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I wrote a 20-ish minute musical called Platypus and this is the Titular song from it, but when I didn't ever put on the musical I re-purposed it because I wrote it about myself anyway.

It's so beautiful to be different.

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All the leaves on the trees have fallen, but I cannot tell you why.
On the full moon, the wolves are callin', but I cannot tell you why.

There are so many things that we take for fact:
Like the sun or the moon or the earth, in fact.
Or the need to be rhyming within a song.
I guess it just helps others to sing along.

You are a platypus.
You are a platypus.
You should be glad 'cause you're so individual.
You are a platypus.
You are a platypus.
But I can't tell you why.

Oh my hair gets grayer the longer I stay, but I cannot tell you why.
And the world keeps turning day after day but I cannot tell you why.

There are so many things that we take for fact:
Like we live, and we die, and we're born in tact.
Or the need to be rhyming within a song.
I guess it just helps others to sing along.

You are a platypus.
You are a platypus.
You should be glad 'cause you're so individual.
You are a platypus.
You are a platypus.
But I can't tell you why.

There are so many things that we take for fact:
Like a note, or a chord, or the structure of this song in fact.
Need to be rhyming within a song.
But I can't tell you why.

credits

from From Butterflies to Moths, released May 1, 2018
To myself, for being a platypus, and to Dar William's "As Cool As I Am" which I listened to 12 times in a row and then bought a jaw harp just for this piece as inspiration.

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TLB // TheyLoveThem Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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