So Many Nights

(Rafael Torres)​​

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So many nights I wonder

Why go back to that Neanderthal

He's tall and handsome

He's thick and becomes

Unpredictable when he drinks

So many nights I wander

Always searching for the underground

I stop at some bookstore

I leaf through some full score

Of a symphony I'll never hear

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I have a vulture inside my heart

And its fascinating flight

Doesn't indicate that that's an ugly bird

At all

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I keep feeling sorry now and then

When everything’s okay

Then again, perhaps I will prevail

Deus ex machina from a crane

Will come down and put the

Vulture to sleep

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So many nights I'm under

But tonight I'll be beyond the ground

Beyond the sky

I'll be on the moon

Hearing symphonies from beyond

And maybe one day I’ll be missed

And they might wonder what

Did I have to say