Variations

To live is the rarest thing in the world.
-Oscar Wilde
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Joanna Newsom - Jackrabbits

I was tired of being drunk
My face cracked like a joke
So I swung through here like a brace of jackrabbits
With their necks all broke

I stumbled at the door with my boot
And I knocked against the jam
And I scrabbled at your chest like a mute
With my fists all of ham

Trying to tell you that I am
Telling you I can
I can love you again
Love you again

I’m squinting towards the East
My faith makes me a dope
But you can take my hand in the darkness, darling
Like a length of rope

I shaped up overnight, you know
The day after she died
When I saw my heart and I’ll tell you, darling
It was open wide

What with telling you I am
Telling you I can
I can love you again
Love you again…