Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Another day that don't end
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Another ship goin' out
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Another day of anger
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Bitterness and doubt
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I know how it happened
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I saw it begin
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I opened my heart to the world and the world came in
[Verse 2]
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Hello Mary Lou
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Hello Miss Pearl
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My fleet-footed guides
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From the underworld
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No stars in the sky
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Shine brighter than you
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You girls mean business and I do too
[Verse 3]
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Well I'm the enemy of treason
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Enemy of strife
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Enemy of the unlived
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Meaningless life
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I ain't no false prophet
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I just know what I know
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I go where only the lonely can go
[Verse 4]
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I'm first among equals
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Second to none
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Last of the best
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You can bury the rest
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Bury 'em naked
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With their silver and gold
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Put them six feet under and pray for their souls
[Verse 5]
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What are you lookin' at
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There's nothing to see
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Just a cool breeze
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That's encircling me
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Let's go for a walk in the garden
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So far and so wide
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We can sit in the shade by the fountain-side
[Solo]
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[Verse 6]
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I search the world over
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For the Holy Grail
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I sing songs of love
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I sing songs of betrayal
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Don't care what I drink
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I Don't care what I eat
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I climbed the mountains of swords on my bare feet
[Verse 7]
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You don't know me darlin'
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You never would guess
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I'm nothing like my ghostly
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Appearance would suggest
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I ain't no false prophet
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I just said what I said
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I'm just here to bring vengeance on somebody's head
[Verse 8]
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Put out your hand
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There's nothing to hold
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Open your mouth
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I'll stuff it with gold
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Oh you poor devil
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Look up if you will
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The city of God is there on the hill
[Solo]
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[Verse 9]
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Hello stranger
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Hello and goodbye
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You ruled the land
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But so do I
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You lusty old mule
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You got a poison brain
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I'll marry you to a ball and chain
[Verse 10]
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You know darlin'
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The kind of life that I live
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When your smile meets my smile
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Something's got to give
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I ain't no false prophet
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No I'm nobody's bride
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Can't remember when I was born and I forgot when I died
[Solo]
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[Fade]
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