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i'm cradling the softest, warmest part of you in my hands
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feels like a little baby bird
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fallen from the nest
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i think that your body is something i understand
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i think that i'm happy
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i think that i'm blessed
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but i've had a lack of inhabition
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i've had a loss of perspective
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i've had a little bit to drink
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and it's making me think
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that i can jump ship and swim
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that the ocean will hold me
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that there's got to be more
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than this boat i'm in
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they can call me crazy if i fall
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all the chance i need
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is one-in-a-million
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and they can call me brilliant
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if i succeed
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gravity is nothing to me
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i'm moving at the speed of sound
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i'm just gonna get my feet wet
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until i drown
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i teeter between tired
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and really, really tired
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i'm wiped out and i'm wired
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but i guess that's just as well
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cuz i've built my own empire
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out of car tires and chicken wire
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and now i'm queen of my own compost heap
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and i'm getting used to the smell
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i've had a lack of information
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i've had a little revelation
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i'm climbing up on the railing
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trying not to look down
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i'm going to do my best swan dive
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into shark infested waters
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i'm going to pull out my tampon
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and start splashing around
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cuz i don't care if they eat me alive
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i've got better things to do than survive
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i've got the memory of your warm skin in my hands
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and i've got a vision of blue sky and warm land
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i'm cradling the hardest, heaviest part of me in my hands
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the ship is pitching and heaving
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our limbs are bobbing and weaving
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i think this is something i understand
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i think i need a couple vaccinations
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for my far-away vacation
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i'm gonna go anhead and go boldly
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cuz a little bird told me
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that jumping is easy
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and falling is fun
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right up unitl you hit the sidewalk
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shivering and stunned
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they can call me crazy if i fall
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all the chance i need
|
is one-in-a-million
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and they cal call me brilliant
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if i succeed
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gravity is nothing to me
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i'm moving at the speed of sound
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i'm just going to get my feet wet
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until i drown
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swan dive
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| ani difranco |
