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Rob lived in a box by the rails
Only thing he knew is you don't fail
When you live in a box by the rails
Don't comb your hair, don't comb your tail
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
He ate from the bins in the park
Stayed out with the rats after dark
Never left a trail, never made his mark
When he ate with the rats after dark
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
Callin' on his friends never made him sad
Didn't want the things he never had
It only made them feel so sad
For having the things he never had
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
If you stay in that box overnight
And don't get out when it gets light
There's not much lost of a secret life
That's never done wrong and it's never done right
Now some more flowers grow
And the corn gets eaten by a few more crows
And an old man's box is full of bones
Won't see his footprints in the snow
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
Only thing he knew is you don't fail
When you live in a box by the rails
Don't comb your hair, don't comb your tail
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
He ate from the bins in the park
Stayed out with the rats after dark
Never left a trail, never made his mark
When he ate with the rats after dark
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
Callin' on his friends never made him sad
Didn't want the things he never had
It only made them feel so sad
For having the things he never had
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
If you stay in that box overnight
And don't get out when it gets light
There's not much lost of a secret life
That's never done wrong and it's never done right
Now some more flowers grow
And the corn gets eaten by a few more crows
And an old man's box is full of bones
Won't see his footprints in the snow
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
Lyrics submitted by Macphisto12, edited by flynner, ryuus
The Box Lyrics as written by John Patrick Vivian Flynn
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure this song is talking about the life of a tramp. If you don't go out in the world, you never get hurt, do anything right, or anything wrong.
"He ate from the bins, in the park Stayed out with the rats after dark Never left a trail, never made his mark When he ate with the rats after dark Calling on his friends, never made him sad Didn't want the things he never had It only made them feel so bad For having the things he never had"