The Beast In Me

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1. The beast in me       is caged by frail and fragile bars,
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    restless by day, and by night rants and rages at the stars.
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    God help       the beast in me.

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2. The beast in me      has had to learn to live with pain,
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    and how to shelter from the rain,
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    and in the twinkling of an eye might have to be restrained,
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    God help       the beast in me.

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    Sometimes it tries to kid me that it's just a teddy bear,
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    and even somehow manage to vanish in the air,
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    and that is when I must beware of …

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3. The beast in me       that everybody knows,
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    they've seen him out dressed in my clothes, patently unclear,
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    if it's New York or New Year.
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   God help the beast in me,             the beast in me.