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The Possum's Lament

from 2021 Weekly Song Challenge by Key Wilde

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lyrics

Bb D7 Eb Bb
A possum is good but they’re misunderstood
Eb F Bb
My true nature folks don’t understand
Bb D7 Eb Bb
I’m a marsupial and that’s pretty cool
Eb F Bb
Just accept me for what I am

Bb D7 Eb Bb
I sing you my song I won’t be here very long
Eb F Bb
But I’m happy with the life that I’ve lead
Bb D7 Eb Bb
I’m only here for two to three years
Eb F Bb
Including time spent playing dead

Bb D7 Eb Bb
The raccoons break in and knock over the cans
Eb F Bb
And they scatter the trash all around
Bb D7 Eb Bb
But I’m the one found with the trash on the ground
Eb F Bb
It’s a shame but I get the blame

F Eb Bb
People see me in the garbage and think I’m unclean
F Eb F
They look at my teeth and think that I look mean
Bb D7 Eb Bb
I have 50 teeth but I rarely will bite
Eb Bb F Bb
An even when threatened I don’t put up a fight

Bb D7 Eb Bb
I groom myself daily and I eat all the ticks
Eb Bb C F
Five thousand a year and I rarely get sick
Bb D7 Eb Bb
Yeah I eat all the vermin, rodents and fleas
Eb F Bb
But I never get rabies and I’m free of disease

Bb D7 Eb Bb
When I feel threatened my body shuts down
Eb F Bb
And I give off a powerful smell
Bb D7 Eb Bb
It doesn’t make sense but it’s my only defense
Eb F Bb
And it generally serves me pretty well

Bb D7 Eb Bb
They say it’s just a trick and they poke me with a stick
Eb F Bb
Come watch the possum play dead
Bb D7 Eb Bb
They gather around as I lie on the ground
Eb F Bb
And I’ll tell you some things I’ve heard said:

Bb D7 Eb Bb
People say “good grief, the creature’s got 50 teeth
Eb F Bb
And he smells like an old bag of bones
Bb D7 Eb Bb
See that pointy little head - he likes to play dead
Eb F Bb
And his face looks just like George Jones

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from 2021 Weekly Song Challenge, track released November 13, 2021

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