How could you
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Let it in your house
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And let it in your bed?
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Between the wall in lay
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Another shiv instead
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So how did it taste
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When you kiss it on the face?
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or when the blue eyes sail in from the north
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I guess you do what you do
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When you need to fill some empty space
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Anything you need from me
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The eight arms around you?
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Another heart to pound for you
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Another set of awkward lungs
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To breath in the air of men
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We don't pretend
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A liver a lung a kidney a thumb
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Lies in the heart of the be-loved
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Because the best part is
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You never know just what they're capable of
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(The slow circling of the drain)
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Sleep with the fishes!
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We do what we do
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To fill the empty space
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What do I do
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I'm running out of space!
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So what do I do
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When the claws dig in and drag me from this place
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You'll never live to see the ocean
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You'll never live to brave this sky
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You'll never live to see any garden
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and drag the river and comply
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i guess no one really knows anyone
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So clamp it like a compass
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And let me know where I should be
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And when it's cold and snowy
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Melt the blood you froze in me
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I smell it on the sheets for days
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I smell it in my room
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I smell it on my hands for weeks
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These dirty hands all over you
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Anything you need from me
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The eight arms around you
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Another heart to pound for you
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Another set of awkward lungs
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To breath up the air of men
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I don't pretend
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A liver a lung a kidney a thumb
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Lies in some heart of some beloved
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Because the best part is
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Because the best part is
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You can sleep with the fishes
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before I sleep with you
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Drive carefully dear
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And to a nest of Vipers,
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and to my "miss know it all"
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Drive carefully dear
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A Liver A Lung A Kidney A Thumb
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The Paper Chase |