A cannon was fired by the light of the moon and
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Waiting the boat should be here very soon and
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I mind less and less all the silly pictures that hang 'round my room, for now
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I write you a letter, I hope you feel better
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I hope you forgive the transgressions
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I've given you love and I've given you anger as well
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And I mean them both
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I always knew it was coming this way
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It was coming this way
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I always knew a big boat would come,
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Take me away, take me away
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I stood in my bed
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Then I slipped in my dress
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Then I ran through the halls like a ghost
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And in case someone heard me
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I grabbed up a dagger that I'd never used, unless
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Bare feet on the cobblestone street,
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Then a beach
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Then a splash
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Then my ankles, my knees,
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Then my thighs and my eyes open wide
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I threw myself right into the sea
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Then I could see it was coming my way
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It was coming my way
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I always knew a big boat would come and take me away
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Take me away, take me away
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I've woken up once
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And I've woken up twice
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And I've woken up millions and millions of times
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Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water
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Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water
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I would if I could
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But I can't, so I don't
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My heart breaks too easy, my words get all jumbled
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And when I wear lipstick,
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No one understands me at all
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They think I'm saying hello and goodbye and hello and goodbye
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But what I'm really saying is
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They think I'm saying hello and goodbye and hello and goodbye and hello
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But what I'm really saying is
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I've woken up once
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And I've woken up twice
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And I've woken up millions and millions of times
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A Cannon
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| Regina Spektor |
