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Punch and Judy (Alternate version)
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Elliott Smith
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a wallpaper pulls his punch, talks to judy in a crowded corner
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he don't read page to page or say the words in order
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judy's illustrating and she's a stranger to the straight face
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always seems so far away, staring out into space
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"i'm sorry, tried to stay away" says punch, "later account, though"
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you dress like an opposite but really it's more than echo
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judy leans over, like a strike of a clock says, "i don't buy that, boy.
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there's two inside of you and they're both gonna be destroyed.â€
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in the alley, mixing blood cheek to cheek
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you're up against the words you never could dare to speak
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it's your conflict shored up tight
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your heavy steps that follow her steps so light
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so judy holds punch, cufflinks inside her clenched fist
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she had a dream of bandages on punch's wrist
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so she sees punch with a thorn in his hand and says, "stop right there
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what the fuck are you doing don't you know i care?"
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but she hears the bark of a cop and drops to the dirty street
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"i wonder," punch says, "do you know what at all, what's protecting me?"
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judy used to hold me like a pencil writing out some change
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her cheap philosopher was spare change for brains
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in the alley, mixing blood cheek to cheek
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you're up against the words you never could dare to speak
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it's your conflict shored up tight
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your heavy steps that follow her steps so light..
Elliott Smith - Punch And Judy (from Eit...
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