Intro
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Verse (A#m F# C# F# C# G# Fm Am)
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Washed my face in the rivers of empire
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Made my bed from the cardboard crate
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Down in the city of courts
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No news, no new regrets
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Tossed a susan b over my shoulder
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And prayed it would rain and rain
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Submerge the whole western state
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Called a last fair deal
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With an american zeal
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and corporate handshake
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take the story of carpenter mike
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Who dropped his tools and his keys and left
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And headed out as far as he could
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Past the city and gated neighbourhoods
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And he slept 'neath the stars
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Wrote down what he dreamt
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And he built a machine for no-one to see
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and took flight first light of new morning