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For Your Violin
Carbon Leaf

She said, Catch me if you can

You better plan, gentlemen

So the story goes


Robin Hood stole the magic seeds from a Sherwood Dignitary

Set 'em afloat on a Merchant's Boat, set sail for Johnny Appleseed

Johnny planted the magic seeds, botany, poof, magic trees

Paul Bunyan said, This will fetch me bread

Sold the wood to a violin maker, the legend breathes


Shaped from the woods sprung a violin, it satisfied the maker

Toe-tapped a rhythm, touched bow to string

His soul earthquakes, the Sirens sing

My heart can rest, I've made the best

No match to play, no greater love I'll know

Hid the 'lin, smashed his tools and grinned

And died a happy old man, the legend grows


What works for me, may not work for you

That which often gets passed down often gets misconstrued

Expectation, imagination, surely can chase the goose around

Don't look for that which others have, you can't find which won't be found


Enter the Jester De Romancipation Persuasion

The fool, escaped from the King

This myth, he longed to pull these magic heart strings

He bought up every violin on the country, mountain, ocean-side


To play the one of legend lore, I'll lead a true love to my door

The legend thrives for your violin, for your violin


She said, Catch me if you can

You better plan, gentlemen

Gonna catch me [Incomprehensible]

For your violin, for your violin


Jaded Jester spent his life chasing down that which could not be found

He hung three thousand violins

From the rafter beams by their rusty strings

Penniless and paupered, bug-eyed crazed and gummy-grinned

Conducted with a bow, his orchestra, 'This Symphony of Myth'

That did him in, for your violin, for your violin


What works for me, may not work for you

That which often gets passed down often gets misconstrued

Expectation, imagination, surely can chase the goose around

Don't look for that which others have, you can't find what won't be found


Hood, Appleseed, Bunyan, hey, Violin Maker

Figments of imagination, tell Pied Piper to lead away

These myths in time that helped him pine

For your violin, for your violin


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