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When The Chips Are Down ( "Songbird Vs. Rattlesnake..." )
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When The Chips Are Down ( "Songbird Vs. Rattlesnake..." )
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[Hermes]
Songbird versus rattlesnake
[Fates]
Mmm
[Eurydice]
What is it?
[Hermes]
Eurydice was a hungry, young girl
[Fates]
Mmm
[Hades]
Your ticket
[Hermes]
And Hades gave her a choice to make
[Fates]
Mmm
Mmm
Mmm
[Hermes]
A ticket to the underworld
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