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He put on his shirt carefully, making sure that the buttons matched upHis sleeves were always too shortBut at least it meant he could always see his watchAnd often he checked the timeAnd it would be stoppedHe always thought it was brokenBut then he'd remember he had to wind it, ohThough he knew some day he'd remember to wind it and it wouldn't work after allMaybe that would happen on the exact day he didn't think it was brokenIsn't that the way it worksIsn't that the way it goesWhile the fox he lurksAnd while the rooster crowsIsn't that the way things areThe way the world ain't flatBut you can only run so far before you make it backHe could drink from the sink by craning his head far to one sideThe day he figured that out, one of the horses diedIt was one of the twins that barely a week'd been aliveIt was the one who could barely standWe'd wrapped his legs with gauze and bandages from inside from one of the kitchen drawersWe called him stretchCuz he was so skinny and tallMomma said both twins rarely live with horsesSongtexteWe was lucky to have one livin at allAnd me and my momma slept in the stall next to them in the bed of a pickupAll us kids piled inI remember the momma horse lickin and cleaning up her newborn babiesShe was working so hard (she was working so hard)She was working so hard (she was working so hard)She was working so hardShe was working so hardShe was working so hardShe was working so hardIsn't that the way it worksIsn't that the way it goesWhile the fox he lurksAnd while the rooster crowsIsn't that the way things areThe way the world ain't flatYou can only run so far before you make it backIsn't that the way it worksIsn't that the way it goesWhile the fox he lurksAnd while the rooster crowsIsn't that the way things areThe way the world ain't flatYou can only run so far before you make it backYou can only run so farYou can only run so farBefore you make it, before you make it back Aus Songtexte Mania