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
D A
inscribed in our minds
[Chorus 1]
F#m B D F#m
a hideous game vanishes in thin air
B D F#m
the vanity of slaves who wants to be there?
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to sweep the debris to harness dead-horses
B E D A
to ride in the sun a life of confessions
C# D F
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]
F#m B D F#m
fear has a glare that traps you like searchlights
B D F#m
the puritans stare their souls are fluoresecent
C# D A
the skin of a robot vibrates with pleasure
B E D A
matrons and gigolos carouse in the parlor
C# D F
their hand-grenade eyes invalid and blind
[Interlude]
(Play verse chords)
[Chorus 3]
F#m B D F#m
a hideous game vanishes in thin air
B D F#m
the vanity of slaves who wants to be there?
C# D A
to sweep the debris to harness dead-horses
B E D A
to ride in the sun a life of confessions
C# D F
written in the dust
[Outro]
(La la la over verse chords)