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Little Coloured Balloons
John Murry
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Up above the moon
And underneath the gun
Far away from Mississippi
All the buttons come undone
A hornet's nest inside my brain
Rattlin' like a submachine
Saran wrap and little coloured balloons
A black nickel, a needle and a spoon
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You say this is ain't what I am
This is what I do to warn your ghost away
I know you don't believe in magic
Well, nobody does, anymore
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This uniform is stiflin'
It's hotter than the heat
That's smotherin' my shoulders
And burnin' up my feet
Every word under review
But the jury's guilty, too
Saran wrap and little coloured balloons
A black nickel, a needle and a spoon
You say this is ain't what I am
Well, this is what I do to warn your ghost away
I know you don't believe in magic
Well, nobody does, not anymore
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I watch the waves roll in
And roll out just the same
Like a song and dance
It's the oldest of his games
I shut my eyes, but through these tears
A mean old world reappears
Saran wrap and little coloured balloons
A black nickel, a needle and a spoon
You tell me this is ain't what I am
Well, this is what I do to warn your ghost away
I know you don't believe in magic
Well, nobody does, anymore
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Why try and tell you
When you don't give a fuck?
You don't believe in magic
You don't believe in luck
There is no right, there is no wrong
Same damn chorus, same damn song
Saran wrap and little coloured balloons
A black nickel, a needle and a spoon
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You say this is ain't what I am
Well, baby, this is what I do to warn your ghost away
I know you don't believe in magic
Well, nobody does, anymore
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I held my hands out
Blood-stained and I got my doubts
I tried to wash it off
Yeah, I tried to wash it off
Red as southern clay
Blood-red as Mississippi clay
And yes, it still remains
Goddammit it! It still remains
Where is Pilate's water?
Tell me, where is Pilate's water?
Nightmares in daylight
I'm stealin' the birthright
Off 16th and Mission
Off 16th and Mission
I took an ambulance ride
They said I should've died
Right there on 16th and Mission
On 16th and Mission
I still miss you so much
I still miss you so, so goddamn much
On 16th and Mission
I'm right here on
On 16th and Mission
Sing it
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They called us from the hospital in Jackson
And told us that you'd arrived there
That we could come and pick you up
And we popped in our car and we were so excited
And happy and drove to Jackson
And your father, that normally follows on the road
Parked in handicapped parking place
We went into the hospital, we got into the nursery
The nurses were all lined up, looking us over, making sure that we were okay
That we were gonna take good care of you, because they took good care of you
For five days, five days
So, my mother had met us in Jackson and she was going back to Tupelo with us
And you were her first grandchild, so she was just excited anyway
And on the way home, I sat in the backseat with you
To get you comfortable, so I just spread her clothes there on the seat
And put you down there, and you took a good nap on the way home
And we got home and that night, you cried in the night
And all three of us, my mother and your father and I got up
And met each other in the doorway, we couldn't get through the doorway, so
We all had to take turns going in to check on you
We were, we were so excited to have you there, our son
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