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Artist: Stephin Merritt
Canonical path: /stephin-merritt/i-am-ma-shih-ying
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I Am Ma Shih-Ying
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I Am Ma Shih-Ying
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I am Ma Shih-Ying, the heroic cavalier
and I'll do anything to protect my sphere.
But that's neither here nor there, for spring is in the air!
There are insects everywhere in my garden
and, though my heart is made of steel
in early spring I begin to feel my heart harden.
And I dance, dance, dance when my scorpion stings
and I burn, burn, burn off my butterflies' wings
because I'm Ma Shih-Ying, the heroic cavalier.
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