Calexico – The News About William (Ukulele)

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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