Intro
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[Verse 1]
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When I tell you that I love you, don't test my love
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Accept my love
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Don't test my love
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'Cause maybe I don't love you all that much
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[Verse 2]
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Don't ask what kind of music I'm gonna play tonight
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Just stay a while
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Hear for yourself a while
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And if you must put me in a box make sure it's a big box
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With lots of windows
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And a door to walk through
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And a nice high chimney
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So we can burn, burn, burn everything that we don't like
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And watch the ashes
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Fly up to heaven
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Maybe all the way to India
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I'd like that
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[Verse 3]
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All the ancient kings came to my door
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They said, "Do you wanna be an ancient king, too?" I said, "Oh yes, very much
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But I think my timing's wrong"
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They said, "Time is relative
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Or did you misread Einstein?"
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I said, "You really mean it?"
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They said, "What do ya think we come here for
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Our goddamn health or something?"
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[Verse 4]
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Everybody's waiting for the Messiah
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The Jews are waiting
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Christians are waiting
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Also the Muslims
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It's like everybody's waiting
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They've been waiting a long time
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I know how I hate to wait
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Like even for a bus or something
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An important phone call
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So I can just imagine
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How darned impatient
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Everybody must be getting
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So I think it's time now
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Time to reveal myself
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I am the Messiah
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I am the Messiah
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Yes, I think you heard me right
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I am the Messiah
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I was gonna wait till next year
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Build up the suspense a little
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Make it a really big surprise
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But I could not resist
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It's like when you've got a really big secret
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You're just bursting to tell someone
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It was sort of like that with this
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And now that I've told you
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I feel this great weight lifted
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Doctor Nesbaum was right
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He's my therapist, he said,
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"Get it out in the o-----pen
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[Verse 5]
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I spent ten whole days in Jerusalem
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Mmm, Jerusalem
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Sweet Jerusalem
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And all I ate was olives
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Nothing but olives
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Mountains of olives
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It was a good ten days
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I like olives
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I like you, too
[Verse 6]
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When I tell you that I love you
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Don't test my love
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Accept my love
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Don't test my love
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Cause maybe I don't love you all that much