Red Right Ankle

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[Verse 1]

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This is the story of your red right ankle,
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and how it came to meet your leg
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And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled,
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and how the skin was softly shed
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And how it whispered, oh, adhere to me,
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for we are bound by symmetry
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And whatever differences our lives have been,
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we together make a limb
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This is the story of your red right ankle


[Verse 2]

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This is the story of your gypsy uncle,
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you never knew 'cause he was dead
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And how his face was carved and ripped with wrinkles,

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in the picture in your head
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And remember how you found the key,
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to his hideout in the Pyrenees
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But you wanted to keep his secret safe,
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so you threw the key away
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This is the story of your gypsy uncle


[Interlude]

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[Verse 3]

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This is the story of the boys who loved you,
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who love you now and loved you then
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And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you,
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and some just laid around in bed
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And had crumbled you straight to your knees,
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did it cruel did it tenderly
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And some had crawled their way into your heart,
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to rend your ventricles apart
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This is the story of the boys who loved you
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This is the story of your red right ankle

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