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Mal Webb
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I heard a pretty magpie that sings in the tree
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"Tell me dear bird what you're singing to me
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A message of love? Of joyous good cheer?
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Of sweet happiness for all mankind to hear?
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(for all mankind to hear?)"
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To this, the pretty magpie replied in a thrice:
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"Sadly reality isn't so nice
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I'm warning those near of my murderous streak
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To clear off or feel the sharp tip of my beak
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"Keep away or there may well be blood on the branches
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And my foes know for sure there be no second chances"
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And so unto the magpie I cried in dismay:
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"How could you dare to mislead me this way
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The gist of your lilting mellifluous song
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Is twisted and foul! Are you sure it's not wrong?
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(Are you sure it's not wrong?)"
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Then quoth the surly magpie, its beak in a sneer
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"Humans are hopeless! You have no idea
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Your arrogance fully outweighs your true worth
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You're just one of billions of species on earth
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"Kindly take no delight in my song of reprisals
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Get out of my sight or I'll peck out your eyeballs
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(repeat)
Magpie - The Unthanks - LYRICS
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