Delicate Cycle

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I can take my finger off, old dog, 
old trick
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New twist like actually take the 
finger off
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Wrap it in a blanket as you would a 
severed horse head
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Mail it to a friend you wanna pinky 
swear more with and
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Should they need a forearm or 
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something they can practice drawing 
skulls on
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Cut it from the shoulder while the 
saw's warm
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The full appendage really make a 
world of difference
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Included too are 30 teeth to chew 
out all your critics
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32 would have been perfect, 2 were 
casualties of it's it's-
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I always wanted radder things for 
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Christmas
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The rest were cool
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I'm shipping out a torso in the a.m
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You should learn to hit the organs 
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every time at 40 paces -
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it's important
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I can't explain why now, by the way
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Legs in a crate delivery by today
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If a uniformed man knock knocks, 
sign his document
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You shouldn't have to walk out to 
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the mailbox for the other shit

[Verse 2: Kimya Dawson]
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My mom was a lunch lady when I 
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was in elementary school
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She was outside during recess
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She had a whistle and I thought 
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that that was cool
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She was really nice to all the 
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kids who didn't have a lot of 
friends
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She would give them hugs and tell 
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them jokes or she'd play catch with 
them
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And, my dad worked at the 
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laundromat which was really cool to 
me
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I'd get to open up the washing 
machines
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And clean them out and collect the 
money
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And I'd open soap dispenser and 
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put new little boxes of soap inside
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I knew how it worked and I was good 
at it
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And helping out filled me with a 
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sense of pride
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I would meet all kinds of people 
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there and I would look them in the 
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eye
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And I'd say "Hi! Excuse me, but do 
you mind
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If I shine the glass while your 
clothes dry?"

[Hook: Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson] 
(x4)
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My whole life is a
(My whole life is a delicate cycle)
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A delicate cycle, a delicate cycle

[Verse 3: Aesop Rock]
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Inside a jar with a lid, a giant arm
 with head
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They said it used to walk upright 
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and like New York after ten
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One day it woke up out of order, 
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nothing more to extend
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Delicate cycle in the alpha of its 
orbiting zen
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When it's a impersonal skill is 
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already poor at its best
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A conversation can be riddled with 
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exorbitant debt
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And you don't know it, but I know I
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 owe you more than I've kept
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So if you find a biohazard by your 
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door on the step
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Maybe it couldn't find its 
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faculties, but swore it would help
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Wanted to be a larger part than its
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 abnormalcies let
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Hang on, I'm overnighting eyes with
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 a headlight-deer stare
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One up, Vin Van, UPS and ear pair
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Wear 'em if you need a new 
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perspective on a weird year
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And one day when I'm better we can 
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square away a fair share
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The last frame silhouetted by the 
sun
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Was an air mail stamp on a still 
warm tongue

[Verse 4: Kimya Dawson]
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I was 26 years old the first 
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time I lived in a house
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With a washer and dryer in it and 
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that's the year I bottomed out
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Maybe what was missing was the 
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sense of community that comes from
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Hauling your big old load out in 
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public and airing your dirty laundry
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And the company of other people 
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who also don't have the amenities
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At their convenience in a home 
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that's so set up that they never 
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have to leave
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I miss the smell, the dust, the 
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coins, the trust
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The squeaky carts, the vibrations
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The bucket full of bleach, the dryer
 sheets
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The old pay phone, the giant sink
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I'd watch my daddy mop the floor
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And my heart started with a quarter
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I'd watch my daddy mop the floor
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And my heart started with a quarter