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Rowing ringing cares a flinging
As we ride this boat of hide
All eagle-eyed and dignified
Down the river across the great divide
Words beside
At the highest of tides
With my bona fide bride
She's my
Touring guide
And yes we both do reside
On this riverside
Where we hide
Vacation's a lot of work
But here we are with ringing bells
And floating on this cockleshell
My pal Grins
Hugs the wind and sighs
We realize
With our blank minds aside
Only to see the mystery
Of many books floating free
And those books are free indeed
There's one caught in the weed
Let's get it
Go get that lovely book
Let's grab those lovely books
Gather up all these books
We're gettin' looks looks
We're gettin' the looks
These lovely bloody books
Arms full of lonely books
Freely collecting books
We're getting funny looks
While we are
Stacking
Organizing
Filing
Piling way up high and rising
Dewey dusty
Decimalizing
Sorting
Tracking
Systemizing
Can't believe we found this vintage
We now have such great advantage
Great they'll look in our library
Let's get goin
And let us hurry
Now now
Hey hey hey
What do they say
Collections sit and beg to play
Wanting to give
And speak with us
But neatly packed
And nicely put away
What to do
For I've heard they are good
But we've also been told
They can't be understood
By simpletons like me
And should never be
So why try
Crack in to all those books
The lovely bloody books
We open up these books
We taking looks looks
We're taking a look
Time to hit the books
The lovely bloody books
Arms full of lovely books
Open up all these books
It's got the
Words of one who made the river
Blood that's flowing through the soil
I got books I just don't read them
Cleaning scraps up from the table
Flippin through with fingers pointing
At the letter and the numbers
Straining eyes and feeling better
Wonderin how to be members
How now
(Whistle moment)
And I'm turning the page
While on
Center stage
It is starting to sink
And I'm to the brink
With my plans in pencil
While the vision's in ink
What to think
My left brain tells me I'm a fool
My right brain tells me It's true
I only am knowing one thing
I like hearing good news
It's true
It's true
It's true And it's false
Gonna cost
myself
For these books
Taking one second look
Gonna call my counselor now
He's gonna clear
Clear confusion
Then explain everything
These books steer our ship with good news
For now I got nothing to lose
My brother
Remembers
thousand
I can't quote you one line
But oh now
I shall
Know all of your ways
With warm cockles in to my heart
And dancing to hits
And skipping around
Around on unsinkable ships
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