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Written by Lou Reed |
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I see the sword of Damocles is right above your head |
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They're trying a new treatment to get you out of bed |
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But radiation kills both bad and good |
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It can not differentiate |
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So to cure you they must kill you |
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The sword of Damocles hangs above your head |
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Now I have seen lots of peoples die |
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From car crashes or drugs |
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Last night on 33rd street, I saw a kid get hit by a bus |
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But this drawn out torture over which part of you lives |
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Is very hard to take |
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To cure you, they must kill you |
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The sword of Damocles above your head |
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That mix of ******** and Dexedrine |
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We use it on the street |
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It kills the pain and keeps you up |
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Your very soul to keep |
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But this guessing game has its own rules |
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The good don't always win |
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And might makes right |
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The sword of Damocles |
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Is hanging above your head |
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It seems everything's done that must be done |
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From over here, though things don't seem fair |
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But there are things that we can't know |
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Maybe there's something over there |
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Some other world that we don't know about |
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I know you hate that mystic **** |
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It's just another way of seeing |
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The sword of Damocles above your head |
