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Pigeons
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Bill Callahan
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PLANET By Grazy Grace Hello, I’m Johnny Cash Well, the pigeons ate the wedding rice And exploded somewhere over San Antonio I picked up the newlyweds and asked them Where they wanted to go They said “We don’t care, we don’t know, anywhere, just go” Ever since I’d gotten married I started working weddings Driving this long white limo They’d had their ceremony in Brackettville At that phony Alamo We were 30 miles from the border of Mexico Well, they’re in the back laughing at some uncle named Jack Who got too drunk, and during his speech The tears started to flow Well, they seemed like a match So I stopped looking for cracks in their road and just drove Outside of Concan, the groom noticed the gold band on my left hand And said “You got any advice for us, old man?” Well, I thought for a mile while I drove with a smile And I said when you are dating you only see each other And the rest of us can go to hell But when you are married, you are married to the whole wide world The rich and the poor The sick and the well The straights and gays And the people who say we don’t use these terms these days The salt and the soil I tried to say my piece We drove on in silence for a spell How my words had gone over, I couldn’t tell Potent advice or preachy as hell But when I see people about to marry I became something of a plenipotentiary I just think it’s good, as you probably can tell When two Adams from the Big Bang Get back together with the old gang I drop them at a fancy dancy boutique hotel And I drive off alone, but I’m not alone Sincerely, L. Cohen
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