Michael close the bedroom door,
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All your clothes are on the floor
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Would you please pick up a few
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We'll be happy if you do
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Michael's mood is chilly and cold
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He is seventeen years old
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Michael go and find a job
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Maybe in a pizza shop
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If you'd only get employed
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We would all be overjoyed
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Just a tiny bit ambitious
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Mow the lawn or wash the dishes
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Someday you'll move away from here
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We will miss you, Michael dear
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We will sadly say goodbye
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Stand and wave and we will cry
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© Garrison Keillor 2002