duck some, |
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You take some square. |
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Your luck runs out, |
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You're there in midair. |
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And when the big one comes, |
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You'll know by the snare roll. |
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You can be too careful, |
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Ignore all the scarecrows. |
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Time fly like the crow does, |
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No regard for the grid. |
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I can't ask you to show love, |
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But would it kill you if you did? |
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Time fly like the crow does, |
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No regard for the grid. |
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I can't ask you to show love, |
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But would it kill you if you did? |
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Nobody fears the height, |
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You all just fear the fall. |
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Go to the edge sometime, |
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And prove your body wrong. |
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You land badly, |
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But you crash standing. |
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You land badly, |
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But you crash. |