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Suddenly the pickup bell rings

Suddenly the pickup bell rings

Only the last part was true

Only the last part was true

An angry unemployed man who’d …

An angry unemployed man who’d …

… have been just as angry if he’d had a job

… have been just as angry if he’d had a job

Then she phoned him one night

Then she phoned him one night

She wasn’t going to wake up

She wasn’t going to wake up

You don’t even have to give me a room

You don’t even have to give me a room

Being the obvious center of the universe

Being the obvious center of the universe

Round or flat, whatever

Round or flat, whatever

She reads with great concentration

She reads with great concentration

You must always dress conservatively

You must always dress conservatively

I wonder if there are dogs on Mars

I wonder if there are dogs on Mars

It never listens to me

It never listens to me

Get out of my bloody way

Get out of my bloody way

You spotted snakes with double tongue

You spotted snakes with double tongue

Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen

Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen

Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong

Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong

Come not near our fairy Queen

Come not near our fairy Queen

Made weak by time and fate

Made weak by time and fate

Hang on for a moment

Hang on for a moment

The summer still doth tend upon my state

The summer still doth tend upon my state

They haven’t noticed each other

They haven’t noticed each other

Aren’t you on the internest?

Aren’t you on the internest?

But the trick has its limits

But the trick has its limits

It works best with simple objects

It works best with simple objects

I just see words

I just see words

Let’s hear it for the little birds

Let’s hear it for the little birds

I used to find myself daydreaming

I used to find myself daydreaming

The reality was very different

The reality was very different

I can haunt you as good as any ghost

I can haunt you as good as any ghost

It’s not a song. It’s more like a story

It’s not a song. It’s more like a story

Life is a long way

Life is a long way

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