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The sun struggles up another beautiful day |
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And I felt glad in my own suspicious way |
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Despite the contradiction and confusion |
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Felt tragic without reason |
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There's malice and there's magic in every season |
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From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf |
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The other side of Summer |
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To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf |
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The other side of Summer |
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The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace |
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The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice |
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The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows |
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A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars |
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So help her if you can |
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'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span |
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Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions"? |
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A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons"? |
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The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop |
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The pop princess is downtown shooting up |
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And if that goddess if fit for burning |
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The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning |
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Madman standing by the side of the road saying |
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"Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes" |
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Now you can't afford to fake all the drugs your parents used to take |
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Because of their mistakes you'd better be wide awake |
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The mightiest rose |
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The absence of perfume |
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The casual killers |
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The military curfew |
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The cardboard city |
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An unwanted birthday |
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The other side of summer |
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The dancing was desperate, the music was worse |
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They bury your dreams and dig up the worthless |
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Goodnight |
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God bless |
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And kiss "goodbye" to the earth |
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The other side of summer |
