Triangle Waste-Shirt

Do I hear–
146–
146–
146–

I'll give you–
146–
146–
146–

Tonight–
You are faulty–
I’m but a–
Farmer in the city.

I come so far,
To clean scars deep.
But I work when I’m tired,
I work when I sleep.

And I,
Can’t even feel glee
On the mill
When I bleed…

You can not break
What is already broken,
Broken,
Broken.

You can’t
Go by your friends no more!
You can’t
Go by your wife no more!

You can’t
Even wipe your eye!
But–! Richard Cory!
I’ll be so high…

Hey, remember that dream?
We talked about it–
So many times–
We talked about it…

Do I hear–
146–
146–
146–

I’ll give you–
146–
146–
146–

Tonight–
You are faulty–
I’m but a–
Farmer in the city–

In purgatory–
Silence is better.
What does one say
When they wear out the weather?

So come hither–
Come creep…
I want to feel that way–
I feel when I sleep.

You can not break
What is already broken,
Broken,
Broken.

You can’t
Go by your friends no more!
You can’t
Go by your wife no more!

You can’t
Save your mortal soul!
Oh, Richard Cory!
You shall be so–low…

Do I hear–
146–
146–
146–

I’ll give you–
146–
146–
146–
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