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Wednesday - Tori Amos

Words and music by Tori Amos

I specifically love the opening lines to this song. It seems like I spend a majority of my time 'sitting around being foolish when there is work to be done.' *smiles* Another thing I like about this song is that she mentions the Templars. Once you've read Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, they're everywhere around you.

Nothing here to fear
I'm just sitting around
Being foolish when there is work to be done
Just a hang-up call
And the quiet breathing
Of our Persian we call Cajun on a
Wednesday
 
So we go from year to year
With secrets we've been keeping
Though you say you're not a Templar man
Seems as if we're circling for very
Different reasons
But one day the Eagle has to land
Out past the fountain
A left by the station
I start the day in the usual way
Then think -- well why not --
And stop for a coffee
Then begin to recall
Things that you say
 
No one's at the door
You suggest a ghost
Perhaps a phantom
I agree with this in part
Something is with us
I can't put my finger on --
Is Thumbalina size 10 on a
Wednesday --
 
So we go from year to year
With secrets we've been keeping
Though you say you're not a Templar man
You tell me to cheer up
You suspect we're oddly even
Even still the Eagle has to land
Out past the fountain
A left by the station
I start the day
In the usual way
Then think -- well why not --
And stop for a coffee
And begin to recall
Things that you say
 
Pluck up the courage
And snap it's gone again
I start humming "When Doves Cry"
Can someone help me
I think that I'm lost here
Lost in a place called
America

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