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Artist: The Residents
Canonical path: /the-residents/deadwood
Related lyric paths: 6
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Deadwood
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Deadwood
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I wish I was bigger
I wish I was tall
I wish I had houses
Instead of this hall
Somebody put me
Inside it day
I know who it is
But he won't let me say
I wish I was something
I wish I was good
I wish I was made of
Mahogany wood
He looks at me sometimes
And sometimes he knocks
On doorways beside me
And sometimes he rocks
Me to sleep in a chair
For he knows that I need
Affection as much
As a cut needs to bleed
I wish I was something
I wish I was good
I wish I was made of
Mahogany wood
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