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Vladimir's own cruel hand had

Verse 1
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delivered the blow to himself, all right.
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The police laughed at his fantastic tale
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of misguided love in the tempting night.
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For fun he was bound and taken down to the
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harbour on the other side of the manor,
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and there he was set adrift in a small dinghy
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donated by a frightened fisherman.
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Guns were drawn and so were corks and
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potchops taken at his floaty corpse.
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Vlad their aim was high,
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and they soon tired when their bullets ran dry.
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All through the night he floated on
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and fell asleep until dawn arrived
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and he found himself aground on a beach with fish around,
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the waters weren't deep.
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He  stumbled up on the shore and
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fell at the doors of a bar called
Matador.
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Vladimir, confused and tired,
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hungry with aching head.
The bar owner
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Miguel showed his kindness and fed a
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clone to the wretch,
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whose first inquiry was to stop the
English.
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Where am
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Senor, you are in
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Mexico.
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Relieved and feeling better,
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Vladimir soon realized the
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extent of his good fortune.
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He decided to change
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his identity in this
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Mexican paradise.
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In return for his lodging,
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food and beer, the simple word
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Miguel gave him began to change
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Vladimir.
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He basked in the sun and learned to fish,
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and even learned how to cook a pretty mean tortilla dish.
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He discovered more and more about
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his whereabouts.
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It was the least ideal resort visited
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by yaks and krauts on the
Yucatan
Peninsula of
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This was an area famed for its
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Mayan ruins, fabulous fishing,
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and tropical weather
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One glance at a dusty map hanging
there in the bar at the
Matador showed
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Vladimir just how close he was to
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Birmingham,
Florida
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A place he had always heard hushed
stories about back in the
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USSR
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a place he became in creasingly curious about, a  place which he determined would be his next destination.
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Thank you for
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watching!