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You've heard the story you know how it goes |
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Once upon a garden we were lovers with no clothes |
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Fresh from the soil we were beautiful and true |
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In control of our emotions till we ate the poison fruit |
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And now it's hard to be a decent human being |
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Wait just a minute you expect me to believe |
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That all this misbehaving grew from one enchanted tree |
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And helpless to fight it we should all be satisfied |
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With this magical explanation for why the living die |
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And why it's hard to be a decent human being |
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Childbirth is painful |
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Toil to grow our food |
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Ignorance made us hungry |
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Information made us no good |
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Every burden misunderstood |
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I swung my tassel to the left side of my cap |
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Knowing after graduation there will be no going back |
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And no congratulations from my faithful family |
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Some of whom are already fasting to intercede for me |
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Because it's hard to be a decent human being |
