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Introduction: A
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At the foot of the bed, lay the clarinet
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and the light bled onto the carpet
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The fan by the stove was left on
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and the noise of the bus was a frightful song
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At the foot of the bed waits a man
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buttoning his jacket with his hand
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It's 4 o'clock he tells her it's time
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She nods her head and kisses goodbye, goodbye
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The snake of a shadow jumps to the floor
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and a hearbeat closes with the doors
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Car is parked - eight blocks west
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he finds the keys - his cable-knit vest
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On the highway he stopped for an accident
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the cars all waved - in acknowledgment
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As he drives by the ambulance hes getting around traffic
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He glances to his sidecar's crushed and kisses dispatching
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The voices outisde were calling where the bodies had fallen
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And now his tires roll over the map of blood on the highway
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Making very strange color making very strange smells
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And soon it'll be the rain that washes all this away
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He's pulling into his house his wife is working till 5
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While the white exhaust bumper cars travels into the sky
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He'll sing his song to sleep with a rhythm soft and deep, singing
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Shotgun, I got a shotgun
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Shotgun, I got a shotgun
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Oh little boy, I got a shotgun
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Shotgun, I got a shotgun
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Oh little boy, I got a shotgun
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Shotgun, I got a shotgun
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Oh little boy, I got a shotgun
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