[00:00.00]The Woman Who Was Also A Mongoose - The Dead Milkmen
[00:19.78]She was once an attraction at the county fair
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[00:25.99]And now she sleeps in a box at the top of the stairs
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[00:32.49]And she loves it here make no mistake
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[00:38.98]Cause she can earn her keep by chasin' snakes
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[00:45.48]And if I wake up late at night
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[00:48.67]I know that everything will be alright
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[00:52.29]Cause crawling round on my roof
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[00:55.23]Is the woman who is also a mongoose
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[01:18.23]She was born in May nineteen years ago
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[01:24.79]In a little town outside Buffalo
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[01:30.74]But the town folk feared her and they chased her away
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[01:37.74]And now she's happy with a place to stay
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[01:43.68]And if I wake up late at night
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[01:46.99]I know that everything will be alright
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[01:50.78]Cause crawling round on my roof
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[01:53.71]Is the woman who is also a mongoose
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[02:16.54]She trapped a rattler out behind the barn
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[02:22.73]And she let it go without any harm
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[02:29.42]Then she came inside for a cup of tea
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[02:35.92]And she spoke for a while with my brother and me
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[02:42.79]Chasing after field mice running through the high grass
[02:46.04]That's what she loves to do
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[02:49.36]And if she's happy as a mongoose
[02:52.48]It shouldn't bother me or you
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[02:55.23]And if I wake up late at night
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[02:58.48]I know that everything will be alright
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[03:02.23]Cause crawling round on my roof
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[03:05.17]Is the woman who is also a mongoose