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TOM WAITS lyrics : "Children's Story"

Once upon a time there was a poor child,
with no father and no mother
And everything was dead

And no one was left in the whole world
Everything was dead


And the child went on search, day and night
And since nobody was left on the earth,
he wanted to go up into the heavens

And the moon was looking at him so friendly
And when he finally got to the moon,
the moon was a piece of rotten wood


And then he went to the sun
And when he got there, the sun was a wilted sunflower

And when he got to the stars, they were little golden flies.
Stuck up there, like the shrike sticks 'em on a blackthorn


And when he wanted to go back, down to earth,
the earth was an overturned piss pot
And he was all alone, and he sat down and he cried

And he is there till this day
All alone:


Okay, there's your story!
Night-night!

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