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They've found a cure for polio!
They've found a cure for smallpox.
They've vaccinated hepatitis
They've vaccinated chicken pox
Research scientists
Working all around the clock
Diabetes, cancer, AIDS
But ain't no cure for what I've got

Father! Pastor!
Where is the light that you have?
Light it shine bright in the darkness of my soul
And if it don't shine and the feeling ain't right
I ain't wasting my time getting old

Life offered me an exit
I saw it and I took it
But the doggie door slammed right in my face
I can only do
What I feel is right
Goodnight
One deathwish keeps me awake

Lollipops and razor blades
Cut the rope and tie the knot
Tourniquets and clamps and vices!
Someone make the blood clot!
Doctors, shrinks and gurus
Handy little notes jot
Zoloft is the key
But ain't no cure for what I've got

Father, mother, where is the luck that I've seen?
Shed some light on the darkness on my heart
'Cuz I'm popping these pills, they ain't helping my ills
But I'm taking them still, it's a start

Life offered me an exit
I saw it and I took it
But the doggie door slammed right in my face
I can only do
What I fear is right
Goodnight
One deathwish keeps me awake

40 little sleeping pills
Sitting in the bottle
39 little sleeping pills
Bottle starts to rattle
32 little sleeping pills
Eating em up like candy
20 little sleeping pills
Boy these sure are dandy
7 little sleeping pills
7 left to take
0 little sleeping pills
One little deathwish keeping me awake
Why am I awake? What more could it take?

Do the mortal coil shuffle with me, babe
Don't fear the reaper
He's such a harmless creature
Oh, baby, the wait is over
I've found the permanent solution
The only resolution
I've finally found the cure for what I've got
But it ain't no cure for what I've got

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from Tubular Socks, released April 26, 2017

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Kevin Calaway Seattle, Washington

I could while away the hours conferring with the flowers, consulting with the rain - but who has time for that? I regulate my mood with musical catharsis and publish my diary on the internet for the whole world to hear, wearing my heart and my influences on my sleeve like a man who really needs to do laundry. ... more

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