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I Swear the Devil Stole My Bible and Such

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I swear the devil stole my bible I had a whole stack of them Around here somewhere I saw him smiling to himself A smile about a mile wide And then he slipped right out the door And went inside the tent Across the river where I went A

I Had a Dream

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I was born into a perpendicular world I held Vertigo in my arms once And gave her a good squeeze That she just couldn’t get out of her head Then she would follow me around the perimeter Where my breath was being held Against my will Ah,

A Motor Like God

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I thought I saw the boys driving by With their raw loud pipes exposed to the sky Blasting in the faces of the old passersby Who can’t understand a word of their loud cries But what’s that they’re saying after all When they got you pinned aga

Giant Lobster Hands

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He sure can play piano With those giant lobster hands In his ratty raccoon coat And his old black cowboy hat They really do express What’s been hidden deep Inside his heart and limbs That makes every woman weep His boots of Spanish lea

The Light Of the Face

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We all have our place But it’s always there, isn’t it Streaming throughout our lives The light of the face Where most of the soul comes to rest We see it best when the hard wind blows Cause in the course of events The wind will know our

I've Seen Worse

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We met at a bar We didn’t get far We went to her car Then back to the bar I played guitar She was a rock star We met at a bar We didn’t get far

The End of History

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Well, I walked in on you, then you walked out on me And that was when it happened – the end of history And that should have been sufficient But I think you know it wasn’t I remember it was you who told me Dreams are only efficient when illusio