Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Well they crowned me with thorns on the day I was born
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By the light of a cold television
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And I remember the bars on his uniform
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As he marched from the field of vision
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[Verse 2]
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When he didn't come home, it was just us alone
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The brat and the widowed civilian
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Then one April night after Ma took her life
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I fell down the street to oblivion
[Chorus 1]
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And I took what the dumpsters were giving
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And I did my best to survive
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'Cause I figured that life's for the living
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While you're alive
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While you're alive
[Verse 3]
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Bring out the gin and the small violins
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I'm a raging success as a failure
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And it's colder than hell in this cardboard hotel
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Which I share with a chronic embezzler
[Verse 4]
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So I beat my retreat down Collister Street
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To one of my holy places
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And they tangled my wings with wire and string
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But I'm spinning in a whirlpool of faces
[Chorus 2]
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And I'll take what the dumpsters are giving
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And I'll do my best to survive
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'Cause I still think that life's for the living
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Yes I still think that life's for the li---ving
[Instrumental Build]
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[Singing comes back in]
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[Chorus 3]
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And I'll take what the dumpsters are giving
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And I'll pray every night to St. Giles
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But I still think that life's for the living
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At least for a while
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At least for a while
[Outro]
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End on D