Blitzen Trapper - Furr

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Yeah, when I was only se-   ven- teen     
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I could hear the angels whis- per- ing    
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So I droned into the words and wandered aimlessly about    
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Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog    
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It turned out to be the howling of a dog    
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Or a wolf to be exact, the sound sent shivers down my back    
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But I was drawn into the pack and before long    
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They allowed me to join in and sing their song    
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So from the cliffs and highest hill, yeah we would gladly get our fill    
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Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn     
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And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong     
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For my flesh had turned to fur, yeah and my thoughts, they surely were    
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instinct and obedience to God    
     
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Chorus:    
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You can wear your fur like the river on fire    
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But you better be sure if your makin' God a liar    
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I'm a rattlesnake, babe, I'm like fu-el on fire    
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So if you're gonna' get made    
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Don't be afraid of what you've learned          
     
     
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On the day that I turned twen- ty-  three     
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I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree     
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When suddenly a girl, with skin the color of a pearl     
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Wandered aimlessly, but she didn't seem to see    
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She was listenin' for the angels just like me    
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So I stood and looked about, I brushed the leaves off of my snout    
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And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees     
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You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees     
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So I took her by the arm, we settled down upon a farm     
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And raised our children up as gently as you pleased    
     
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And now my fur has turned to skin and I've been quickly ushered in     
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To a world that I confess I do not know    
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But I still dream of running careless through the snow    
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An' through the howlin' winds that blow, across the ancient distant flow    
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It fill our bodies up like water till we know    
     
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Chorus:    
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You can wear your fur like the river on fire    
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But you better be sure if your makin' God a liar    
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I'm a rattlesnake, babe, I'm like fu-el on fire    
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So if you're gonna' get made    
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Don't be afraid of what you've learned     
     
Outro: G    
 
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