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[VERSE 1]

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In the shadows, in the bushes, 
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in the space between the leaves
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A spider in a thicket 
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crawled up on my knee
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I put my gloves on, put my hat on, 
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and I ran from the trees
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But that little black spider 
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came a-crawling after me

[CHORUS]

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From the shadows in the bushes, 
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in the space between the leaves
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A little black spider 
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came a-crawling home with me

[VERSE 2]

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It crawled across my window 
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as I lay me down to sleep
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In the morning on my pillow 
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it waited patiently
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And then came the ants, 
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the frogs and the snakes
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Slithering and sliding 
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through my clean white sheets

[CHORUS]

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Rustling from the bushes, 
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creeping from the leaves
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Every awful creature 
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came a-crawling over me

[INTERLUDE]

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[VERSE 3]

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I crushed them and killed them, 
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but they came all the more
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So I ran in my nightshirt 
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out onto the lawn
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But I tripped upon a tree root 
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and they swarmed from the weeds
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A million little teeth 
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tore me to pieces

[CHORUS]

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In the shadows of the thicket 
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rain poured through the leaves
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And I was scattered in the mud 
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beneath the dripping trees

[VERSE 4]

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But from here and from there, 
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from every direction
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Little voices sang 
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under twigs and mosses
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And I swarmed and I gathered 
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under logs and leaves
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I crawled and I slithered 
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under rotting trees

[CHORUS]

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In the tangle of the bushes, 
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underneath the wet leaves
      C        G
I am many and nothing 
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and I crawl up on your knee

[OUTRO]

        C             G
In the tangle of the bushes, 
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underneath the wet leaves
      C        G
I am many and nothing 
        D                G
and I crawl up on your knee