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My daddy was my mother’s fool
And he would buy her anything she asked for
Chocolate bars and shiny things
The children all found it quite disgusting
How he’d throw everything into her hands
But when he died he died a happy man

Well now my mother was a sight to see
You should have seen the way she’d flirt at soirees
But my father would just smile as he watched her dance
But when he died he died a happy man
When he died he died a happy man

That’s why I wanna throw away the sum of my experience
I’d rather live in ignorance the whole day through
I wanna through away the sum of my experience
I’d rather live in ignorance with you

The owl is a wise old bird
His lonely eyes they tell no secrets

My daddy was my mother’s puppet
And everyone is this town knew it
But she missed him so when he went away
And when she died she died a lonely maid
When she died she died a lonely maid

That’s why I wanna throw away the sum of my experience
I’d rather live in ignorance the whole day through
I wanna through away the sum of my experience
I’d rather live in ignorance with you

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from The Blue Eighty Eights, released January 1, 2003

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Benjamin Adair Murphy Mexico City, Mexico

www.benjaminadairmurphy.com Benjamin fronted the NYC band the Blue Eighty Eights, and has recorded solo albums in Brooklyn, Rome, and Mexico City. He has written lyrics for Nanuchka, Roiki, Electro Morocco, the Monophonic Shooting Spree, and other artists. ... more

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