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me and henry miller were out one night drinking some wine we were feeling alright down by the river just watching it flow when along came edgar allen poe he said "fellows can i have a little taste of your wine? i've already drunk up the last of mine" henry said "ed we'd be happy to share why don't you just sit yourself down right there" well the wine was gone before too long and henry said "samm won't you sing us a song" I was 'bout to do a version of old joe clark when edgar allen said "hey it's getting dark" i said "wait a minute, poe, the night's still young" and i handed him a jew's harp henry had brung i said "pluck on this and i'll sing you a tune by the light of the silvery harvest moon" well my song was only 'bout halfway sung when along came crosby stills nash and young henry said "neil, you're welcome to stay but the rest of you fellows can be on your way" so it was me and henry and edgar and neil but neil slipped on a banana peel then he fell into the river and i thought maybe t'was the very same river where he shot his baby well we all jumped in to save neil's ass got him up on the bank, laid him on the grass the four of us were sitting there soaking wet but that ain't the end of the story yet cause then who should come along but marilyn monroe said she was looking for a man named poe me and henry and neil cried "hey, wait a minute if this is your dream we all wanna be in it" but edgar and marilyn left pretty quick henry looked like he was gonna get sick neil said "i'm cold" and he started to shiver that's when i decided to jump into the river and so the river carried me from town to town and i occasionally put my feet on the ground but i'm mostly just happy to float to the sea if you see me floating by please wave to me! copyright Samm Bennett - all rights reserved back to Lyrics Table of Contents |
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