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Eli Dickinson

from Selfie - (2014) by Bill Burke

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Eli’s sitting at a favorite window
Sizing up the world
That sound's no thunder, just another jet
He might start sneezing now and then
And he's still wigged out by birds
But that all started well before we met

They saw him walking
From the Great North Woods
And no one could find from where he came
And he was trying to make some friends
Upon the point where we came in
Young, thin and sick as hell, but he was charming just the same

It's okay, I got my pal
His name is Eli Dickinson
He doesn't have a lot to say
And he's got much less to hide
A long time ago, survived in the trees
Then he found a life of ease
And left behind some mysteries
That won't be satisfied

Eli lives it like a fun-sized leopard
As the hunting solves itself
He'll dive at piles of paper for that sound
Ya might see fine Bo Diddley walking
Then he flops upon the floor
He handles hallways like The Flash
He thinks that gravity's a smash

It's okay, I got my pal
His name is Eli Dickinson
He doesn't have a lot to say
And he's got much less to hide
A long time ago, survived in the trees
Then he found a life of ease
And left behind some mysteries
That won't be satisfied

I've heard of famed tornado cats
His story ain't so cool as that
But then again, how could I even know?
Were there bats, bears, owls, coyotes?
Moments he could not fail?
Was there nothing left at all when that finish line was on his tail?

It's okay, I got my pal
His name is Eli Dickinson
He doesn't have a lot to say
And he's got much less to hide
A long time ago, he survived in the trees
Then he found a life of ease
And left behind some mysteries
That won't be satisfied

A long time ago, he survived in the trees
Then he found a life of ease
And left behind some mysteries
That won't be satisfied

And left behind some mysteries
That won't be satisfied

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from Selfie - (2014), released December 13, 2014
Song by Bill Burke

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