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O Annabelle Lee
Why can’t anything be free?

Do you remember when we would talk for hours?
And I didn’t know yet, you were stuck up in your golden tower
O What fun, O what fun
When I didn’t know there was nothing that could be done
But was any of it even real?
Can you ever just trust what you feel?
I don’t know. But I know for it to be real, we would have to formally agree
But Annabelle Lee, I could never make you say those things out loud
Well I guess maybe it’s coz we’re both too proud
But how nice was it when our flame looked brightly lit?

Just one blush would set the prairie in a rush
And the lush leaves would dance on the trees
And then the grass and hay would sway in the breeze
Brushing your knees, kissing your knees
Our lilac love in full bloom
With that sweet flower smell filling every room
O how could it resume?
When it’s only left me drenched in gloom, building my own tomb

You’ve got a fortress made of steel
I guess that was always the deal
Well you’ve got some kind of man, you’ve got some kind of rock
But I don’t know why that always comes as such a shock

And you, you’re just another privileged white male
I think you all should be thrown in jail
You make my face burn red
I wish you heard every word I ever said

And he taps out crazy rhythms on your back
Does he think he deserves that?
Does anyone deserve that? Nononononono
Then he rubs his knee against your leg
O He should have to beg
He should have to get down on the floor and beg

But he’s a lot like me
He just seems everything for free
That’s the way it seems to be
But maybe I should say, I don’t know exactly what he pays
But for what he gets he should be your slave
But what about me?
I must be some kind of masochist
The way I stick around you like this, waiting on your foot for just one kiss
And I can’t say that you are torturous by yourself
That’s just what it is to be left on the shelf
And still think you don’t treat me like everybody else
But what do I know, I’m wishful and blind
And you’re so kind
You make me hopeful and blind
Floating on your moon river, you just cause such pain
You’re so nice I jump into your chains

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from "Love or Chains or Things We Can't Untie", released July 4, 2011

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"Mona tried to tell me
To stay away from the train line
She said that all the railroad men
Just drink up your blood like wine
An’ I said, 'Oh, I didn’t know that
But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
An’ he just smoked my eyelids
An’ punched my cigarette' " ... more

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