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<pre><font size='+2'>My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist lyrics</font><br><br>The Decemberists Lyrics<br><br>My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist<br><br>My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist<br>In pre-war Paris<br>Smuggling bombs for the underground.<br>And she met my father<br>At a fete in Aix-en-Provence.<br>He was disguised as a Russian cadet<br>in the employ of the Axis.<br>And there in the half-light<br>Of the provincial midnight<br>To a lone concertina<br>They drank in cantinas<br>And toasted to Edith Piaf<br>And the fall of the Reich.<br><br>My sister was born in a hovel in Burgundy<br>And left for the cattle<br>But later was found by a communist<br>Who'd deserted his ranks<br>To follow his dream<br>To start up a punk rock band in South Carolina.<br>I get letters sometimes.<br>They bought a plantation<br>She weeds the tobacco<br>He offends the nation<br>And they write, "Don't be a stranger, y'hear."<br>"Sincerely, your sister."<br><br>So my parents had me<br>To the disgust of the prostitutes<br>On a bed in a brothel.<br>Surprisingly raised with tender care<br>'Til the money got tight<br>And they bet me away<br>To a blind brigadier in a game<br>Of high stakes canasta.<br>But he made me a sailor<br>On his brigadier ship fleet.<br>I know every yardarm<br>From main mast to jib sheet.<br>But sometimes I long to be landlocked<br>And to work in a bakery.<br><br><a href='http://www.smartlyrics.com' target='_blank'>SmartLyrics</a> | <a href="http://www.smartlyrics.com/Song589316-Decemberists-My-Mother-Was-a-Chinese-Trapeze-Artist.aspx" target='_blank'>My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist lyrics</a></pre>

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My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist

My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist
In pre-war Paris
Smuggling bombs for the underground.
And she met my father
At a fete in Aix-en-Provence.
He was disguised as a Russian cadet
in the employ of the Axis.
And there in the half-light
Of the provincial midnight
To a lone concertina
They drank in cantinas
And toasted to Edith Piaf
And the fall of the Reich.

My sister was born in a hovel in Burgundy
And left for the cattle
But later was found by a communist
Who'd deserted his ranks
To follow his dream
To start up a punk rock band in South Carolina.
I get letters sometimes.
They bought a plantation
She weeds the tobacco
He offends the nation
And they write, "Don't be a stranger, y'hear."
"Sincerely, your sister."

So my parents had me
To the disgust of the prostitutes
On a bed in a brothel.
Surprisingly raised with tender care
'Til the money got tight
And they bet me away
To a blind brigadier in a game
Of high stakes canasta.
But he made me a sailor
On his brigadier ship fleet.
I know every yardarm
From main mast to jib sheet.
But sometimes I long to be landlocked
And to work in a bakery.

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