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Artist: Loudon Wainwright III
Canonical path: /loudon-wainwright-iii/muse-blues
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Muse Blues
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Muse Blues
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I went down to the library, you know the big one way downtown
I went down to the library, you know the big one way downtown
I pulled out my spiral notebook and my scripto pencil
These, these, these are the words that i did put down
I'm a dud-fire cracker, i ain't got any fuse
I ain't got no inspiration since i lost my muse
I'm a table with two legs, i'm a spider with five
I'm going down, slow muse, when will you arrive?
Oh muse, where are you?
Oh muse, where are you?
You know i eat, drink and i smoke stuff
I don't know what to do
I went to the mountain and the desert too
I was there ladies so where were you
I'm a flattened out wave, i ain't got any curl
I'm an empty old oyster, i ain't got any pearl
Muse, where are you?
Oh muse, where are you?
You know i eat, drink and i smoke stuff
I don't know what to do
Sit up late, stay up wait
It's a rule of thumb she's got to come
Sit up late, stay up wait
It's a rule of thumb she's got to come
I take lots of cold showers and i go for long walks
I wait for a pitch but the fickle bitch barks
Took a shot of whiskey and a snort of cocaine
Opened up my head and stuck electrodes in my brain
Oh muse, where are you?
Where are you muse, oh where are you?
You know i eat, drink and i smoke stuff
I eat, drink and i smoke stuff
I eat, drink and i smoke stuff
I don't know what to do
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