Tom Waits - Just The Right Bullets

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there is a light in the forest
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there’s a face in the tree
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i’ll pull you out of the chorus
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and the first one’s always free

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you can never go a hunting with just a flintlock and a hound
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you won’t go home with a bunting
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if you blow a hundred rounds

it takes much more than wild courage
or you’ll hit the tattered clouds
you must have just the right bullet
and the first one’s always free

you must be careful in the forest
broken glass and rusty nails
if you’re to bring back somehting for us
i have bullets for sale

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why be a fool when you can chase away
your blind and your gloom
i have blessed each one of these bullets
and they shine just like a spoon

to have sixty silver wishes
is a small price to pay
they’ll be your private little fishes
and they’ll never swim away

i just want you to be happy
that’s my only little wish
i’ll fix your wagon and your musket
and the spoon will have his dish

and i shudder at the thought
of your poor empty hunter’s pouch
so i’ll keep the wind from your barrel
and bless the roof of your house

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