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[00:33.59]Late the other day when the earth turned away
[00:36.52]I found a little book in the grey flower
[00:41.99]Drawn like a child on the cover
[00:46.24]It was the story of the raven and the mushroom man
[00:49.57]He was the first real friend he ever had
[00:58.78]I never want to be like that serious man
[01:05.30]Telling himself he is serious
[01:08.64]Always counting those numbers
[01:12.68]He's got a red face and a mushroom head
[01:16.12]He's been too long in the rat race
[01:19.36]Too long in the dead days
[01:25.82].
[01:39.34]If only a raven with a sore wing
[01:45.77]Could fall at his feet with eyes full of mercy
[01:51.98]The little mushroom man might fashion
[01:55.31]A little splint out of driftwood
[01:58.64]And he might feel a little light shine
[02:02.08]He might see his own kindness
[02:05.98]And think that maybe counting isn't everything
[02:08.61]Maybe there are more ravens that need me more than numbers
[02:15.49].
[02:29.34]The mushroom man loved the raven so
[02:32.76]And deep inside his heart grew a thing called hope
[02:42.53]One Sunday night the raven was weak
[02:46.05]He didn't wake up and the mushroom man weeped
[02:51.53]Caused his planet to leak
[02:55.51]Well he buried his friend and he buried his books
[02:59.33]He looked out to space and his head he shook
[03:02.67]As he looked out across the escape
[03:05.96]A sapling rose grew from the raven's grace
[03:09.25]From the raven's grave hope had sprung
[03:12.64]He knew then how it had been done
[03:16.03]As he tended to the raven's wing a seed of hope had grown within
[03:22.61]And now it grows for all to see and his planet is no longer just he
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