Laika

	  		 
 

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   From here in my cage I see them make plans, 
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Hear them reassure investors, shake presidents' hands. 
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   The men with machines put tubes into me, 
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They measure my vital signs, my flight trajectory. 
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   They taught me to sit, taught me to lie down. 
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Told me that a thousand years of wondering would end now. 
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   They fed me my last meal, was the same as my first. 
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From here in my cage, I watch the men work. 


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   And now it's a flurry of lab coats and hurry. 
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They talk about budgets and taxpayers' money. 
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   And I wag my tail and I be a good girl, 
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They forgot to walk me this morning they were too busy changing the world. 
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   And I'm out from my cage and I'm trying to be brave, 
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But the men they are sweating and now they're injecting, 


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   And as I awake 
                   Em/D 
I'm shocked and amazed. 
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At the sheer, crushing empty. 


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   And I look down on men's little earth, sitting there quietly, wondering what it's worth. 
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And I drift away, but that's okay, there's more room to play out here than back in my cage. 


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And I know I will die, but that is fine, 
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Cause I know in some way I am helping mankind. 
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And I don't understand, cause I'm not as smart as them, 
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But even a parachute would have shown that they cared. 


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   And so I float on, space's only dog. 
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Friend to the stars, pet of the sun. 
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From my little ship I dream of my bone, 
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A walk in the park, something comfy to sleep on. 


                   D                         Em/D 
And they named me Laika but I'd just like to say   
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That I was born Little Curly and I'll die with that name. 
                     D                        Em/D 
Yeah they named me Laika but I'd just like to say 
       D           Cadd9                                          
 I was born Little Curly and I'll die with that name.