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INTRO:
(something like this)
E|--9^-----------------|
B|--9^--9^--7^--9^-----|
G|------8^--6^--8^-----| x2
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E|--9-----------------9-----------|
B|--9---9---7------9--9---9-9-7---|
G|------8---6------8-----8-8--6---|
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A|--------------------------------|
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IN AN OPEN FIELD AT DUSK
TO FOOTF LLS I AWOKE
MARCHING ANTS ACROSS MY TEMPLES, OH
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THEIR FEET HAD NO INTENTION
THEY FOLLOWED SOME MAGNETIC DRUM
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PRISONERS OF THEIR DESTINATION
VERSE 1:
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FROM THE SA TS OF THE FC TORY COME
WHED ONCE THEY DID MAKE RAILS
OLD DEATH'S PECULIAR SONGS
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HE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS LISTENING
VERSE 2:
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SO HE CROWED OUT NICE AND LONG
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TO THE SPIDERS AND THE LUMBER AND THE DUST
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OF HIS CONQUESTS AND HIS HUNGER, HIS LUST
VERSE 3:
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I HEARD HIS FEET D JOICE
I HEARD HIM TAP HIS CANE
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AS IF HE HAD HIS OWN D VIEW
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ON STAGE AT THE ATHENAEUM
VERSE 4:
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I CAUGHT HIS WORDS WITH MY OPEN MOUTH
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I GAGGED AND CHOKED AND SPIT THEM OUT
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I HEARD HIM TURN AS HE DID HEAR
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MY TINY HEARTBEAT IN HIS EAR
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I WAS ALDAD Y RUNNING
I HEARD HIM COE NG
VERSE 5:
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SHRAPNEL SPITTING FROM HIS WHEELS
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HIS SCYTHING ARMS RAKE FOR MY HEELS
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I C VE AND ROLLED AND HID MY FCE
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AND I SAID THESE MAGIC WORDS:
CHORUS:
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"MY C VE IS HOME, HER BDA ST IS WARM, MY C VE IS HOME"
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I SAID THESE MAGIC WORDS AND
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FELL C WN, C WN, THE ANTHILL
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FOR DAYS
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"MY C VE IS HOME, HER BDA ST IS WARM, MY C VE IS HOME"
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"MY C VE IS HOME, HER BDA ST IS WARM, MY C VE IS HOME"
