The Construction Gals

from Turning a Helicopter by M. Fix

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The construction gals were building an edifice
That would not tumble down
And as they added level to level
A crowd gathered round

Hey watch that now!
A blind man stumbled over bricks that were all strewn round
Hey watch that now!
This castle may shake down to the ground
The construction gals yelled out loud

They said:
Sometimes it's better to speak softly
Than to yell if a quake comes down

They said:
Sometimes it's better to yell loudly
If you let these walls all fall down

And the castle's moat was filled with bones of old old ghosts
And soldiers who had drowned

The construction gals they promised to remove all that
And turn things all around.

They said:
Sometimes it's better to speak softly
Than to yell if a quake comes down

They said:
Sometimes it's better to yell loudly
If you let these walls all fall down

The construction gals were building an edifice
That would not tumble down
And as they added level to level
A crowd gathered round

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from Turning a Helicopter, released October 1, 2003

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