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Ask and You Shall Receive

There's a sick bitterness

In getting what you want

And a loving tenderness

In the chase and the hunt

But I can't be too upset

At the havoc I have wrought

I knew before the bet

What it was I had bought

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shane-devere-stewart

American

Published: Jun 23, 2013
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