There's a story I'd like you to listen to
About a lady and a broken bird
Broken by the hammer
You took it so hard, you hardly said a word
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Sending them back over the lines
Whistling down the wire from pole to pole
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Bending them over the times
Trying to burn the diamonds from the holy coal
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Sending them over the lines
Whistling down the wire from pole to pole
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Bending them over the times
Trying to burn the diamonds from the holy coal
Telling this story slowly together
Reading in the dark
The bird that you saw dying, we saw flying