Show me your stripes
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Said the zebra to
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The wicked spider
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In the morning dew
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I will provide
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For you shelter and wine
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If you can prove
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That you are of my kind
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O ho Maria!
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I'd break my wooden bones for you
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You took my crystal heart
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And shook it through and through
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O ho Maria!
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You broke my brittle bones in two
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You shook your silver hair
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And sent me to the moon
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And then the spider
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Turned onto its back
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Displayed the colors
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In three neat tracks
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And said, when we go
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We go alone
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And so they crossed
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The windy field
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The spider provided
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By the zebra's heels
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And every bird
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From above did cry
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You will be bitten boy
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And you'll surely die
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O ho Maria!
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I'd break my wooden bones for you
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You took my crystal heart
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And shook it through and through
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O ho Maria!
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You broke my brittle bones in two
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You shook your silver hair
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And sent me to the moon
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We may be different
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Two sides of the same fence
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You bring your elegance
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And me my dumb strength
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You were so kind to me
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Beneath the willow trees
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You took my hand in yours
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And I got down on my knees
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They said I couldn't see it clear
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They said that it would disappear
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But when they came and sang their sermon
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It fell upon deaf ears
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Because I see but I cannot hear
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And I feel but I cannot fear
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And I know you to be true
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When I saw you first come near
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O ho Maria!
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I'd break my wooden bones for you
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You took my crystal heart
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And shook it through and through
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O ho Maria!
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You broke my brittle bones in two
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You shook your silver hair
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And sent me to the moon
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O ho Maria!
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I'd do it all again for you
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O Maria!
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| Sea Wolf |
