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PhishEsther (Lp Version) -
It was late one fall night at a fairground near town

When esther first saw the armenian man

Who groveled toward her and stood by her side

With a bucket that swung in his hand

His grin stretched the folds of his pasty white cheeks
And his lips hurled a dollop of murk on the curb

And the lights from the rides
showed a mischievous sparkle
That flashed in his hollow eyed stare

He said little girl, you can chop off my legs
And then peel off my socks if you want to.

But Id rather you took this old puppet from me

That I hold in my pail as we speak.

And he stood looking down at the innocent girl

And she stared at the bucket bewildered

Til he lifted the doll for the young girl to see
And a giant smile grew on his face

She saw the dolls eyes and she couldnt resist
And she thanked the man quickly
and ran to the church

And she burst through
the door with puppet held high

And a hush filled the chapel,
and the people looked mean

Esther tried in vain to pacify the mob

Quibble grew to spat, to wrangle,
then to brawl
The frenzied congregation
struggled desperately to fetch
The pretty puppet snugly nestled
deep in esthers leather sack

Through the window of the church
a storm began to rage

And esther knew the time had come to flee

She scurried down the aisle toward
the doorway in the distance
And out into the rainstorm

where she felt she would be free
But the wind was blowing harder

And her skirt began to billow

Until finally her feet began to lift

And she rose above the high

and the people
And the chimneys

And esther and the doll were set adrift

Floating higher over the hills,

and the valleys and treetops
Theyd flutter and glide

Soaring and turning suspended on air

With the earth far below them theyd tumble
And dive through the clouds

And she began to plummet earthward till she
Landed in the nasty part of town

She glanced about the village sure to find the evil men
Who rob and pillage in the darkest hour of night

Nervously she fumbled for the pouch that held the
Puppet on her rump.

Feeling quite outnumbered esther hid behind
A nearby pile of lumber, where she waited
Till the dawn

Cause it would have been a blunder to
Succumb to a hoodlum on the prowl

When the morning came,

she wandered through the streets
Along the chilly lake that lay beside the town

At last a peaceful moment,
but she thought she heard a sound
It was an angry mob of joggers
coming up to knock her down

As esther stood and shook her head
The joggers were approaching
And she knew she had no choice left but to swim

As the frosty water sank its bitter teeth into her hide
She tried to slide the heavy clothing from her skin

Nick now she made her way toward the shore
When suddenly she felt a tiny tugging at her toe.

And the puppet shed forgotten wrapped its tiny
Little arms around her ankle and wouldnt let her go.

The waves seemed to open and swallow her whole

As the doll pulled her down
through the eerie green deep

And the sound of the laughing old man filled her ears

As she drifted away to a tranquil
And motionless sleep.