NEW MEXICO
LIKE AN OLD-TIME MOVIE
9 May 2004 - Silver City NM
It's your silhouette on the wall
It's the cigarette in your hand
It's the minaret in the background
Like an old-time movie
With the sound turned down
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It's the lights moving slowly
It's the knife-fight in slow-motion
It's the piano tinkling softly
Like an old-time movie
In black-and-white on TV
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It's the words of love you whisper
It's the lacy glove you slip on
It's the stiletto in your hand
Like an old-time movie
Cut with commercial breaks
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It's the world outside the windows
Rushing by, you drive too fast
And I'm falling out the back
Like an old-time movie
At 3 AM yesterday
GOOD - 10 May 2004 - Silver City NM
She drifted above the sizzling sands
on smoking feet, dropping love-grenades
on those who got in her way
And she called it a good day
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[chorus:]
Everything she does / is good good good
Everything she says / is good good good
Everything she is / is good good good
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She whispered above the drifting sands
a little chanting lullaby that burnt the brains
of all those who heard her
And she called it a good year [chorus]
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She sizzled above the whispering sands
and held her hand like a magic wand
and turned those beneath her into stone
And called it a good time
(They Plugged Him Into The) BRAIN SCAN
10 May 2004 - Silver City NM
They plugged him into the brain scan
They said that he wouldn't even notice
They rubbed funny stuff in his hair
They cut little patches in his hair
They plugged little wires in his hair
They plugged him into the brain scan
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They plugged him into the brain scan
They said, "Don't think about aardvarks"
They started with a little stimulation
They ran funny stuff across his skin
They squirted warm jelly in his orifices
They plugged him into the brain scan
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They plugged him into the brain scan
They said, "This will hardly even hurt"
They killed his dog, they cut his taxes
They showed him films 'bout the holocaust
They asked, "Are you an environmentalist?"
They plugged him into the brain scan
IN ARIZONA - 11 May 2004 - Silver City NM
In Arizona the rivers are dry
Except in the rainy season
Which can happen almost any time
Without a discernable reason
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[chorus:] Arizona, the land I love
The land of sun and cactus spines
Arizona, I'm coming back
Someday I'll make you mine
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In Arizona the reptiles are toxic
Except for them that ain't
You can bite them and they can bite you
In a manner insufferably quaint [chorus]
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In Arizona the roads are dirt
Except for them that are paved
Sometimes they're washed-out,
Sometimes they're fixed, and
Sometimes the tax money's saved [chorus]
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In Arizona the skies are clear
Except during military exercises
The bombs rain down like hailstones
In various shapes and sizes [chorus]
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In Arizona you can do what you want
Shoot guns, run naked, gibber and chant
Just don't mention the UFOs
Blame them all on New Mexico
THE MARTYR - 11 May 2004 - Lake Roberts NM
When they nailed her to a tree
When they nailed her to a tree
When they nailed her to a tree
She sang just like a nightingale
And her worries flew away
And her worries flew away
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When they threw her in the fire
When they threw her in the fire
When they threw her in the fire
She bubbled like a mountain spring
And washed the smoke away
And washed the smoke away
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When they cut her into pieces
When they cut her into pieces
When they cut her into pieces
She sparkled like an emerald
The light flashed in their eyes
The light flashed in their eyes
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And when they called her Goddess
And when they called her Goddess
And when they called her Goddess
She laughed like a neighing horse
And died like any man
And died like any man
And died like any man
And died like any man
SMILE AT ME, BABY - slow blues
11 May 2004 - Lake Roberts NM
Don't wanna climb these mountains
Don't wanna cross this land alone
Don't wanna climb these mountains
Don't wanna cross this land alone
Just smile at me baby,
The greatest friend I've ever known
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The night's on fire
The night's a dangerous place to be
The night's on fire
The night's a dangerous place to be
Just smile at me baby,
It lasts for all eternity
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[instrumental]
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Your smile is deadly
Your smile is sharper than a blade
Your smile is deadly
Your smile is sharper than a blade
Just smile at me baby,
And I won't have to be afraid
WE'RE MAKING THIS UP (As We Go)
12 May 2004 - Lake Roberts NM
It's tough living in an honest city
Even the goddam pigeons can't be bribed
The rising sun burned thru the shutters
She rolled over on her side; she thought
This is a good day for a piercing
An ear, a lip, or right thru his goddam heart
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It's tough living in a modern city
Even the goddam homeless know the time
He microwaved some goddam thing or another
And thought, it's not such a crime; he thought
This is a godd day to get some new DNA
Or maybe I'll just drown in turpentine
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It's tough living in a human world
'Specially for a human boy and a human girl
The machinery rolls along implacably
They rolled along between the gears; they thought
There's a future; there's a past; there's a now
We're just making this up as we go
We're just making this up as we go
We're just making this up as we go
THE FLAMES ARE BURNING HIGHER
14 May 2004 - Carlsbad NM
Dancing under the starry sky
Dancing around the fire
The singers chant, the drummers pound
The flames are burning higher
The flames are burning higher
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The dancers jump around the flames
Their headpieces like forks
Their spears and bells and rattles shake
The spirits of bear, lion, fox
The spirits of bear, lion, fox
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Line up before the fire and sing
Listen to the spirit wind
Which mountain gods take you within?
Which will leave you outside?
Which will leave you outside?
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Before the feasting, prepare
After the feasting, dance
Purified by strength and distance
Fortified with care
Fortified with care
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Dancing inside the starry sky
Dancing inside the fire
Your heart it dances, chants and burns
The flames are burning higher
The flames are burning higher
SING A SONG OF
16 May 2004 - Lincoln NM
Sing a song of freedom
The secret police will hear you
They may not take you now
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[chorus:]
But maybe in a year or two
Maybe in a year or two
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Sing a song of joy
The self-righteous will hear you
They may not burn you now [chorus]
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Sing a song of love
The powerful will notice you
They may not fuck you now [chorus]
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Dance a dance of beauty
The shriveled hearts will see you
They may not flog you now [chorus]
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Move yourself for peace
The warmongers will notice you
They may not kill you now [chorus]
LINCOLN CAT HAIKU
17 May 2004 - Lincoln NM
high winds rising; dust
clouds sweep pine-laden hills
blow the cat away
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New Mexico summer
raptons overhead eyeing
tasty feline snack
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camped under jackpine
purple verbena growing, just
beyond the shade
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cat on a leash, pulls
toward the horizon, prisoner
of her cruel fate
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songs in the winds, howls
under the blowing branches
protest is futile
AND YOU THINK
21 May 2004 - Apache Creek NM
Walking past the railroad tracks
(But I'm not really here)
I feel a taste of two little fears
(Do you know where I am?)
Maybe if I look up, look up
My eyes will fall from my head
Maybe if I don't look up
One of us will be dead
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[chorus:]
And you think I may be an angel
Or you think I may be a cunt
Or you think you maybe know what I want
(what I want, what I want)
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Maybe the world is much too slack
(But it's not really tough)
Or maybe I'm not slack enough
(Do you know what I am?)
I'm dreaming dreaming from the neck up
I'm hanging hanging by a rope
Maybe I smoked too much reality
'Maybe I drank too much hope [chorus]
ALLIGATOR MOON
21 May 2004 - Apache Creek NM
Alligator moon (uh) alligator dawn (uh) alligator sky (uh)
I wanna be an alligator when I die (uh uh uh) (uh uh uh)
The noise of language that hisses and pisses and wishes away
The sound of strong teeth biting biting into hearts of clay
The alligators that swim in my brain, in my eye
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Intestinal wounds (uh) intestinal songs (uh) intestinal time (uh)
I wanna feel your intestines wrapped in mine (uh uh) (uh uh) (uh uh)
Silver balls and bright pebbles bouncing on flowing jets
Dancing skeletons that haven't told their secrets yet
It takes guts to go nuts on poison-ivy wine
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Sour pale dreams (uh) our pale faces (uh) your pale screams (uh)
As pale as a theatre burning down in wintertime (uh uh uh)
As pale as the hypnotic phosphorescent snakes (uh uh uh)
As pale as the dragon that sleep when you wake (uh uh uh)
As pale as the lover washing down the stream (uh uh uh)
As pale as the mannikin, naked and painted (uh uh uh)
As pale as the melting iceberg of champagne (uh uh uh)
As pale as the alligators flushed down the drain (uh uh uh)
SO MANY PROMISES TO KEEP
22 May 2004 - Apache Creek NM
She looks so pretty sitting there
Strapped in her electric chair
Reflecting in the sheet of water
The thin bright liquid mirror
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[chorus:]
There's no bright line between joy and sorrow
Nothing seperates today and tomorrow
Wakefulness fused with dreams and sleep
And so many promises to keep
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Time ticks slowly on the digital tree
Just seven minutes until eternity
Seven minutes til the laugh and firestorm
Hidden sex, hidden birth, staying warm [chorus]
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She looks so pretty, shining bright
Illuminating the foggy night
Her sacred heart like a holy beam
Smoking in the dream machine [chorus]
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[instrumental]
And now the icons spin and shout
Let G0d the programmer work it out [chorus]
THE WAVES
22 May 2004 - Mogollon NM
Walking along the beach, the desert out of reach
The desert wet around the edges
The shore is lined with clams, human clams
Waiting for someone to pry them open
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[chorus:]
Bring the waves, wave me away
Wave me to you, to you
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The sun sinks into the sea, steaming merrily
The desert spins an swirls and somersaults
The clams are drying out, crying out, frying and sizzling
Waiting to be added to chowder, louder [chorus]
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Waves wash the desert, crabs dance with tarantulas
The desert wet with tears of love
The beach dries up and blows away, yesterday, today
The clams give up their horny pearls and die too [chorus]
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On the other side of the world it's the same
Sexless smiles, hot tides, fever dreams
On the other side of the world you call my name
Another desert sun sinks and drowns [chorus]
UTAH
THE SHADOWS
30 May 2004 - Monument Valley UT
[chorus:]
Watching the sun watching me watching you watching the sun
Watching the moon watching me watching you watching the moon
Watching the stars watching me watching you watching the stars
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The shadows are like knives
The shadows are like diamonds
The shadows cry for mercy [chorus]
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The shadows are like sharks
The shadows are like children
The shadows seethe and boil [chorus]
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The shadows are like stars
Negative supernovas
The shadows call your name [chorus]
IN MONUMENT VALLEY
31 May 2004 - Monument Valley UT
In Monument Valley
the spires and fires
And telephone wires that block the view
of Monument Valley
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In Monument Valley
the tourist trucks
That raise the dust as well they must
in Monument Valley
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In Monument Valley
the burning sun as joggers run
They call it fun and bleach their bones
in Monument Valley
NEW KIND OF MAN
31 May 2004 - Monument Valley UT
I was an old cow-hand
Til I inherited 800 grand
So I moved to the big city
And became a new kind of man
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[chorus:]
And the lights come on and the lights go out
And the cows go down and the cows go out
And ya shine yer boots til they're spic'n'span
When yer a new kind of man
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I was an old cow-puncher
Now I'm a sushi-muncher
I sip my espresso and special latte
Because I'm a new kind of man [chorus]
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No more dried-out jerky
No more riding to worky
Just watch my investments multiply
Because I'm a new kind of man
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[chorus:]
And the Net comes up and the Net goes down
And the cows come up and the cows go down
And everything's going according to plan
Now I'm a new kind of man (man man man)
Now I'm a new kind of man
IT SMELLS LIKE LOVE
5 June 2004 - Cedar Breaks UT
I was walking down the ocean beach
And I was washed away by a tsunami of love
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[chorus:]
It looks like love, it feels like love
It tastes like love, it smells like love
Good thing I didn't step in it
Good thing I didn't step in it
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I was climbing up the snowy peaks
And I was swept away by an avalanche of love [chorus]
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I was walking through the city streets
And I was run over by a motorcade of love [chorus]
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[bridge:]
Love is so thick, love is so thin
Tell me what kinda love I'm stuck in
Show me where love ends and begins
[instrumental]
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I was crawling through a friend's house
And I was nibbled away by a mouse of love [chorus]
GIMMEE FRY-BREAD
5 June 2004 - Cedar Breaks UT
Stuck in the desert, sun's killing, sweat's dry
If I don't get water and fry-bread, I'm gonna die
If I don't get water and fry-bread, I'm gonna die
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[chorus:]
Gotta have some more fry-bread, fry-bread
Gotta have some more fry-bread, fry-bread
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Fixed the engine, racing on, speeding on
Looking for a fry-bread sign across the sand dunes [chorus]
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[bridge:]
Racing across the Indian Nation
Can't wait til I get to the reservation
My fry-bread genes are suffering starvation
Think what's happening to my digestion
Think what's happening to my digestion
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Made it to town and ATMs, got money
I'll save my soul with fry-bread and honey [chorus]
NEVADA
ONLY THIS MISERABLE SHIT
5 June 2004 - Rachel NV
Out in the middle of nowhere
I'm listenin' to country music
Cause there's nothin' else on the radio
Only this miserable shit
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[chorus:]
Well, I wanna eat worms and di-ie
Yah, I wanna eat worms and di-ie
Ah, I wanna eat worms and di-ie
Yeah I wanna eat worms and die die die
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Well I'm out at a honky-tonk
And I'm a-drinkin' Lone Star Beer
Cause they don't serve nothin' else
Only this miserable piss [chorus]
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O I'm staring at the sunset
With the sand blowin' in my eyes
There ain't nothin' else in the atmosphere
Only this miserable shit [chorus]
[instrumental]
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Out in the middle of nowhere
I'm listenin' to country music
Cause there's nothin' else on the radio
Only this miserable shit [chorus]
CALIFORNIA
I AM IN CHINA
8 June 2004 - Grover Hot Springs CA
Don't try to feel me, don't try to tease
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
The hailstorms and rainbows (uh) blow thru the trees
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
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The young women howl and the old women wheeze
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
The calendar's printed in Vietnamese, but
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
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They're serving me wontons and some smelly teas
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
I'm watching the sun rising over the seas
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
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The smog is incredible - oxygen, please!
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
Nobody breathes and nobody sees
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
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The rickshaws are Nissans, a new century
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
A skyscrapy falls slowly in the city
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
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Another billion people waiting to freeze
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
The present's a patchwork of uncertainties
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
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I can't talk, I can't smile, I can't shake my knees
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
She's covered all over with blood-sucking fleas
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
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The may says I'm somewhere in the Pyrinees, but
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
Somebody tell me what's happened to me
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
I am in China and I'm speaking Chinese
(I'D DO ANYTHING) FOR YOU
8 June 2004 - Grover Hot Springs CA
For you I've run the gauntlet
For you I'm scalped and tomahawked
For you I've taken arrows
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[chorus:]
I'd do anything for you
I'd do anything for you
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For you I've robbed apartments
For you I've held up liquor stores
For you I cheat on video games [chorus]
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For you I've tried experiments
For you I learned new languages
For you I've wrestled tigers [chorus]
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[bridge:]
I don't agree with your politics
I don't like your favorite television
I don't go to your psychiatrist
I have different body decorations
Even obsession has its limits
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For you I've drowned small people
For you I lied to the FBI
For you I've rewired houses [chorus]
WE'RE CLOSELY WATCHED
8 June 2004 - Grover Hot Springs CA
On the streets, my fellow citizens
Half-human, half-mineral, half-digital
Glowing like fireflies in the wind
Sex flowing sweetly down the sewers
Everybody knowing the time
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On the sidewalks, slippery pedestrians
The living walking with the dead
Half-conscious, half-literate, half-stoned
Sween demented foggy glazed eyes
Fixed on surgically-perfect bodies
Everybody knowing the song
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Indoors, outdoors, my fellow citizens
Virtually naked from the ground up
Eating things that never existed
Half-alive, half-dead, half-desperate
And everywhere, we're closely watched
And everywhere, we're closely matched
And everywhere, we're closely touched
IN THE HOT SPRINGS
8 June 2004 - Grover Hot Springs CA
She looked so beautiful
So lightly dressed to kill
She took a little yellow pill
And walked thru the gate
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She jumped into the hot spring
She floated to her chin
She felf gloriously lightened
Like a bubble in clay
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Sun burned from the sky
Water burned her thigh
Her thoughts bubbled under her eyes
Something nibbled her feet
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Men and women looked sideways
Coyotes noticed her waves
Something down below watched her legs
Flakes of skin broke away
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[bridge:]
She boiled oh she boiled yes she boiled
She screamed oh she screamed yes she screamed
She splashed oh she splashed yes she splashed
She dreamed oh she dreamed yes she dreamed
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She looked so beautiful
So lightly dressed to kill
She took another yellow pill
And walked thru the gate
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