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If I should die before I wake
all my bone and skin you take
put me in the compost pile
and decompose me for a while
worms water will have there way
returning me to common clay
all that I am will feed the trees
and little fishies in the sea
when radishes and corn you munch
you may be having me for lunch
and then excrete me with a grin
chortling there goes Howard again.

I was ridin' on the subway in the afternoon
I saw some kids a beatin' out a funky tune
the lady right in front of was old and round
the kids began to push her. they knocked her down
I tried to help but there was just no way
a life ain't worth a damn on the street today
I passed the ambulance and the camera crews
I caught the instant replay on the evening news.

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If all the doors were closed in heaven
Where would all the angels go
Would they just fly around forever
Or would they come down here below

If the pearly gates were closed this morning
Would there be angels here tonight
And would they live their lives among us
And share the darkness with their light

If all the doors were close in heaven
They'd have to close the road to hell
We'd all be stuck here with each other
There would be nowhere else to dwell

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