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Alas, I Cannot Swim
Laura Marling

There's a house across the river, but alas. I cannot swimnAnd a garden of such beauty that the flowers seem to grinnThere's a house across the river, but alas, I cannot swimnI'll live my life regretting that I never jumped innnThere's a boy across the river with short black curly hairnHe wants to be my lover and I want to be his peernThere's a boy across the river but alas, I cannot swimnAnd I never will get to put my arms around himnnThere's a life across the river that was meant for menInstead I live my life in constant miserynThere's a life across the river but I do not seenWhy I should please those that will never be pleasednnThere is gold across the river but I don't want nonennGold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is funnnThere is gold across the river but I don't want nonenI would rather be dry than held up by a golden gunnnSaying work more, earn more, live morenHave more fun


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