Magali, built her boat by the river and... Magali, built it straight through the winter and plans, they were drawn twixt the dusk and the dawn while the warden, wife and acolyte fellate by candlelight while Magali’s might rose this moonlit night.
Tonight I will rale, against this knotted tale. Untangle my thoughts bound and distraught. The first thing that I must do up Conrad’s creek with you is chew through these handmaid cords built by this man made —
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Magali to the sea in a boat on this river with
Magali to the sea in a boat on this river with
Float cross the floor, towards the door. Carve paddles and oars, from cupboards and drawers. Tear bed sheets into sails. Prepare to face the gale.
Keel haul Jessie Helms. Tie night lights to the —
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The levee was bare as I ran rapid stairs. The banister rails sang a sinister scale.
Like children's bicycle spokes, these spindles struck out notes.
Heard by the warden’s wife. Teeth clench round wardens —
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The warden tried to withdraw from his wife's tightened jaw, but it was too late as Magali sailed past the gate. Alarm bells were raised late as the warden was served his fate. And so ended his John Irving date and the warden was cast —
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Child, mother and child, mother and child, mother and child
Magali, to the sea, Magali, to the sea, Magali,
À la mer,
credits
from Magali to the Sea,
released November 1, 2011
Rick Waines, Aaron Clark, Jasmin Parkin, Molly Guldemond
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