Red Right Ankle

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[Verse 1]
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This is the story of your red right 
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ankle,
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and how it came to meet your leg
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And how the muscle bone and sinews 
tangled,
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and how the skin was softly shed
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And how it whispered, oh, adhere to 
me,
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for we are bound by symmetry
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And whatever differences our lives 
have been,
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we together make a limb
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This is the story of your red 
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right ankle


[Verse 2]
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This is the story of your gypsy 
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uncle,
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you never knew 'cause he was dead
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And how his face was carved and 
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ripped with wrinkles,
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in the picture in your head
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And remember how you found the key,
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to his hideout in the Pyrenees
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But you wanted to keep his secret 
safe,
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so you threw the key away
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This is the story of your gypsy 
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uncle


[Interlude]

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[Verse 3]
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This is the story of the boys who 
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loved you,
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who love you now and loved you then
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And some were sweet and some were 
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cold and snuffed you,
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and some just laid around in bed
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And had crumbled you straight to 
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your knees,
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did it cruel did it tenderly
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And some had crawled their way 
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into your heart,
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to rend your ventricles apart
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This is the story of the boys who
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 loved you
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This is the story of your red 
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right ankle





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