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First released on compact disc on the 1995 compilation AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO WITHOUT LEAVING, Volume 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS
(CITY LIMITS)

Besides the two Serene cuts included (Also featured the first cd appearance of "Dearesrt One") here are many other worthwhile tracks by Mr. Jones and the Previous, Dan Bern, Bill White and Spew to be found here. Decidedly folkier than the morbid "K-Tel" styled cover would have you believe. Of course it was designed by the Morose One himself with his ghost-written liner notes as "Spiritual Advisor Lou". No word on a Volume 2.

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The Death of Me
written by Serene Dominic copyright 1991

You're such a young and pretty thing
I want to hold you in my hand like a figurine
I want to kiss you but I don;t know where you've been before last week

I want the teacher to seat you next to me
I want to dangle you upon my aging knee
I want the whole world to see us dancing jowl to cheek

It's not such a long way from your cradle to my grave
And you were born to be the death of me

I wanna whisk you away to Disneyland
Get you a set of mousy ears and a wedding man
Ask Mr. Jiminy Cricket for your hand, do the proper thing
And if the Almighty and the Magic Kingdom will allow it
The sweet taste of freedom won't sour on your palette
I can't wait till your retainer comes off you in spring

It's not such a long way from your cradle to my grave
And you were born to be the death of me

Let your silky hair fall around my chin
Let the air blow out and in my lungs
My breathless lungs...

We're all slaves to the rhythm ever got me
Kiss me on the forehead and step over my body
Return to your sleeping beauty world of dreams

It's not such a long way from your cradle to my grave
And you were born to be the death of me
It's not such a long way from your cradle to my grave
And you were born to be the death of me

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from Box City 1991​-​1994: The Complete Bastard, released March 1, 1994

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