Octopus

	  		
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The octopus has 3 hearts 
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And lives in caves below the sea 
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Or in a beer can or a bath tub 
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Or a puddle in the street 


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Any fisherman can tell you 
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When an octopus waves its arms 
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It hypnotizes schools of fish 
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All movement stops for miles 


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Even the waves stand still 
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All the witnesses have sworn 
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And it’s impossible to resist 
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The urge to jump overboard 

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That’s why I try and stay away 
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From seashore holidays 


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But I know that no one has to know 
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If I take an evening stroll 
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Down to the end of the wooden peer 
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Where the water’s deep and cold 

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If I should see an octopus 
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Lift its arms out of the sea 
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Or see its shadow rising up 
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Cross the rooftops above the streets 


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I’d follow those dancing limbs 
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To the spinning edge of the sky 
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Where all the boats fall off the world 
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Into the octopus’s eye 

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That’s why I know I shouldn’t go 
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On a cruise across the sea 


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But I know that no one has to know 
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If I take an evening stroll 
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Down to the end of the wooden peer 
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Where the water’s deep and cold 

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That’s why I try and stay away 
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From seashore holidays 


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But I know that no one has to know 
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If I take an evening stroll 
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Down to the end of the wooden peer 
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Where the water’s deep and cold 

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