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I haven't met a locked door yet that I couldn't beat
On a chain around my neck I keep my skeleton key

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Don't waste your worry on me, I always find what I need
Come and go as I please, I've got my skeleton key

By now it's just a simple trick
Not much to see, you hear the tumblers catch and click
Then turn the key
But I've found work and welcome everywhere I've been
Cause everyone's got someplace they wanna be let in

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Along the way
The old men call me by mother's name
She looked just the same, they say
The children wave
Or hide behind their mother's skirts afraid
Strangers here still seem strange
They hear the accent, know I'm from nowhere near
But I speak the language and I know the customs here
I come from over the horizon, pass through every dozen years
Go home, tell of my arrival, the skeleton key's here

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[Bridge]
I've got my
My skeleton, my skeleton key
I've got my, got my, got my
My skeleton, my skeleton key, yeah

Chorus
Don't you go waste all your worry on me
Cause I'll make my way with my skeleton key

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from Sound the Bells: Recorded Live at Orchestra Hall, released November 8, 2019
written by Lazerbeak and Dessa

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Dessa is a writer and touring musician based in Manhattan and Minneapolis. Quick wit, sharp pen, soft heart.

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