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Black Friday Bill
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2022-11-05T02:52:54.122Z
Kerryn Lee Bon.
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Crown your storms</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">[And] Steal my thunder</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">I don’t know what</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">This world has plundered …</span></p>
<p class="p3"></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Only me</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">On bended knee</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Where do shadows go</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">To shoot the…</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Crown your storms</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">[And] Steal my thunder</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">I don’t know what</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">This world has plundered …</span></p>
<p class="p3"></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Only me</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">On bended knee</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Where do shadows go</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">To shoot the breeze?</span></p>
<p class="p3"></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Solitary renegade</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Slipping down</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">The streets, we fade</span></p>
<p class="p3"></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Blowing through a crystal stare</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Wind me up like a toy</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">[Or, I’ll disappear]</span></p>
<p class="p3"></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Heaving with luminosity</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Underneath</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">[There’s an Emerald City calling …</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s3">D-d-d-des-pair</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Such a rich act to follow</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Shackled up, but I’m growin’</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Deeper than you know</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Breathe; blow; feel all of that]</span></p>
<p class="p3"></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Cavernous gear down there</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Memories</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Laced with fear</span></p>
<p class="p3"></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Soothe the beast</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">He’s awoken</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Vitalised</span></p>
<p class="p3"></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Mother fuckin’ smokin’</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Shoulder high and I can see the field now</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Blazing bright</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">[You rise - in my eyes</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Higher & higher</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2"><b>Your heart is a castle of blue sky</b></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Let the sunset slide on in, & pass me another one of them golden ties]</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Don’t you dare proselytise</span></p>
<p class="p3"></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Only me</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">To contend with</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Riff with me now!</span></p>
<p class="p3"></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Still got it</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">And, I got it still</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Coming for you</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Let my heart spill</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">(Bring me back)</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2"><b><i>Black Friday Bill!</i></b></span></p>
<p class="p2"><br/><br/></p>
<p class="p1"><i><span class="s1">K. Lee Bon.; </span>Black Friday - May ‘22</i></p>