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Show me your stripes |
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Said the zebra to |
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The wicked spider |
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In the morning dew |
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I will provide |
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For you shelter and wine |
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If you can prove |
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That you are of my kind" |
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O ho Maria! |
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I'd break my wooden bones for you |
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You took my crystal heart |
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And shook it through and through |
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O ho Maria! |
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You broke my brittle bones in two |
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You shook your silver hair |
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And sent me to the moon |
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And then the spider |
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Turned onto its back |
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Displayed the colors |
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In three neat tracks |
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And said, when we go |
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We go alone |
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And so they crossed |
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The windy field |
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The spider provided |
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By the zebra's heels |
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And every bird |
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From above did cry |
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You will be bitten boy |
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And you'll surely die |
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O ho Maria! |
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I'd break my wooden bones for you |
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You took my crystal heart |
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And shook it through and through |
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O ho Maria! |
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You broke my brittle bones in two |
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You shook your silver hair |
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And sent me to the moon |
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We may be different |
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Two sides of the same fence |
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You bring your elegance |
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And me my dumb strength |
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You were so kind to me |
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Beneath the willow trees |
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You took my hand in yours |
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And I got down on my knees |
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They said I couldn't see it clear |
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They said that it would disappear |
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But when they came and sang their sermon |
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It fell upon deaf ears |
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Because I see but I cannot hear |
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And I feel but I cannot fear |
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And I know you to be true |
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When I saw you first come near |
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O ho Maria! |
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I'd break my wooden bones for you |
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You took my crystal heart |
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And shook it through and through |
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O ho Maria! |
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You broke my brittle bones in two |
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You shook your silver hair |
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And sent me to the moon |
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O ho Maria! |
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I'd do it all again for you |