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Charlie
Charlie smoked a cigarette out the window of the fifth floor of a duplex
You say that’s impossible, improbable, maybe
But lyrics mean more than what’s said
Charlie was no average no ordinary boy, he never said what needed to be said
He would put you in your place right before he’d hit erase
That’s the way it goes, it’s all in his head
As he soars higher and higher
His body’s layin in his bed
He’s a missionary to the words
that you always said
Charlie bit the bait and chased you down to San Jose, just like a movie
You say that’s adorable, implorable, maybe
But it’s another lie he’s been fed.
Charlie cried his eyes out til they fell upon the floor, got swept away with all the bird seed and the bread
Now a humble man’s gone blind because you couldn’t realize
That the man you want is not in your bed
As he soars higher and higher
His body’s layin in his bed
He’s a missionary to the words
that you always said
