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  2. ║                             the bluebird                                ║
  3. ║                                                                         ║
  4. ║                   there's a bluebird in my heart that                   ║
  5. ║                   wants to let out                                      ║
  6. ║                   but I'm too tough for him,                            ║
  7. ║                   I say, stay in there, I'm not going                   ║
  8. ║                   to let anybody see                                    ║
  9. ║                   you.                                                  ║
  10. ║                                                                         ║
  11. ║                   there's a bluebird in my heart that                   ║
  12. ║                   wants to get out                                      ║
  13. ║                   but I pour whiskey on him and inhale                  ║
  14. ║                   cigarette smoke                                       ║
  15. ║                   and the whores and the bartenders                     ║
  16. ║                   and the grocery clerks                                ║
  17. ║                   never know that                                       ║
  18. ║                   he's                                                  ║
  19. ║                   in there.                                             ║
  20. ║                                                                         ║
  21. ║                   there's a bluebird in my heart that                   ║
  22. ║                   wants to get out                                      ║
  23. ║                   but I'm too tough for him,                            ║
  24. ║                   I say,                                                ║
  25. ║                   stay down, do you want to mess                        ║
  26. ║                   me up?                                                ║
  27. ║                   you want to screw up the                              ║
  28. ║                   works?                                                ║
  29. ║                   you want to blow my book sales in                     ║
  30. ║                   Europe?                                               ║
  31. ║                                                                         ║
  32. ║                   there's a bluebird in my heart that                   ║
  33. ║                   wants to get out                                      ║
  34. ║                   but I'm too clever, I only let him out                ║
  35. ║                   at night sometimes                                    ║
  36. ║                   when everybody's asleep.                              ║
  37. ║                   I say, I know that you're in there,                   ║
  38. ║                   so don't be                                           ║
  39. ║                   sad.                                                  ║
  40. ║                                                                         ║
  41. ║                   that I put him back,                                  ║
  42. ║                   but he's singing a little                             ║
  43. ║                   in there, I haven't quite let him                     ║
  44. ║                   die                                                   ║
  45. ║                   and we sleep together like                            ║
  46. ║                   that                                                  ║
  47. ║                   with our                                              ║
  48. ║                   secret pact                                           ║
  49. ║                   and it's nice enough to                               ║
  50. ║                   make a man                                            ║
  51. ║                   weep, but I don't                                     ║
  52. ║                   weep, do                                              ║
  53. ║                   you?                                                  ║
  54. ║                                                                         ║
  55. ║                Copyright (C) 1992 by Charles Bukowski                   ║
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