Back-Door Angels

	  		 
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In and out of the front door, ran twelve back-door angels.         
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Their hair was a golden-brown ---  
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they didn't see me wink my eye.  
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`Tis said they put we men to sleep with just a whisper,  
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And touch the heads of dying dogs --- and make them linger.  
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They carry their candles high --- and they light the dark hours.  
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And sweep all the country clean  with pressed and scented wild-flowers.  
 
Solo (I haven't tried too hard here):  
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They grow all their roses red,    and paint our skies blue ---  
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drop one penny in every second bowl ---  
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make half the beggars lose,  
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why do the faithful have such a will to believe in something?  
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And call it the name they choose,  
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having chosen nothing.  
 
  
 
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Think I'll sit down and invent some fool --- some Grand Court Jester.  
 
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And next time the die is cast, he'll throw a six or two.  
   
 
In and out of the back-door, ran one front-door angel,  
Her hair was a golden-brown --- she smiled and I think she winked her eye.