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Murphy's Song
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Kevin Devine
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I cry at her bowl, dog's dying day
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A bone in her bowl, a watery grave
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See, I am a sailor, but I'm not so great
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I keep fishin' for roadkill, passin' out on the waves
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Shimmering sea, stretched end to end
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Shivering bowl, a flickering friend
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See, that's Mr. Murphy, my leathery brave
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He's whimpering "Taps" now, for his plank-walk grade
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I've never been a joiner, no, I've quit every team I've been on
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Now I'm crying in my coffee, that's not sea salt in my eyes
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Cause me and Murphy, we have been through it, and I hate watching him die
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(Whistling)
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So I wait for my wisdom, like I wait for my wife
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Like I wait for a story, helps me wait out the night
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Like when I was an archer, but I couldn't shoot straight
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I broke all of ma's windows, I poked holes through her drapes
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And I laugh to myself, but I can't tell you why
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The hung-over sun, sneaks back in the sky
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But Murphy went peaceful, he went decent and right
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At least better than I will, when it's my turn to die
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And I wear his collar on my wrist
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And I bury him down at the beach
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No crying, no coffin, just a body and a hole
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No praying, no singing, no saving any souls
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The only thing I'm saving, yeah
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Is a bone inside a bowl
Kevin Devine - "People Are So Fickle"
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