Intro
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I watch the TV every night
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I stay awake by satellite
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I hope and pray the nightmares
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Stay away today
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An oily shroud on a coral reef
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F# black cloud's hanging over me
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When I hit on the remote
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The programs stay the same
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Credo, credo, credo, credo
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An assegai slick with sweat and blood
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F# shotgun barks at a rabid dog
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F# shallow grave hugs a highway
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Beneath a bleaching sun
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When cancer sucks a young girl's breast
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When a company chains a young man's soul
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When the coal dust stole
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My granddad's breath away, one day
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Credo, credo, credo, credo
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Credo, credo, credo, credo
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It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin'
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It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to me
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F# tattered tramp tacks a windy wind
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To close a crowded circle a brazier's light
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F# man becomes a mountain
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In the falling snow
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F# mother screams and a baby cries
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The memory gone before the blood has dried
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F# needle pricks the conscience
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To help it fade away
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Credo, credo, credo, credo
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Credo, credo, credo, credo
B D#m
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin'
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It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to
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me
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It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin'
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It don't mean nothin', tell me, it don't mean nothin' to me
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The more you scream, the less you hear
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Or that's how it used to be
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But I just can't tell the difference
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Anymore these days
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The open lips of an altar boy
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F# planet spins in a silent void
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The options are ever fewer
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On the ground these days
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Credo, credo, credo, credo
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Credo, credo, credo, credo
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It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin'
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It don't mean nothin', it don't, it don't
D#m
It don't mean nothin' to me, to me
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It don't mean nothin' to me
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Credo, credo, credo
I watch the TV every night
I stay awake by satellite
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I hope and pray the nightmares
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Stay away today
An oily shroud on a coral reef
F# black cloud's hanging over me
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When I hit on the remote
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The programs stay the same
F# mother screams and a baby cries
The memory gone before the blood has dried
B
F# needle pricks the conscience
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To help it fade away
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Don't you fade away
Fade away, fade away, fade away
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Don't you fade away, don't you fade away
Fade away, fade away, fade away