Life is whittled
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Life's a riddle
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Man's a fiddle that life plays on
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When the day breaks, and the earth quakes
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Life's a mistake all day long
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Tell me, who gives a good gooddamn
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You'll never get out alive
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Don't go dreaming
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Don't go scheming
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A man must test his mettle
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In a crooked ol' world
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[Chorus:]
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Starving in the Belly
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Starving in the Belly
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Starving in the Belly of a whale
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Starving in the Belly
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Starving in the Belly
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Starving in the Belly of a whale
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Dan't take my word
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Just look skyward
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They that dance must pay the fiddler
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Sky is darkening
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Dogs are barking
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But the caravan moves on
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Tell me who gives a good gooddamn
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You'll never get get out alive
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Don't go dreaming
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Don't go scheming
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A man must test his mettle
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In crooked ol' world
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Starving in the Belly...
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[Chorus]
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As the crow flies
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It's there the truth lies
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At the bottom of the well
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E-o-leven goes to heaven
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Bless the dead here as the rain falls
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Don't trust a bull's horn
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A doberman's tooth
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A runaway horse or me
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Don't be greedy, don't be needy
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If you live in hope you're
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Dancing to a terrible tune
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Starving in the Belly
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Starving in the Belly...
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Starving In The Belly Of A Whale
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Tom Waits |