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Artist: The Fiery Furnaces
Canonical path: /the-fiery-furnaces/the-vietnamese-telephone-ministry
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The Vietnamese Telephone Ministry
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The Vietnamese Telephone Ministry
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I thought myself an unworthy thing,
despairing of my case all the time boys.
I thought myself an unworthy thing,
despairing of my case all the time boys.
Damn it all, damn it all to hell.
Damn it all, damn it all.
I thought myself an unworthy thing,
despairing of my case all the time boys.
I thought myself an unworthy thing,
despairing of my case all the time boys.
Damn it all, damn it all to hell.
Damn it all, damn it all.
Preserve me, preserve me; protect me; save me.
So vile, so violent
Whose thoughts are spent
So vile, so violent
in thinking how they may
So vile, so violent
my steps betray
So vile, so violent
how in a foul mishap may me entrap
who hid in traitor grass their cunning cord may catch me as I pass
I thought myself an unworthy thing,
despairing of my case all the time boys.
I thought myself an unworthy thing,
despairing of my case all the time boys.
Damn it all, damn it all to hell.
Damn it all, damn it all.
I thought myself an unworthy thing,
despairing of my case all the time boys.
I thought myself an unworthy thing,
despairing of my case all the time boys.
Damn it all, damn it all to hell.
Damn it all, d
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