Holopaw - Took It For A Twinkle lyrics

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They dream impossible dreams of loquat seeds (gold flecked and slippery), <br />

and clipper ships pitched on sea foam green,<br />

hibiscus reds and you and me.<br />

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We kicked a new path back to the St. Marie past snowmen quiet and listening. <br />

Brightly colored birds flitted past their coal-for-eyes. I took it for a twinkle. <br />

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If they could have held all that you said... <br />

in their densely mitten packed cold, <br />

then words would have fallen out come Spring like spoons and pistols <br />

and pots and pans <br />

and train wrecks and splitshots and marching bands.<br />

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And canaries light on corncob pipes <br />

and would not look so bright<br />

if not so cold.<br />

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They dream impossible dreams<br />

of bitter sweet brevity<br />

and standing at the foot of Niagara Falls <br />

and buck and doe<br />

and chief and squaw<br />

and the path we kicked back to St. Marie past snowmen,<br />

quiet and listening. <br />

Canaries tracing loopholes against the gray,<br />

you took it for a tangle. <br />

You took me for a tangle.<br />

If they could have held all that you said...<br />

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Canaries light on corncob pipes <br />

and would not look so bright<br />

if not so cold.

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