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In the morning when he rises and hears the daily news |
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There's stories of people getting killed and criminals on the loose |
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And these are not the kind of things he wants to hear when he wakes |
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So he goes down to the liquor store and gets a bottle of the great escape |
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He's seeing life - Through the bottom of a bottle |
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It's the only way - He can cope with a world he finds so troubled |
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He's seeing life - Through the bottom of a bottle |
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It's the only way - He can cope with a world he finds so troubled |
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Will he get mugged today? Will he get shot? |
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He's tired of living life inside this paranoia trap |
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And these are not the kinds of things he wants happening to him |
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And he don't want to be no victim of sobriety |
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He's seeing life - Through the bottom of a bottle |
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It's the only way - He can cope with a world he finds so troubled |
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He's seeing life - Through the bottom of a bottle |
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It's the only way |