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I Run (Who is the Rat Woman​?​)

from The Ratcatcher by The Crux

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Forgive me, men and women of the honored cabinet
But can you hear the tempting clicking of a castanet?
‘Twas many years ago, I travelled off to Spain
Dyed my hair and changed my name
Never to return again…

I left my home with those whose foreign music spoke to me
Leaving nothing but my father and his misery
We took a ship in Lubeck, sailed unto the night
And everything felt right
For the first time in my life…

On the ocean, deep and wild
I looked overboard and cried
Right beside my music man
This is what I said to him…

“Please forgive me all I do and say while I’m at sea
“It’s just the moonlight, dear, and what the moonlight does to me
“And if I should die before we reach the shore
“Then I won’t cry anymore… No, I won’t cry anymore
“No, I won’t cry any more…”

When we pulled into Seville
My friends went looking for some thrills
One by one, they slipped away
Left me all alone again

And the truth will set you free, oh yeah
The truth will set you free

Maintain my blood and bile, the spirit’s acting up again
Feed me fennel when I’m down and when I’m up, valerian
A yellow cross around my neck, just to keep
My mind in check, just to keep
My mind in check, just to keep…

And if I should die before we reach the shore
Then I won’t cry anymore… No, I won’t cry anymore
No, I won’t cry anymore…

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from The Ratcatcher, released October 31, 2013

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