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Yeah, when I was only se-ven-teen 
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I could hear the angels whis-per-ing  
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So I drove into the woods and wandered aimless-ly about 
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Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog 
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It turned out to be the howling of a dog 
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Or a wolf to be exact, the sound sent shivers down my back 
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But I was drawn into the pack and before long 
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They allowed me to join in and sing their song 
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So from the cliffs and highest hill, yeah we would gladly get our fill 
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Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn 
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And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong 
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For my flesh had turned to fur, yeah and my thoughts they surely were 
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Turned to instinct and obedience to God 

(Harmonica Solo) 
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You can wear your fur like a river on fire 
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But you better be sure if you’re making God a liar 
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I’m a rattlesnake babe, I’m like fuel on fire        
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So if you’re gonna get made, don’t be afraid of what you learned 
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On the day that I turned twen-ty three  
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I was curled up underneath the dogwood tree 
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When suddenly a girl the skin the color of a pearl 
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She wandered aimlessly, but she didn’t seem to see 
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She was listening for the angels just like me 
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So I stood and looked about, I brushed the leaves off of my snout 
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And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees 
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You shoulda seen that girl go shaky at the knees 
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So I took her by the arm, we settled down upon a farm 
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And raised our children up as gently as you please 
                 
(Harmonica Solo) 
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And now my fur has turned to skin, and I’ve been quickly ushered in, 
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To a world that I confess I do not know 
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But I still dream of running careless through the snow 
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And through the howling winds that blow, across the ancient distant flow 
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That fill our bodies up like water till we know 

(Harmonica Solo) 
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You can wear your fur like a river on fire 
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But you better be sure if you’re making God a liar 
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I’m a rattlesnake babe, I’m like fuel on fire        
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So if you’re gonna get made, don’t be afraid of what you learned 

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