what ducks do late at night

they talk and hold eachother
listen to the past on the radio
wonder where they've been
don't care where they'll be
it's all the same as last september
when the leaves invaded their water
colder to swim
so they lay down close as possible
just to hear eachothers heart beat
watch the stars float by
wonder where they've been
don't care where they'll be
there's so much more to see
but it'll be here sooner or later
then it'll be the past
a memory
like yesterday of last year
ducks in etheopia
ducks in maine
ducks in the white house
ducks in my arms
ducks in the future
ducks in the past ducks in the water
ducks in my glass migrating south
they'll be here at last the moon has risen
the ducks are here see them kissing
in their sleep. and the future is near...




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