Thrasher

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They were hiding behind hay bales,
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They were planting in the Full Moon,
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They had given all they had for 
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something new,
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But the light of day was on them,
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They could see the thrasher coming,
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And the water shone like diamonds
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 in the dew.

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And I was just getting up,
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To hit the road before its light,
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trying to catch an hour on the 
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sun,
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When I saw those thrashers rolling 
by,
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Looking more than  two lanes 
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wide,
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I was feeling like my day had just 
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begun.


[Verse 2]

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Where the eagles glide descending,
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There's an ancient river bending,
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Down the timeless gorge of changes
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 where sleeplessness awaits,
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I searched out my companions,
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who were lost in crystal canyons,
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When the aimless blade of science 
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slashed the pearly gates,

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It was then I knew I'd had 
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enough, burned my credit card for 
fuel,
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Headed out to where the pavement 
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turns to sand,
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With a one-way ticket to the land 
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of truth and my suitcase in my 
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hand.
      Dm7                          
How I lost my friends I still dont 
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understand.


[Verse 3]

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They had the best selection,
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They were poisoned with protection,
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There was nothing that they 
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needed,
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nothing left to find.
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They were lost in rock formations,
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Or became park bench mutations,
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On the the sidewalks and in the 
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stations,      they were waiting, 
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waiting.

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So I got bored and left them there,
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They were just dead weight to me,
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Better down the road without that 
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load,
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Bring's back the time I was eight or
 nine,
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I was watching my Mama's TV,
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It was that great Grand Canyon 
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rescue episode.
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With the vulture glides descending,
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On an asphalt highway bending,
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Through libraries and museums,
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       galaxies and stars.


[Verse 4]

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Down the windy halls of friendship,
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To the rose clipped by the bullwhip,
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The motel of lost companions 
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waits with heated pool and bar.
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But me, I'm not stopping there,
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Got my own row left to hoe,
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Just another line in the field of 
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time.

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When the thrashers come I'll be 
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stuck in the sun,
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Like the dinosaurs in shrines,
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But I'll know the time has come to 
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give what's mine.