The Song of a Hundred Toads
From the album Singing Bones
[INTRO]
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[VERSE 1]
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On my way out to the gold mines, crossing the western hills,
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Me and my little dog, Clyde, and a horse named Prancing Bill,
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I slept under the stars, I heard the coyotes sing,
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And the sun was a golden coin shining just for me.
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The sun shone just for me.
[VERSE 2]
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But high up in the mountains, Bill began to foam,
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And as I whipped and tugged him, he bucked against his load,
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'Round a hairpin turn, the wagon tumbled o'er
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And down the jagged rocks, Bill fell with all I owned.
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He fell with all I owned.
[VERSE 3]
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As the sun died out, coyotes began to howl
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Little Clyde's head rose and answered with a growl,
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But when I bent to call him, he snapped at me and ran,
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And then I was alone in the silent rocks and sand.
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The silent rocks and sand.
[INTERLUDE]
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[VERSE 4]
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By my fifth day of walking, I was crawling on my knees,
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In handfuls of dust from between the dying weeds.
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I laid out in the dirt as the sun lost her glow,
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But I was welcomed in the dark by the song of a hundred toads.
[OUTRO]
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The song of a hundred toads.
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The song of a hundred toads.
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The song of a hundred toads.
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The song of a hundred toads.
