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Tom Waits - Children's Story lyrics
Once upon a time there was a poor child, 
with no father and no mother 
And everything was dead 
And no one was left in the whole world 
Everything was dead 
And the child went on search, day and night 
And since nobody was left on the earth, 
he wanted to go up into the heavens 
And the moon was looking at him so friendly 
And when he finally got to the moon, 
the moon was a piece of rotten wood 
 Tom Waits - Children's Story - http://motolyrics.com/tom-waits/childrens-story-lyrics.html
And then he went to the sun 
And when he got there, the sun was a wilted sunflower 
And when he got to the stars, they were little golden flies. 
Stuck up there, like the shrike sticks 'em on a blackthorn 
And when he wanted to go back, down to earth, 
the earth was an overturned piss pot 
And he was all alone, and he sat down and he cried 
And he is there till this day 
All alone: 
Okay, there's your story! 
Night-night!













