My New Book

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[Verse 1]
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Lipstick on a thermos cup
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lust and whiskey fill it up
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and smoke blows from the chimney to the moon
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It's much too cold in the Midwest
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chilly hands cup chilly breasts
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things not said fill up every room


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And as he stands there in the door
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there's no room for him anymore
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She lies there saying honey, take one last look
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I'll tell it all in my new book


[Verse 2]
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Above the city 300 feet
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a derelict in a penthouse suite
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packs his suitcase for the midnight train
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The rich girl couldn't face her dream
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he's bitter coffee she is sweet cream
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she pulls on her shirt outside it rains


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And later in the rumbling dark
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she'll unwrap her broken heart
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and smile the weary smile of the crook
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I'll tell it all in my new book


[Verse 3]
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Coyote sleeps with everyone
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but in the morning he's long gone
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and it turns out that he was a she
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Tales grow tall around the fire
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where there's no truth, no one's a liar
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whatever mask you wear is who you'll be


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There is a hole in the day
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through which we make our getaway
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I make mine every time I'm shook
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I'll tell it all in my new book


[Verse 4]
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We sift through culture run amok
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but our rhythm is still boom-boom chug
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the whole world to us is now a theme park
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The tourist takes the traveler's place
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buys a new body a new face
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A hymn is not a hymn sung with no heart


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And I turn to the man of woe
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and ask him where there's left to go
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he points down with his shepherd's crook
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I'll tell it all in my new book


[Verse 5]
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And when they lead you to the wood
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remember that you always should
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leave a trail of black-eyed peas behind
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So I can find my way to you
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whatever you may get into
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you are the one I always long to find


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And when this crazy time is gone
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we'll build a home down by a pond
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I'd make you a good mate, I love to cook
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I'll tell it all in my new book


[Verse 6]
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On old Cape Cod it blows a gale
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I'll be Jonah, you be the whale
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I want to dive as deep as we can go
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Your ship is sailing for the dark
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leave your suitcase take my heart
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hold me, stow me, love me very slow


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Why must this hour come to pass
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I look at you and raise my glass
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our kisses cannot stop the scythe, the hook
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I'll tell it all in my new book


[Verse 7]
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I heard a young man sing a song
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just that one and he was gone
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off on the journey we all used to make
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It was a song like rain and wind
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reminded me of where I'd been
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and that wild feeling I can't seem to shake


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I'd like to go into some shack
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and wait for that kid to come back
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and sing until the walls and windows shook
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and tell it all in my new book


[Verse 8]
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The soldiers meet between the fights
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to drink and gamble half the night
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while waiting for the fresh troops to arrive
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The battlements will always stand
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according to the ancient plan
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not a one of us gets out alive


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And as we huddled in the smoke
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I began to get the joke
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I laughed and kissed you while the whole world shook
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I'll tell it all in my new book