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Stranger Candy Lyrics - Artist : Jim White
Back in 1967, I was watching a TV show
When the glowing screen went blank I looked out of my window I saw 27 crows perched on my antenna In the glass a familiar face appeared A man whose name I don't remember 'Cause that mother's milk is dandy When you're a little baby But as the wheels of time grind you down You get a taste for that stranger candy Then in December of '81 I saw my dear old friend John He was fall-down drunk at the Christmas parade With his children looking on His wife, she'd lost her mind She was committed for a time She took refuge when they set her free In some weird eastern philosophy 'Cause that mother's milk is dandy When you're a little baby But as the wheels of time grind you down You get a taste for that stranger candy And this life, they say is hard But still it's all you know You can close your eyes and try to run away But pray, where will you go? Yeah, this life is all you know Death is dark and strange It's the near and worrisome voice you hear Forever calling out your name As I was walking down the street Last week in Portland, Oregon I found the last of many keys I lost I picked it up and I grinned 'Cause sometimes them crows take flight And if you can shoo 'em from your brain You will find yourself in the nick of time Calling the devil by his name 'Cause that mother's milk is dandy When you're a little baby But as the wheels of time grind you down You get a taste... just a little taste For that stranger candy Stranger candy |
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