Loudon Wainwright III - Surviving twin
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D Last week I attended a family aGffair
And a Afew remarked upon my recent Ggrowth of facial Dhair
DYou look just like your father did with that beard someone Gsaid
I aAnswered back I am him even Gthough my old man's Ddead
I Adidn't want to be GhimD well at first I Adid
AWhen I loved and looked Gup to himD as a Alittle Dkid
[Verse 2]
DHe sent me to his old school I was a numeral with his Gname
And he Agave me this gold signet ring and he Gwore one just the Dsame
DAnd I guess that I believed him and probably it was Gtrue
When he Atold me I was just like him, that's Gwhat some fathers Ddo
But a Afather's always Golder and my Ddad was rather Atall
AWho says size Gdoesn't matter, he was Dbig and AI was Dsmall
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[Verse 3]
DI needed to be big enough to be someone someGday
And I Alearned I had to beat him and that Gwas the only Dway
DI learned I had to fight him, my own flesh, blood, bone and Gkin
But I Afelt I was just like him can a Gman's son be his Dtwin
First Awe fought for my Gmother, that afDforded little Ajoy
AWhen he left she was heart Gbroken and I was Dstill their Alittle Dboy
[Verse 4]
DBut I started to get bigger and to win the ugly Ggame
When I Amade a little money and I Ggot a bit of Dfame
DAnd I saw how this could wound him, yes this could do the Gtrick
And if AI made it big enough I could Gkill him off Dquick
But how Acan you murder Gsomeone in a Dway that they don't Adie
AI didn't want to Gkill him, that would Dbe sAuicDide
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[Verse 5]
DI got frightened so I backed off I let up and I was Gthrough
And in the Aend he did himself in usualGly that's what we Ddo
DI'm alive and he is dead and neither of us Gwon
It's Aspoiled for the victor once the Gvanquishing is Ddone
A Aman becomes imGmortal through his Ddaughter or his Ason
ABut when he fears his Glegacy, a Dman can Acome unDdone
[Outro]
DAnd the beard is a reminder I'm a living part of Ghim
AlAthough my father's dead and gone I'm Ghis surviving Dtwin
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AlAthough the old man's dead and gone I'm Ghis surviving Dtwin