Rusty And Blue

Intro: 
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How can I sweep these words into a cluster 
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Put 'em in a pile like feathers on your floor? 
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Voyages and sea forests deep blue and rusty 
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Sew 'em in a satchel 'n leave 'em at your door 
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People's lives, people's whose lives 
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  They fascinate me 
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All my life, all my life 
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I've wanted to understand 
 

 
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There's a man on the corner he's got the moon in his eyes 
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He just comes here to visit and he wears a disguise 
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And I wonder if he's looking for friends or for truth 
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I think he's calling for some in that telephone booth 
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And the smiling woman answers 
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She defeats fear with her eyes 
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She thinks life's fine so I think she's wise 
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And my heart wants to give her a gift so grand 
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That it will speak for me and tell her just where I stand 
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And I stand on a pillar and it's melting like ice 
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Of years that I've lived and some I've lived twice 
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And I have all these feathers and leaves on my floor 
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That I don't want just blowing around loose anymore 
 

 
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And I feel a need to gather to rummage and fetch 
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To shake out my life and give it a stretch 
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To bring shells to the surface, give 'em to you 
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Gifts from the sea floor rusty and blue 
 

Interlude: 
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Now these two lives hold my attention quite well 
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You see lives almost never  run parallel 
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Like the boards in the flooring all deep grained and worn 
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Fated and fitted long before we were born 
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People's lives, people's whose lives 
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They fascinate me 
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All my life, all my life 
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I've wanted to understand 
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Understand 
 

Outro:
 
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