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I can't tell if this is real or if |
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I am sleeping |
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I'll embroider the truth and that's so |
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I shall reap |
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I took things that didn't belong to me |
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I didn't mean to do you wrong |
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Looking back on all that stolen time |
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Back when |
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I was drinking turpentine |
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Don't blame me, |
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I only took you in |
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It takes time to do the poisoning |
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So let's close the door on this and lock it |
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And that's all it will ever be |
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Just an accident of chemistry |
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You did everything to me but stopped short of murder |
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Couldn't move me much closer to keeping my word |
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While the crowds threw stones at the hangman |
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The sky fell down, the bells rang |
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Looking back on all that stolen time |
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Back when |
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I was drinking turpentine |
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Don't blame me, |
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I only took you in |
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It takes time to do the poisoning |
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So let's close the door on this and lock it |
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And that's all that it will ever be |
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Just an accident of chemistry |
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Airless shaft of an underground railway |
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Effete assassin with a hawk in a sack |
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The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail |
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As it swallows the river running under the track |
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Under the track, yeah |
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I can't tell if |
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I'm dreaming or if |
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I'll awaken |
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With a song in my heart that is longing to break |
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Let it out and let it fly high |
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Up where the spires scrape the sky |
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Looking back on all that stolen time |
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Back when |
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I was drinking turpentine |
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Don't blame me, |
|
I only took you in |
|
It takes time to do the poisoning |
|
So let's close the door on this and lock it |
|
And that's all that it will ever be |
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Just an accident of history, yeah |
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Airless shaft of an underground railway |
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Cute assassin with a hawk in a sack |
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The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail |
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Swallowed the river running under the track |
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That's right |
