Swans

The swans in the night
Have a way of sleeping
That's rather surprising
To anyone walking nearby

And I in the night
Have a way of weeping
That's rather disturbing
To anyone talking

     For I couldn't care how I sound
     And the swans couldn't care how they appear
     They just stand around with their heads under one wing
     And it's touching to see, and then there is me

Like a swan in the night
I'm just as surprising
And twice as disturbing 
To anyone walking

     For I couldn't care how I sound
     And the swans, well at least they're in repose
     Their necks loop around like the handle of a jug
     And it's snug I suppose, and then there is me

Like a swan in the night
I'm just as surprising
And twice as disturbing 
To anyone talking 

     For the swans have a strange way of sleeping
     And this is just no way to cry

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