Go on and on about how you walked away
tell me about how you didn t have to stay
I ll listen patiently while all around us you raise
monarchies
When we were younger you never told me much
Though you knew everything right from the start
You always suggested meaning to me
Later on we raised monarchies
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Baby I don t want to find you here
All alone with your shapes and your colors in another year
You bring them together and raise monarchies
You bring them together in a believable way
Baby I don t want to find you here
Go to Atlanta and give your money to a man
But don t tell him you raise monarchies
Cause if you do he ll wash your feet for you
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If I spent a day in Atlanta I d give my money to a man
To a man who would wash my feet for me
I d tell him I can raise monarchies and he d say he
can wash my feet for me
If I could save all the world s monarchies from the ravages
of time
If that were my gifting, my power find
I d let them fall though they gave me gifts and called me on
the phone sometimes
I d let them fall just the same, I d let them fall just the.................
Words-Paul Peterson
Mike Flaherty helped with the guitar