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&%/~:,,,,, & DREAM PALACE & ,,,,,:~/%&
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%/~:,,,,,, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,,,,,,:~/%
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##&%/~:,,, I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ,,,:~/%&##
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&%/~:,,,,, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,,,,,:~/%&
%/~:,,,,,, BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ,,,,,,:~/%
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%/~:,,,,,, IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ,,,,,,:~/%
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&%/~:,,,,, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,,,,,:~/%&
%/~:,,,,,, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,,,,,,:~/%
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&%/~:,,,,, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,,,,,:~/%&
%/~:,,,,,, AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ,,,,,,:~/%
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##&%/~:,,, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ,,,:~/%&##
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%/~:,,,,,, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,,,,,,:~/%
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###&%/~:,, AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ,,:~/%&###
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#&%/~:,,,, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,,,:~/%&#
&%/~:,,,,, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,,,,,:~/%&
%/~:,,,,,, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,,,,,,:~/%
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%/~:,,,,,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,,,,,:~/%
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