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I took a lover, it was late in the Spring
The fleas did sparkle, and the bees did sing
His body beside me, like a bird on the wing
And the skies did weep and mourn

I came back to John, when the mid-summer tattled
The doors all closed, and the ceiling rattled
I took off my clothing, but none of it mattered
And the skies did rain cold rain

I went back to night school, the following Autumn
I passed my lessons, and then I forgot 'em
Professor did stare at bottom and bosom
We did gather there

And the Winter came, like a guiltless trial
When we met on the platform, we forgot to smile
And the air was dead, but after a while
We did not notice the snow

John is a master of rationing sorrow
John is a swell and a jolly good fellow
But the water is deep where it looks to be shallow
He will drown in tears

I am alive, starved and swollen
An untaught, fear-fraught, half-crazy woman
In need of a drink, or my father's blessing
Help me to be free

Now it's early in Spring, and the streets have roses
The buses go by, children hold their noses
A daughter of darkness, a daughter of Moses
I will die one day

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from Staring at the Sun (Songs 1973​-​1981), released November 15, 2005

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