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"Balloon"
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album _The Raven_
(Lou Reed, 2003)

written by Lou Reed

sung by Kate and Anna McGarrigle
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        I'm a little balloon and I get puffed up
        squeeze me and bend me it's never enough
        Put your lips around me, blow me up
        but if you prick me I will pop

        I'm a little balloon full and firm
        here is my aft and here is my stern
        Here's my lips and here's my hose
        put me down or I will burst

        If you prick me I will burst




        * a cappella








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"I'm A Balloon"
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from the play _POEtry_
(Robert Wilson/Lou Reed, 2000)

performed by actor

May 09, 2001
Muziek Theater, Amsterdam, Holland
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        I'm a little balloon and I get puffed up
        squeeze me and bend me it's never enough
        Put your lips around me and blow me up
        but if you prick me I will pop

        I'm a little balloon full and firm
        here is my aft and here's my stern
        Here's my lips and here's my hose
        put me down or I will burst
        If you prick me
        I will burst




        * a cappella




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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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