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Yeah, when I was only se- ven- teen
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I could hear the angels whis- per- ing
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So I droned into the words and wandered aimlessly about
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Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog
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It turned out to be the howling of a dog
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Or a wolf to be exact, the sound sent shivers down my back
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But I was drawn into the pack and before long
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They allowed me to join in and sing their song
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So from the cliffs and highest hill, yeah we would gladly get our fill
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Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn
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And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong
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For my flesh had turned to fur, yeah and my thoughts, they surely were
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instinct and obedience to God
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Chorus:
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You can wear your fur like the river on fire
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But you better be sure if your makin' God a liar
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I'm a rattlesnake, babe, I'm like fu-el on fire
G D
So if you're gonna' get made
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Don't be afraid of what you've learned
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On the day that I turned twen- ty- three
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I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree
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When suddenly a girl, with skin the color of a pearl
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Wandered aimlessly, but she didn't seem to see
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She was listenin' for the angels just like me
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So I stood and looked about, I brushed the leaves off of my snout
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And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees
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You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees
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So I took her by the arm, we settled down upon a farm
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And raised our children up as gently as you pleased
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And now my fur has turned to skin and I've been quickly ushered in
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To a world that I confess I do not know
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But I still dream of running careless through the snow
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An' through the howlin' winds that blow, across the ancient distant flow
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It fill our bodies up like water till we know
Interlude -x2-: D G D A A
Chorus:
G D G D A
You can wear your fur like the river on fire
G D G D A
But you better be sure if your makin' God a liar
G D G D A
I'm a rattlesnake, babe, I'm like fu-el on fire
G D
So if you're gonna' get made
G D D D A A A A
Don't be afraid of what you've learned
Outro: G