[ lyrics: Natalie Merchant/music: Robert Buck ]
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greta's cedar hope chest
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is full of pamphlets
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glass shelves of romantic vignettes
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a journal laced with sedimentary prose
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norma gathers and collects vintage photoplays
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hair combs valentines
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lillian allows the animals to scratch
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leather crack
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mail collect in the box coatings peel
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agnes veiled cathedral dweller
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smiles with benevolent pain
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it's katrina's fair tuesday morning
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as she with caution unlatches the flat door
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she alone cascades to the basement
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careful not to spoil her
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calico printed pinafore
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composite traits mannerists
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all others dissipate
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margauritte vigilant dwells upon frigid casements
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sarah's thoughts in the velocity
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accusations always pierce and pass
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clara abandons her passions for distastes
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miss lenora p. sinclair
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early for coffee in the pool
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"i'm resituating all your words"
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sylvia keeps beasts in jars labeled
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kingdom phylum class order family genus species
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Katrina's Fair
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10000 Maniacs |