Intro
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[Verse 1]
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lazy flies all hovering above
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the magistrate, he puts on his gloves
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and he looks to the clouds all pink and disheveled
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there must be some blueprints, some creed of the devil
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inscribed in our minds
[Chorus 1]
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a hideous game vanishes in thin air
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the vanity of slaves who wants to be there?
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to sweep the debris to harness dead-horses
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to ride in the sun a life of confessions
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written in the dust
[Verse 2]
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out in the mangroves the mynah birds cry
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in the shadows of sulphur the trawlers drift by
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they're chewing dried meat in a house of disrepute
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the dust of opiates and syphilis patients
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on brochure vacations
[Chorus2]
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fear has a glare that traps you like searchlights
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the puritans stare their souls are fluoresecent
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the skin of a robot vibrates with pleasure
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matrons and gigolos carouse in the parlor
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their hand-grenade eyes invalid and blind
[Interlude]
(Play verse chords)
[Chorus 3]
A#m D# F# A#m
a hideous game vanishes in thin air
D# F# A#m
the vanity of slaves who wants to be there?
F F# C#
to sweep the debris to harness dead-horses
D# G# F# C#
to ride in the sun a life of confessions
F F# A
written in the dust
[Outro]
(La la la over verse chords)