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Intro

 Yeah, when I was only se- ven- teen

 I could hear the angels whis- per- ing

 So I droned into the words and wandered aimlessly about

 Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog

 It turned out to be the howling of a dog

 Or a wolf to be exact, the sound sent shivers down my back

 But I was drawn into the pack and before long

 They allowed me to join in and sing their song

 So from the cliffs and highest hill, yeah we would gladly get our fill

 Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn

 And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong

 For my flesh had turned to fur, yeah and my thoughts, they surely were

instinct and obedience to God

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 You can wear your fur like the river on fire

 But you better be sure if your makin' God a liar

 I'm a rattlesnake, babe, I'm like fu-el on fire

 So if you're gonna' get made

 Don't be afraid of what you've learned

 On the day that I turned twen- ty- three

 I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree

 When suddenly a girl, with skin the color of a pearl

 Wandered aimlessly, but she didn't seem to see

 She was listenin' for the angels just like me

 So I stood and looked about, I brushed the leaves off of my snout

 And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees

 You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees

 So I took her by the arm, we settled down upon a farm

 And raised our children up as gently as you pleased

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 And now my fur has turned to skin and I've been quickly ushered in

 To a world that I confess I do not know

 But I still dream of running careless through the snow

 An' through the howlin' winds that blow, across the ancient distant flow

 It fill our bodies up like water till we know

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