You have a heart and I have a key
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Lie back and let me unlock you
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Those heathens you hang with down by the sea
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All they want to do is defrock you
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I know a river, where we can dream
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It will swell up, burst it's banks,
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babe, and rock you
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But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals
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Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten
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But I'm glad you've come around
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here with your animals
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And your heart that is bruised but unbeaten
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And beating like a drum
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I will sit like a bird on a fence
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Sing you songs with a happy ending
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Swoop down and tell you that it don't make sense
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To attack the very thing you're defending
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Didn't I just buy that dress for you?
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That pink paper pinafore that you keep mending
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Well, if you're gonna dine with the cannibals
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Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten
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But I'm glad you've come around
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here with your animals
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And your heart that is banging and beating
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And banging like a gong
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I can see that they've hurt you, dear
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Here is some moonlight to cloak us
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And I will never desert you here
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Unpetaled among the crocus
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Allow me, my love, to allay your fear
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As I swim, in and out of focus
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But if you're gonna dine with the cannibals
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Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten
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But I'm glad you've come around
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here with your animals
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And your heart that is bruised but bleating
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And bleeding like a lamb
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Banging like a gong
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Beating like a drum
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Cannibal's Hymn
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |