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Axolotl

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Have you seen the Axolotl
gobble up all of their feelings?
And spit them out from mountain tops
that you and I can only dream of?

Have you seen the Axolotl?
It’s what I would like to do.
And maybe later, I can get a look
at Axolotl, all of you.

So let me pop another Pepto
and we’ll see what we can find.
Just like those slimy salamanders
I got one thing on my mind.

So let me pop another Pepto
and we’ll see what we can do.
Baby girl, I got a special
Axolotl just for you.

We can go to Guanajuato
for the Day of the Dead.
Watch the candles dance on tops of graves,
or just make love instead.

Yeah, let’s go to Guanajuato
for the Day of the Dead.
I’ll get too drunk and you’ll say,
“we should sleep in separate beds.”

Yeah, let’s chug a caguama.
I’ll take two, for my health.
You’re on a bus back to the city,
now I’m drinking by myself.

I stumble up the concrete staircase
to our bedroom on my own
where there’s a black dog on my pillow,
he doesn’t bother to say hello.

But I know just what he’s thinking,
“Dad, you’re really drunk, again
but for a cupful of kibbles,
I will still be your best friend.”

“Buddy, that’s great but you’ve just got six years
left to live, statistically.
And FutureMan, when you’re gone,
who’s gonna be best friends with me?”

Have you seen the Axolotl
gobble up all of their feelings?
And spit them out from mountain tops
that you and I can only dream of?

Have you seen the Axolotl?
It’s what I would like to do.
And maybe later, I can get a look
at Axolotl, all of you.

They got Nahuatl,
they got nuns.
We get sad,
but we have fun.

I got God,
but I got questions.
Just about
one million.

They got Nahuatl,
they got nuns.
We get sad,
but we have fun.

I got God,
but I got questions.
Just about
one million.

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