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MOM AND POP
Got a killer view from the mountain
of the path I should have walked all along.
On the day I disappeared for the thin airs,
I told my lady I would not be gone long.
Mom and Pop just got an apartment.
Mom hangs a window on the far West wall.
Pop is pulling up all the carpet,
a picture of the house is on the dresser in the hall.
Mom will find a job with the grocer.
Pop will clean the houses of friends.
If the shoe don't want to fit, you must force it,
Mister Clock has got a gun to our head.
Linda dropping in for a visit,
she never had a child of her own.
She gives us all her kisses like chocolate,
then goes back behind the mirror alone.
I guess whatever happens happens,
maybe we are trying too hard.
Something washing up in the river.
Something buried in the back yard.
Mom and Pop,
Mom and Pop are closing up shop.
Canaries hide and seek in a coal mine,
my bright yellow heart is broke but looking for work.
I think I might look pretty sharp in a labcoat,
trade all my benefits for half of your perks.
Where there is a will, there's a highway,
a hammer must be tougher than nails.
Eve is up ahead off the shoulder,
she's got a sign, and it reads, "apples for sale."
Good old boys are tipping a cash cow,
when they get home they put their clothes in the machine.
If we forget some bills in our pockets,
not to worry, money never comes clean
Love you give me nothing but trouble.
Hope you give me nothing but hope.
Faith you give me things that are too big —
too much mountain and not near enough rope.
Mom and Pop,
Mom and Pop are closing up shop.
DAS - Salem, Oregon, USA
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