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Bucket
Greg Brown
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Put it in the bucket if the bucket's there
Throw it in the alley, honey, I don't care
Stay beneath the covers in your underwear and throw down
Put it in the mail, sail it on the sea
Dress it up and send it to the jubilee
I got a woman down in Missouri, I'm gonna go down
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Take it to the forest and give it a toss
Down in the gully, honey, over in the moss
Without you, babe, I'm a total loss and a loser
Send me an E, call me on the phone
Please don't leave me here all alone
Morning comes like the twilight zone, I can't use her
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Ain't it a big one, ain't it tall
Looks about as high as a prison wall
Up we climb and down we fall together
Over and over and into the blue
We say we are but we're never through
I've got a big bad thing for you forever
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Call it impossible, call it a crime
Not kissing you is a waste of time
It doesn't scan and it doesn't rhyme without you
Call it a picnic, take it to the park
Meet me at the willow along about dark
The only song I sing like a meadowlark is about you
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Fry it up, choke it down, save me some
I'm so happy I must be dumb
A sparrow at your shoes pecking at the crumbs you're leaving
How do we end what we should begin
I don't even know what town we're in
Please, God, say that it isn't a sin I'm grieving
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Yes, it's a big one, yes, it's wide
Out to the world from deep inside
With me, love, oh please abide a while
Once again I am on my knees
Singing to you in Portuguese
It feels like the sky and the wind and the trees are on trial
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Put it in your laughter, put it in your drink
Put all the pretty lies under the sink
You always hid me, didn't you think I was trying?
Write it in your journal or prop it in a nook
It oughta be illegal when you give me that look
Write another chapter at the close of the book I'm dying
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Mix it with the ashes, throw it on the rocks
Hide it in your bra, stuff it in your socks
Only you and I could take those walks, oh my dear
Wash it all out, throw it in the dryer
Put it on the back burner with a low fire
Write another song for the lonely choir, just get it out of here
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Yes, it's a big one, yes, it's tall
Two little children and one big wall
Up we climb and down we fall together
You say a gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do
Well, just you remember how I love you
And I've got a big bad thing for you forever
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Put it in the bucket if the bucket's there
Throw it in the alley, honey, I don't care
Send me an E, call me on the phone
Please don't leave me here all alone
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