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Yeah, when I was only seventeen* |
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I could hear the angels whispering |
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So I drove into the woods |
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And wandered aimlessly about |
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Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog |
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It turned out to be the howling of a dog |
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Or a wolf, to be exact |
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The sound sent shivers down my back |
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But I was drawn into the pack and before long |
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They allowed me to join in and sing their song |
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So from the cliffs and highest hills |
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Yeah, we would gladly get our fill |
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Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn |
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And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong |
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For my flesh had turned to fur |
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Yeah, and my thoughts they surely were |
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Turned to instinct and obedience to God |
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You can wear your fur |
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Like a river on fire |
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But you'd better be sure |
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If you're making God a liar |
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I'm a rattlesnake, babe, |
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I'm like fuel on a fire |
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So if you're gonna get made |
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Don't be afraid of what you've learned |
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On the day that I turned 23 |
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I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree |
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When suddenly a girl |
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Her skin the color of a pearl |
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She wandered aimlessly, but she didn't seem to see |
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She was listening for the angels just like me |
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So I stood and looked about |
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I brushed the leaves off of my snout |
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And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees |
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You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees |
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So I took her by the arm |
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We settled down upon a farm |
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And raised our children up as gently as you please |
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And now my fur has turned to skin |
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And I've been quickly ushered in |
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To a world that, I confess, I do not know |
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But I still dream of running careless through the snow |
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And through the howling winds that blow |
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Across the ancient distant flow |
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To fill our bodies up like water till we know |
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You can wear your fur |
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Like a river on fire |
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But you'd better be sure |
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If you're making God a liar |
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I'm a rattlesnake, babe, |
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I'm like fuel on a fire |
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So if you're gonna get made |
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Don't be afraid of what you've learned |
