Bats In The Attic

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And I've gone silver on my travels, growing silver in my sideburns
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I'm starting to unravel her, my heartbeats on a djembe
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I counted eighteen on my pulse
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As Kilrenny Church struck three for three o'clock
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Waters
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Waters

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And you said twelve years in retirement
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The hours go by like sips of water, the record lies unbroken
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And no doubt it's white flour in my diet, it's going to be the death of me
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Sweet drum roll for those embittered big ideas
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It's such a waste of all that I had

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You mentioned bats in the attic
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So now you're lifting up the tiles to get around these conservation rules
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I walked down in the basement
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I'm hanging upside down, I gag across my mealy mouth

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And how I'll laugh, I've loved about that
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When I read your simple novel, it uses all our real names
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And go make yourself a fortune
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There's nothing left for us then us left dangling just a little shamefaced
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It's such a waste of what we had
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And it's such a waste of all that we had
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And it's such a waste of all that I am
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