Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Wishing for money is a man growing old and he
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Breaks our knifes edge with his care for the ordinary
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[Verse 2]
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Winning hand in hand Michael Miles plays a game for me
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Liberace asks after me and all my family
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On down the line
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F# soldier hides his worn uniform in an eiderdown
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Says never mind the war take me home again
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For the last time
[Verse 3]
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Jim parades a toy that he won on a rifle range
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Holds him up high, its a plaster statue of Peter Glaze
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It says the strangest things
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And all we feel is lonely just like stoneage dinosaurs
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[Verse 4]
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Wishing for money is a man growing old and he
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Breaks our knifes edge with his care for the ordinary
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And Mr "T" offers me and all humanity a safe place to be
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And all we feel is lonely just like stoneage dinosaurs
[Instrumental]
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