CALEXICO - The News About William
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4 in the morning the sidewalk's asleep
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Dogs on the porch,
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Spiders on the leaf
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Shipwrecked by night sailing through days
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Nobody noticed the slipping away
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Connecting the dots with thorns in his side
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Boarded up the Windows with pain and with pride
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The music box broken that once was his soul
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Its sad little song spinning out of control
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Then came the storm that washed the roads out
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Closed both his eyes and pointed straight south
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Second line drums marched into the sea
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While the clouds overhead cried "mutiny"
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They parted for Cathy and her bitter news
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As her words fail and the sky grew dim
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Recalled how close to that exit l've been
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Ours not to reply, ours not to reason why
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The news about William
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The lifeline retreats
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Desire for release
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The thorns in his side