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Nelson |
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Hand me my costume, |
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please won't you pass me mask . . . ? |
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I have appointments that I must keep with my past . . . |
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Bring on the cabaret, we can all have a laught . . . |
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I've made the theatre of the absurd at last . . . |
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Drink up and let's go home, |
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The demon is on the phone . . . |
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He's playing a dialing tone, |
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So, drink up and let's go home . . . |
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Orchestrations of a different nature . . . |
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Arrangements that I made to end it all . . . |
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Yeras and years of love all turned to paper, |
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Dancing at the old musician's ball. |
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And these beauty secrets that I've kept so long |
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Have slightly faded like my old blue jeans, |
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But read them now because before too long |
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They could fall apart at every seam . . . |
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Play me my music, |
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please won't you warm up the band . . . ? |
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Turn on the spotlight, |
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we can pretend there's a stage . . . |
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I'll be your hero only as long as I'm paid. |
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Drink up and let's go home . . . |
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(You're such a naughty boy . . .) |
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The demon is on the phone . . . |
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(He's got a special toy . . .) |
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He's playing a dialing tone . . . |
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(A thing to bring you joy . . .) |
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So, drink up and let's go home . . . |
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Let's go home . . . |
