The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understand each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings.
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When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?
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If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
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Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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She had blue skin. And so did he. He kept it hid, And so did she. They searched for blue their whole life through, Then passed right by – And never knew.
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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I know a way to stay friends forever, there’s really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, and you do it.
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And he didn’t really know where he was going, but he did know he was going somewhere because you really have to go somewhere, don’t you?
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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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Many leaves one tree.
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