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Artist: Natalie Merchant
Canonical path: /natalie-merchant/the-man-in-the-wilderness
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The Man In The Wilderness
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The Man In The Wilderness
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The man in the wilderness
He asked of me
How many strawberries grow in the salt sea?
And i answered him, as i thought good
As many a ship sails in the wood
The man in the wilderness
He asked me, why
His hare could swim and his pig could fly?
And i answered him, as i thought best
They were both born in a cuckoo's nest
The man in the wilderness
Asked me to tell
Tell all the sands in the sea and i counted them well
And with the grain, well, not one more
I answered him, you go make sure
Said with the grain, well, not one more
I answered him, you go make sure
I answered him, you...you go make sure
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Natalie Merchant performs "The Man In The Wilderness", and this lyric page sits inside the Natalie Merchant catalog on LyroVerse.
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