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flying in the beginning

from peeling painted pricks by the tortoise and my hair

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lyrics

C G F
i wish things were simple, things were more like this, then the new kids come in, it all gets inane
C G
we all go more insane to the end - til the light dies out
F G C Am F
something about what a dog once told me, we all on, we all must drink the poison from this
G C
well with no resolve

C G C F G F
i think that if we can’t breathe the air than maybe we should be the one gets put to death i think that
G C G
if we(can) breathe the air were gonna find a place to share and if you breathe the air with me i’ll be
F
free
C G Am F G
so let me be let me do just what i want ta do - i don’t need ya bugging me
C G Am F G C (CG) G
i only want to fly and be the wise guy - (i) don’t want to try - not to much anyway

C G C G Am F G
i want to be free to be lazy - to be humble - to be shy to be wondering why all these people are
C G C +
always getting on me getting on me - trying to make me be somebody they suppose me to be

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from peeling painted pricks, released August 31, 2021

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the tortoise and my hair Guelph, Ontario

diary of a decomposing dog

this diary on this scary day is one of warmth again and play i am not going to say what my feeling really is in fact it’s just a lark that i have any at all no one’s left to listen, no one ever has, my bed’s been made un-wizened so been judged to be the best, but somehow just one wrinkle in my head is always left. ... more

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