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THAT'S WHA T THEY S AY
WHEN THE SUN GOES DO WN
THEN THE SNAKES W ILL P L AY
I WATCHED T HA T C A R PU LL
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AND LOOKE D IN HE R R OOM
AND I FOUND OU T THAT
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THAT'S WHAT THEY S AY
WHEN THE SU N GOES DO WN
THEN THE SNAKES W ILL P L AY
S O I WA I TED IN THE SHA DOWS
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AND THE GU N I HE LD
W AS TREMBLI N ' IN M Y H A ND
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A LL T H E SNAKES CRAW L AT NIGHT
THAT'S WHA T THEY S AY
WHEN THE SU N GOES DO WN
THEN THE SNAKES W ILL P L AY
O H T H E T R I A L IN
A L I TT LE WH ILE W AS O V ER
AN D THEY SENTENCED ME
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BUT BEFORE I LEAVE
T H IS COURTROOM
P L EASE YOU R HO NOR
THERE'S SOM ETH I N ' MORE
THAT I WOU LD LI K E TO S AY
A LL T H E SNAKES CRAW L AT NIGHT
THAT'S WHA T THEY S AY
WHEN THE SU N GOES DO WN
THEN THE SNAKES W ILL P L AY