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STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO |
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"They Provide The Paint For The Picture Perfect Masterpiece That You Will Paint On The Insides Of Your Eyelids" |
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There is a man with no face |
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And a name I don't remember |
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Who lives in a house in the middle of the woods |
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And he said once "Son, don't you ever laugh out loud for they are listening, |
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Yes they are listening |
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Oh you've got to be strong |
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Oh, you've got to keep holding on |
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It's now just a matter of time" |
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(Head for the hills, go!) |
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They provide the paint for the picture perfect masterpiece |
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That you will paint on the insides of your eyelids; |
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Can you possibly see anything you want to see? |
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No (Hell No!) |
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"There's nothing wrong with the way I see" |
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And he wanted to be a soldier in the next great war |
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He wanted to kill and fight and maim but not be told what he was fighting for |
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And that's the way it's going to have to be my friend, |
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And that's the way it's going to have to be my friend |
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I passed a man on the corner in the city yesterday singing |
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"Yada yada yada and tomorrow it'll never end" |
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And I never thought I'd never live to see another sunny day |
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But I'm here and I fear I'll be here till the end |
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So watch your mouth |
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Or you're going to make a grave mistake |
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Hold your tongue |
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Or you're going to catch a bullet in the head |
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So watch your mouth |
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Or you're going to make a grave mistake |
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Don't die for anything less than the best of life |
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The things you said went to your head |
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But you never tried to understand: |
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What they'll take you will never take back what they take when take what they can |
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Because they can from you |
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You follow me and you follow me but you never ask why |
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And I wonder what you're under could this be another piece of the |
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"I don't care I just do what they say because they say what to do in a matter of fact way" |
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But don't stop because you might get burned |
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And you might just learn to stand on your own two feet |
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And I think that it's neat how you learn to repeat everything |
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That you hear in the street so well |
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You learn to repeat everything that you hear so well |
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You learn to repeat everything that you hear so well |
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And everyone was resting because they thought it was the end |
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And even if it wasn't they decide they'd pretend |
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And somewhere in the distance I could hear him whispering |
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"You can fight all you want you'll never win in the end" |
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Sometimes in the evening when I'm lying in my bed |
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I am taken to the forest to the isolated shed |
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And I wake with his words resonating in my head |
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And I can't stop thinking about the gist of what he said: |
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So watch your mouth |
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Or you're going to make a grave mistake |
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Hold your tongue |
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Or you're going to catch a bullet in the head |
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So watch your mouth |
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Or you're going to make a grave mistake |
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Don't die for anything less than the best of, |
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Everyone settles for the rest not the best of, |
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I will die for no less than the best of life |