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Chet Bakers Unsung Swan Song by David Wilcox
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[Verse 1]
My old addiction
Changed the wiring in my brain
So that when it turns the switches
Then I am not the same
[Verse 2]
So like the flowers toward the sun I will follow
Stretch myself out thin
Like there's a part of me that's already buried
That sends me out into this window
[Verse 3]
My old addiction
Is a flood upon the land
This tiny lifeboat can keep me dry
But my weight is all that it can stand
[Verse 4]
So when I try to lean just a little
For just a splash to cool my face
Ah, that trickle turns out fickle
Fills my boat up five miles deep
[Verse 5]
My old addiction
Makes me crave only what is best
Like these just this morning songbirds
Craving upward from the nest
[Verse 6]
These tiny birds outside my window
Take my hand to be their mom
These open mouths would trust and swallow
Anything that came along
[Verse 7]
Like my old addiction
Now the other side of day
As the springtime of my life's time
Turns the other way
[Verse 8]
If a swan can have a song
I think I know that tune
But the page is only scrawled
And I am gone this afternoon
But the page is only scrawled
And I am gone this afternoon
Written by: David Wilcox

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