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Artist: Loudon Wainwright III
Canonical path: /loudon-wainwright-iii/4x10
Related lyric paths: 6
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4x10
Read 4x10 lyrics by Loudon Wainwright III on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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4x10
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It's not strange, no mystery
You and i are history
I put up my protective wall
It's 4 feet thick and 10 feet tall
10 feet tall and 4 feet thick
Granite, concrete, steel and brick
Protection for you, understand
The little boy, the inner man
Boys kissed the girls
Then made them cry
That's a man's job, that is why
When you cry, you're just a clone
Of every woman i have known
And every harry, dick and tom
Gets all of this shit from his mom
Who was unhappy, mom was sad
Because of a wall that dad had
Once its up it wont come down
And mom's a queen and dad's a clown
It's not strange, no mystery
That you and i are history
It's 4 feet thick and 10 feet tall
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