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Mermaid
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Regina Spektor
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I'm a mermaid
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but I've sold my voice
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for a pair of feet
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that tend to bleed
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when I go walking in the road
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I'm a mermaid
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but I've sold my voice
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for a couple of feet
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and they always bleed
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when I go walking in these streets
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and I once saw a most beautiful man
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at the local record store
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he bumped into me and said,
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well excuse me, young ma'am,
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but haven't I seen your pretty eyes somewhere before?
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I smiled but gestured at my throat
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to show that I was mute
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well, he quickly looked down at the floor
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and shuffled in his boots
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he was out of there so fast
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I'm a mermaid
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but I've sold my voice
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for a midnight train
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and a bump of cocaine
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and an old photo of ballets russes
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I'm a mermaid
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but I have sold my voice
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for a bottle of gin
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cause I can't swim
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and I sure don't want to float
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I was so lonely walking out of that store
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and back into the busy people street
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when overhead I heard an argument
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a woman opened up her window, threw a flower pot from it
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I was startled by the crash
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but went over to find a little plant
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I quickly emptied out my paper coffee cup and
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adopted it
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transplanted it
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took it home and
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named it mozart
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I am a mermaid
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but I've sold my voice
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and I got rid of my tail
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at a junkyard sale
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along with some favorite childhood toys
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I'm a mermaid
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but I have sold my voice
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for a couple of feet
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that tend to bleed
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when I go walking in the street...
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I'm a mermaid
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but I have sold my voice
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for a couple of feet
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and they always bleed
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no matter how clean...
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