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THERE'S A MAN IN A SHACK THOUGH HE SAYS IT'S A HOME WHERE HE LIVES WITH A DOG WHO'S LOOKING FOR A BONE TO LEAVE TO HIS CHILDREN THOUGH HE DOESN'T HAVE A WIFE AND UNDERNEATH HIS PILLOW HE KEEPS A BIG CARVING KNIFE NAILED TO THE WALL IS A CUPBOARD WITH A LOCK WHERE THE MAN KEEPS A BOTTLE AND A HAT AND A WOK AND AN OLD SOUP BONE TIED UP WITH STRING WHICH WHEN THE BOTTLE RUNS LOW, THE MAN BEGINS TO SWING IN THE YARD WAS A BIRD THO' WE'LL SAY IT'S A CHICK WHO WHISTLED LIKE A MONKEY WITH A RAT TIED TO A STICK AND RATTLED ALL DAY ON THE BARS OF THE CAGE 'TILL THE SHACK MAN CRACKED AND FLIES INTO A RAGE HE STOMPED AROUND THE HOUSE LIKE A CRACK FED BULL IN A WAL-MART SHOPPING, FOR PUNCHES TO PULL HEAD STUCK OUT THE WINDOW HE HOLLERS AT THE SUN GET THE HELL OFF MY PORCH, OR I'M GONNA GET MY GUN THE SUN IS YELLOW THOUGH IT SEEMED PRETTY BRIGHT AND AS TIME PASSED ON DAY TURNED INTO NIGHT THE MAN STARTS SINGING 'BOUT THE FIGHT THAT HE WON THE DOG STARTS HOWLING, AND CHEWING ON THE GUN THE GUN GOES OFF STRIKES THE BIRD CAGE DOOR JUMPS BOTH IT'S HINGES AS THE MAN HITS THE FLOOR SWEARS "SWEET JESUS" AS THE BIRD FLIES THE YARD THE DOG SITS STILL, HE'S THINKING REAL HARD DOG TAKES THE KNIFE AND CUTS THE CUPBOARD DOOR BONE ROLLS OUT AND FALLS ONTO THE FLOOR DOG PICKS IT UP AND WITH A SHORT SHARP CRACK SMASHES THROUGH THE DOOR AND TURNS HIS TAIL ON THE SHACK NEXT MORNING COMES THE MAN, WITH HIS HAT IN HIS HAND WHISTLES TO HIMSELF AS THE MATCH STRIKES SAND PAPER AND IT FLARES UP, DOWN GOES THE SHACK AIN'T NO KIDA HOME AND HE'S OFF DOWN THE TRACK