Mexican War Streets Revisited

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[Verse 1]
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Though by the path I lead The passing of time and the pouring of tea
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Are all I've lately seen
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Until our temporal bridge be burned Until our anchor stocks hold firm
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Where the hands of clocks don't turn, O my soul
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May our lips remain discreet While your traps are beneath our feet--
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but how long before our tails are caught
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by our "free" thought?


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Sugar in the cane, candles low
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Kettle low on the flame for the teapot? No
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Sugar in the cane, candles low


[Verse 2]
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On the Streets of Mexican Wars
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I battle with the memory of a first fight
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In our contemptible youth, quoted White Nights
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Thinking I’d get rid of you, Waited with a stone in my hand
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but you were right and Nature had another plan
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Nature had another plan


[Chorus]
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Sugar in the cane, candles low
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On the West End Bridge looking down at the Ohio
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Sugar in the cane, candles low
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You panic like a mouse when the lights go on
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Sugar in the cane, candles low