CALEXICO - The News About William


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4 in the morning the sidewalk's asleep
AM              CDogs (x32010@1)on the porch,
C (x32010@1)               GSpiders (320003@1)on the leaf
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Shipwrecked by night sailing through days
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Nobody noticed the slipping away

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Connecting the dots with thorns in his side
AM                 C (x32010@1)                      GBoarded (320003@1)up the Windows with pain and with pride
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The music box broken that once was his soul
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Its sad little song spinning out of control

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Then came the storm that washed the roads out
G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)                       GClosed (320003@1)both his eyes and pointed straight south
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Second line drums marched into the sea
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While the clouds overhead cried "mutiny"
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They parted for Cathy and her bitter news
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As her words fail and the sky grew dim
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Recalled how close to that exit l've been

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Ours not to reply, ours not to reason why
C (x32010@1)                  GThe (320003@1)news about William
F (133211@1)                 CThe (x32010@1)lifeline retreats
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Desire for release
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The thorns in his side