[00:01.12]Calexico-The News About William
[00:14.53]4 in the morning the sidewalk's asleep
[00:19.65]Dogs on the porch,
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[00:21.77]Spiders on the leaf
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[00:24.64]Shipwrecked by night sailing through days
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[00:29.95]Nobody noticed the slipping away
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[00:43.18]Connecting the dots
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[00:45.48]with thorns in his side
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[00:48.23]Boarded up the Windows
[00:50.79]with pain and with pride
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[00:53.66]The music box broken that
[00:56.40]once was his soul
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[00:59.09]Its sad little song spinning out of control
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[01:09.13]Then came the storm that washed the roads out
[01:28.16]Closed both his eyes and pointed straight south
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[01:33.53]Second line drums marched into the sea
[01:38.40]While the clouds overhead cried "mutiny"
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[01:44.26]They parted for Cathy and her bitter news
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[01:49.63]As her words fail and the sky grew dim
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[01:54.75]Recalled how close to that exit I've been
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[02:10.47]Ours not to reply, ours not to reason why
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[02:20.83]The news about William
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[02:23.89]The lifeline retreats
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[02:26.32]Desire for release
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[02:29.25]The thorns in his side