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She was  twenty two and I was...

I took a crap on the neighbor's lawn
He didn't mind or he didn't let on

I asked his daughter out to lunch
She came and played and stayed for brunch

I took advantage of her virginity
I convinced her sin is forgiven
and she needed some livin'

Her daddy came out to impale me
All he found was the  wooden tree
I hid behind and kicked his knee

She was twenty two and I was twenty three
We ran away and lived at sea
In a boat and caught reality

We gathered berrys guided by fairies
found corn from the fields
acquired a goat for milk and dairies

we found a tent and paid no rent

We ate bugs, roots and mint
Her name was Kate and mine was Simon

We stripped our clouds of silver linings
harvesting ourselves in soul minings

Then one day I turned her way
and saw that she had gone away.

She had had enough of this back woodsman
Caught a plane to Costa Rica to work in journalism.

I stayed behind and suffered her loss
I didn't want another woman to be my boss.

I was timid I was shy
I preferred the sun moon and sky

I became a little gay
It was a respite  from a women's way

I rejected all even those served to me on a tray
but later in regret, kicked myself in the A...

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