Intro
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Verse 1:
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As you kissed me under
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the influence that
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night it was Christmas
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Eve You said to me that
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I was the strangest
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creature you had ever
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seen We made love on
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dirty laundry awkwardly
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listening to David Bowie
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And you closed your
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eyes and I said goodbye
Verse 2:
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And all my life I never
heard a man that can
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make a guitar sound
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like the way you can
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Oh I saw a cross on
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the wall Found myself
in St. Vincent's
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hospital Screaming
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"I don't want to die
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in this place Or leave
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this world in such a
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state" I always knew
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it was never my fate
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Cause the only constant
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we've ever known
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has been change
Chorus 1:
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And our house got robbed
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again They stole Tom's
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bike and a GPS And I'm
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running home again from
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Footscray Station And
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don't bother stealing my
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wallet because I'm still
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earning minimum wage
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And don't even bother
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stealing my phone because
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the screen is cracked anyway
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And everything I ever cared
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for before was lost in
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the fire so long ago And
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I moved away from home
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Ended up outside Franco Cozzo
Verse 3:
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When you close the door
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behind you it sounded
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like you couldn't wait
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to leave Well I know I'm
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not that stupid please
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don't try to patronize me
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Now you've made your bed
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Now let her fuck you up
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in it And fuck you over
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in it And fuck you around
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in it All over and over
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and over and over again
Verse 4:
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Now there's blood on
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Scott Morrison's hands
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There's a rally in the
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city if you want to meet
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there I'm running as fast
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as I can to Footscray Station
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The sky is stained by the city
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Yeah it's not pretty but it's
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exactly what it deserves oh
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another The sky is stained
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by the city Yeah it's not
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pretty but it's exactly
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what it deserves
Chorus 2: Beat changes
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And our house got
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robbed again They
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stole your phone
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and the cigarettes
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From our cozy little
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nest near Footscray
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Station Well the walls
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are paper thin And the
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trucks are loud so I
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can sing Well I want
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to be here more than
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anything And then
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there's you And
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