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Me & McAlevey
Martin, Walter
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Hey Mac, you'll never guess what happened
While you were away, what's been happening to you
Started happening to me
I found your old letter
Shoved inside high tide and green grass last night
And I hope you don't mind, but I stole the opening line
For a song of mine
And Mac, it's true
If I could write like you
Well I'm sure sometimes I'd go a little cuckoo too
I know the winters are hard in Maine
And your songs about lobstermen
I know they don't pay
But it's hard down here too
Trying to make a living writing about snakes and cockatoos
And it made me mad
When they used your song in that Volvo ad
And you barely got a dime
I said, 'Mac, it's not fair'
You said, 'Walt, I really don't care'
As you filled out your W09
I know your Irish heart is strong
And rich with rhymes and noble lines
From ancient songs
But again, it comes undone
And the dumb rum just rots your gut
And twists your tongue
Now with a marble in my throat
I watch those ferry boats
And button high my long black coat
'Cause the season ends
And summer friends
Leave for the mainland
Yeah, the season ends
But old dogs like us, my friend
We ain't going nowhere, man
Yeah, the season ends
And summer friends
Leave for the mainland
Yeah, the season ends
But old dogs like us, my friend
We ain't going nowhere, man
Yeah, we ain't going nowhere, man
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