The Sad Milkman
By Andrew Bird
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Above the dark house
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On a black tar roof
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Stood the sad milkman
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In love with the moon
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She filled up his window
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With a soft milky light
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He crawled up the chimney
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And into the night
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But the moon she rises
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And the moon she falls
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And her slow white eye
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Sees nothing at all
[Verse]
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Down on the sidewalk
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A crowd gathered round
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They were throwing up bricks and bottles
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To knock the boy down
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He stood up above them
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With his hands in the air
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Calling up to the moonbeams
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Come let down your hair
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But the moon she rises
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And the moon she falls
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And her slow white eye
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Sees nothing at all
[Verse]
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Well he wanted to feel like
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A bucket of milk
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A sweet summer wind
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On rolling green hills
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He wanted to climb up
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From the roof sailing up
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Upon the night wind
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To the arms of
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But the moon she rises
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And the moon she falls
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And her slow white eye
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Sees nothing at all, oh no
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And as the moon she rises
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And the moon she falls
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Well her slow white eye
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Sees nothing at all