Okkervil River – Blanket And Crib (Guitar)

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Safe, safe, enjoy your time feeling so safe,

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and treasure that smile on your face,

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okay? Because time will see that it's replaced in a while.

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So go on, smile. And handshakes all around- that's your style, and no one

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would call it denial, for you're not even sure what's in store, Though it's

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more.

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Than you'll be able to take standing up straight. And it won't be okay.

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And you won' be somebody who it's just happening to, because it's a trap

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that you, and only you, 

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have laid, laid with a towel up over your face,

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in your armchair, just lying in wait,

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 waiting forces were gathering outside your door.

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They sharpened their knives, knives and smiled with no smiles in their eyes, 

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a little bit larger in size and a little bit hungrier for that tiny prize. 

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And my mother once said "Son, remember this, no matter what someone did:

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that they once were just a kid at breast and in bib, in blanket and crib. 

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So just reach inside yourself and find the part that still needs help, 

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find that part in someone else and you'll do good", so

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I thought that I would.

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Hey I love you, it goes without saying. 

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I would give you the world on a tray, though

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they're already tracing a

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line across your throat. 

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Far too late in the game you'll

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find that you have been

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betrayed: propped up and pushed into your place. 

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I could claim that it all would

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go great, but the reason I came is to say that it won't.

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You should know that it won't, 

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You should know that it won't, 

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You should know that it won't, and so, Phillip, let go.