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(Daniel Johnston)
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They shot him down
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They shot him down
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They thought he was a monster
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But he was the King
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They came to his island
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And they brought her with them
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They wanted to get his picture
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But they were surprised by his enormous size
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And when he saw the woman
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He took her without question
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Because after all
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He was the King
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And he loved the woman
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He loved the way she looked
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And she wouldn't stop screaming
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But he loved the woman
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And he fought a Tyrannosaurus Rex
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And it was a bloody battle
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But he fought it for his woman
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And he climbed up a mountain
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And he looked around
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Some kind of forest
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With all these dinosaurs
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And he stripped his woman
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He stripped her bare
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But there was a pterodactyl
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There!
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And then a hero
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Came and took his woman
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And they fell off the mountain
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Into some water
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And then later
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He came looking for his woman
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But they were waiting
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And they threw a bomb
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And they tied him
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And took him across the ocean
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And they chained him
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And put him in the show
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And when he saw his woman
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He broke loose
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And everyone fled in terror
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And he was looking for her
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And he overtook a train
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And he was looking in the street
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And then he found her in her apartment
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And he climbed up the Empire State building
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It was like a phallic symbol
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And he took his woman
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To the top of that towering temple
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And he climbed up and looked around
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Some kind of city
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With all those skyscrapers
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And all the cars
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Just him and his screaming woman
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And they were finally alone
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He loved his woman
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You could see it in his eyes
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His great big eyes
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He loved his woman
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From the moment that he saw her
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He was all choked up inside
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But when the airplanes came
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He was soon to die
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But he hung on long enough to set his woman down
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And make sure that she was safe
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And as the bullets pierced
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He looked at her so sincere
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Before he fell
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Because he loved his woman
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And they shot him down
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They thought he was a monster
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But he was the King
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Who killed the monkey
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'Twas beauty that killed the beast
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And Willis O'Brien died
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A tragic death
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There wasn't much
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That he had left
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And Ray Harryhousen said
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That when Willis died
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That's when the King was really dead
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They shot him down
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They shot him down
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They thought he was a monster
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But he was the King
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