Chickenman - Lyrics by Indigo Girls


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i am an only childborn of the wildriddled to spend my timedefending my landyou are the only oneborn in the sunriddled to spend your timedefending my plandead dog on the highwaymedian cats are growling at mei turn my lights on brighteri'm counting through the night rideand it's one more life for the takerchickenman chickenmanone more song for the makerchickenman chickenmanon the road to athensi saw a dead deer on the highwayi slipped into a desertfive prairie dogs and a rabbiti was running down on queen streeti saw a woman on the sidewalk(danger danger)she was beaten by a stranger(danger danger danger danger)danger danger dangerand it's one more life for the takerchickenman chickenmanchickenman hold my handone more song for the makerhold my handchickenmani was on the road to austinmet a man on the highwayhe sold me junk and conversationhe was wise and dirty from the weatheri said darkness into darknessall the carnage of my journeysmakes it harder to be livinghe said it's a long road to be forgivenone more life for the takerchickenman chickenmanchickenman hold my hadone more song for the makerchickenman chickenmanchickenman hold my handi am an only childborn of the wildriddled to spend my timedefending my landyou are the only oneborn in the sunriddled to spend your timedefending my plani went looking for a carfound myself beneath the starsi went looking for a girlfound a man and his worldchickenman chickenman(i went looking for a car)chickenman hold my hand(found myself beneath the stars)chickenman chickenman(i went looking for a girl)chickenman hold my hand(found a man and his world)i am an only child(chickenman chickenman)(chickenman hold my hand)hold my hand(chickenman chickenman)(chickenman hold my hand)i am an only child(chickenman chickenman)(chickenman hold my hand)hold my hand(chickenman chickenman)(chickenman hold my hand)chickenman chickenmanchickenman hold my handchickenman chickenmanchickenman hold my handchickenman chickenmanchickenman hold my handchickenman chickenmanchickenman hold my hand
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