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when next you see me
you won't know me
so changed will my countenance be

brown of skin
and long of hair
for i have wed the open sea

dear, i loved you
fiercely, truly
but why, only heaven knows

for i was turned out
flatly, coldly
in favor of what you chose

"i love a good long book, dear girl
and i love a bed, a cup of tea
but no girl will ever snare my heart"
is what you said to me

so i headed for the harbor
snuck aboard the nearest ship
earned my calluses and blisters
in the ocean's loving grip

now i love the smell of early sea-wind
truer than any lover's heart

and when it beckons
i will do my part

my fingers will graze horizons
you'll be reading milton's prose
i'll light fires and send you postcards
you'll regret the choice you chose

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from actin' a dang fool!, released July 3, 2008
words/music: lmfs

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