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Maybe I Wasn’t Born on a Fool’s Day (Lyric) by Dovina
When Dovina was a little baby, she wasn’t very meek or very mild. She picked up a pencil and her Mama’s writin’ pad. “There lies a problematic child,” Mama said, “There lies a problematic child.” Mama took a trip down to the courthouse, the little baby sittin’ on a stool. She found what she was lookin’ for; accountants always do. Said, “This baby’s gonna be an April fool, Lord, Lord, This baby’s gonna be an April fool.” She nudged a number here and a filing date there. “Let my little wordsmith find a cure.” But she woke up in the night with horrifying fright. “My baby’s gonna write about me sure. Lord, Lord, “My baby’s gonna write about me sure.”

Up the ladder: Reality
Down the ladder: Valantine

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Arithmetic Mean: 7.2222223
Weighted score: 6.111111
Overall Rank: 1119
Posted: April 9, 2006 5:48 PM PDT; Last modified: April 9, 2006 5:48 PM PDT
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[7] Caducus @ 86.141.200.191 | 10-Apr-06/1:30 AM | Reply
No fool then lol.

Fun read score -
[8] ecargo @ 167.219.88.140 | 10-Apr-06/7:38 AM | Reply
Cute, D. Every mother's nightmare. ;)
[8] ALChemy @ 24.74.100.11 | 10-Apr-06/3:41 PM | Reply
"B-b-b-b-b-baaad, b-b-b-b-b-bad, bad to the bone..."
Nice Blues. :)
[n/a] Dovina @ 70.38.78.229 > ALChemy | 10-Apr-06/4:09 PM | Reply
When John Henry was a little baby
sittin' on his mama's knee
he picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel
said "this hammer's gonna be the death of me
Lord, Lord
this hammer's gonna be the death of me"

- a folk song I used to sing in college.
[10] Stephen Robins @ 213.146.148.199 | 12-Apr-06/5:45 AM | Reply
-10-
[8] drnick @ 141.218.35.109 | 12-Apr-06/10:42 AM | Reply
Pretty good.
[8] lmp @ 141.154.134.3 | 14-Apr-06/10:22 AM | Reply
self fulfilling prophecy or invented story as the subject of this work?

i guess karma at any rate.
[n/a] Dovina @ 12.72.34.147 > lmp | 14-Apr-06/10:29 AM | Reply
I'm too old for it to be prophecy. Invented story? - maybe. Karma - hardly.
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