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Catch a shooting star and put it in your pocket |
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And your pants will start on fire |
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One bird in the hand or two birds in the bush |
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Neither do you any good, when you're stuck in the quagmire |
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Show everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth |
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Then you can be known as the universal cynic too |
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Benefit your fellow man with good deeds for the day |
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And you'll serve your life away |
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Pennies saved today are pennies still tomorrow |
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Strewn upon the desk, piled up in the paper weight |
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Show everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth |
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Then you can be known as a universal cynic too |
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Wipe your opaque eyes and restore your crystal vision |
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Turn another cheek and exalt in your decision |
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A bit of exercise for the universal cynic in you |
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Early to bed and early to rise |
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Precludes you from seeing the most brilliant starry nights |
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Sticks and stones can break bones, words can't really hurt |
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Unless you carry guns and are hungry for a fight |
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Challenging the standards or questioning the established rules |
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Trying to understand how they can benefit you |
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Showing everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth |
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Just a bit of exercise for the universal cynic in you |
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The universal cynic is you |
