Swimming In A Cage

	  		 
 

Intro: 
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Verse 
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I waited ‘till the morning 
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To put my pen to use 
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I wrote it out a hundred times 
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But it never seemed as true 
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As when I stumbled home 
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And felt the words upon my lips 
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You grabbed me by my arms 
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And smelled the liquor in my truth 


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I said, “I’m swimming in a cage…" 


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The morning grows in silence 
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And I watched it fill the room 
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Earlier than dawn 
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You crept into the kitchen’s light 
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You always were an early bird 
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And I was always tired 
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So I laid in bed alone, awake 
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And thought about the coming day 

 
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I said, “I'm swimming in a cage" 
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“I’m swimming in a cage…" 


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I folded up my page 
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And left it by the kitchen sink 
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Where I knew that you would find it 
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When you came back from the yard 
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You’d be setting down the basket 
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Full of apples from the tree 
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And with two hands you would open up my letter 
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And begin to read: 


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“I'm swimming in a cage..." 
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“And I don’t want you drowning” 


Outro 
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And as my boots turned up dust 
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I just hoped for understanding 
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