The Cat, the Crow, and the Snake
Oh, oh... (22)
There was a Garden, and there was a Tree
And there were three of me
I was a Snake, and a Crow, and a Cat
And in the Tree, the three of me sat…
For Eternity…
And that was that
One night, an Apple grew
And the Apple knew everything that I knew
It was part of me, and it was part of the Tree
The Tree that I climbed-in to, and flew-in to, and slithered-to
And now I grew
And there I sat…
As an Apple, and a Snake, and a Crow, and a Cat
And that was pretty much that, until one day
A Girl who was not me came out to play
And I could see what she wanted from me
She wanted to know what the Apple knew
And I said, "You already do, my dear
Otherwise you wouldn't be here"
And She said, "Please… I've come to eat the Apples
From the Trees"
And I said, "No. I am an Apple, and a Snake, and a Cat, and a Crow."
And she said, "Please! I need to have that Apple inside of me"
She wanted to know everything I knew
And I said, "But my dear, you already do"
Then she stamped her foot, and said, "For Heaven's sake!
Why can't you be a Cat, and a Crow, and a Snake?"
And I said, "No. Let the Apple go"
Then she took a bite
And I could tell, that she knew I was right
She walked away weeping with the Apple in her hand
And fed my secrets to another man
So I slid away, and flew away
And out the Tree, I ran
I who once was one, now forever three
A Cat, and a Crow, and a Snake without a Tree
Just a Snake, and a Crow, and a Cat
And that was that
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