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A Tyrant's Song

from Soap by Billy Collins

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of all the bars in cantorsville which cause old men to moan
and all the dogs that bark to kill a bird already flown
of all the sadness and remorse and all the money loaned
i've yet to find a peace of mind and yet to find a home
or candy coated kelly
with oil slicks for hair
sometimes she acts like she's not around
and nobody really cares

of all the girls i left behind and all their mother's pleas
the best i found was right at home and sleeping in the trees
a black tattoo of mickey mouse was painted on her back
a tyrant's song she sang to me of wedding dreams
no slack
my candy coated kelly
with dynamite for teeth
she seems to think that she's something else
but i think she's just too sweet

and i'm not worried about her future
because she always had a gift for songs
apologies are no excuse to her
i guess saying sorry doesn't mean that you weren't wrong
when all the oceans flood out and the land has come to naught
memories of kelly may be the one thing i've still got

of all the hills i never climbed and all the mountains same
the worst i've known was right at home
though i never knew its name
she sat atop and filled a pale with water from the moon
and as she fell i wondered if she'd be in heaven soon
my candy coated kelly
with kerosene for blood
we are apart now and she says we're two
but i still think of us

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from Soap, released September 27, 2014

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