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Jim White
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Back in 1967, I was watching a TV show
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When the glowing screen went blank
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I looked out of my window
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I saw 27 crows perched on my antenna
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In the glass a familiar face appeared
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A man whose name I don't remember
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'Cause that mother's milk is dandy
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when you're a little baby
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But as the wheels of time grind you down
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you get a taste for that stranger candy
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Then in December of '81
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I saw my dear old friend John
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He was fall-down drunk at the Christmas parade
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with his children looking on
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His wife, she'd lost her mind
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She was committed for a time
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She took refuge when they set her free
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in some weird eastern philosophy
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'Cause that mother's milk is dandy
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when you're a little baby
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But as the wheels of time grind you down
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you get a taste for that stranger candy
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And this life, they say is hard
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but still it's all you know
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You can close your eyes and try to run away
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but pray, where will you go?
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Yeah, this life is all you know
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Death is dark and strange
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It's the near and worrisome voice you hear
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forever calling out your name
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As I was walking down the street
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last week in Portland, Oregon
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I found the last of many keys I lost
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I picked it up and I grinned
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'Cause sometimes them crows take flight
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and if you can shoo 'em from your brain
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you will find yourself in the nick of time
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calling the devil by his name
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'Cause that mother's milk is dandy
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when you're a little baby
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but as the wheels of time grind you down
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you get a taste... just a little taste
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for that stranger candy
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stranger candy
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*A Funny Little Cross to Bear [Live EP] lyrics version
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