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You knew in five minutes - But I knew in a sentenceYou knew in five minutes - I knew in a sentence So why do we go - through all of this again?Your eyes are flutterin' - Such pretty wings.A moth, flyin' into the - Same old flame againIt never ends It's not like I dropped the bomb,On my conscious momIt takes fightin' day and nightTo make such a good thing die Out, everyone out - I give too much shit a homeIn my heart and mind - It gets me every timeIt gets me every timeIt gets me every time So why do we go - Through all this shit againYour eyes are flutterin' - Such pretty wings.A moth flyin' into me -The same old flame againIt never endsIt never endsIt never endsIt never ends

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She's gone to seaShe's fightin' for meWhat bravery! I'm sleeping in a battle shipI'm sleeping in a submarineI'm sleeping in a fighter planeI'm sleeping going down the drain Antiaircraft gunsHave more funIn the sun ALL HANDS ON DECK!THE RADIO ADDRESSWHAT A MESS! A CAGE, IS A CAGEIS A CAGE, IS A CAGE

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(Hey!)(Hey!) We know a place where no planes goWe know a place where no ships go (Hey!) No cars go(Hey!) No cars goWhere we know We know a place no spaceships goWe know a place where no subs go (Hey!) No cars go(Hey!) No cars goWhere we know (Hey!)(Hey!)(Hey! Again!)(No go!) (Hey!) Us kids know(Hey!) No cars goWhere we know Between the click of the light and the start of the dreamBetween the click of the light and the start of the dreamBetween the click of the light and the start of the dreamBetween the click of the light and the start of the dream "I don't want any pushing, and I don't want any shoving.We're gonna do this in an orderly manner.Women and children!Women and children!Women and children, let's go!Old folks, let's go!Babies needing cribs, let's go!"

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I guess we'll have to moveThe neighborhood is on to usLet's join the little babe'sthrowin' rocks in front of us Riding on my bicycleI pass my sister on a busLet's take the country road before our parents send for us Trees keep fallin' at my feetI guess it's time to build a boatMake a raft of our bodiesDo you think that it'll float?What I said was not a joke,But you just licked the envelopeI'm tired of dating, let's elopeBut you just licked the envelope Three cheers for my parents,Lonely failed experiments!Three cheers for my parents,Lonely failed experiments!

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I'll admit I'm full of shitThat's how I know I love youThat's how I know I trust you,You're not sure if there's a right or wrongBut it feels like there is when I treat you like this I go outsideI go outside Texas, I won't come homeNot even if you callI can't hear you at allI can't explain why it's a sin the state I'm living inI just feel so tired I go outsideI go outside My mouth is full, your heart is an appleYour mouth is full, my heart is an apple pomme-pomme-pomme-pomme-pommepomme-pomme-pomme-pomme-pomme Please don't even callCan't hear you at all

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The red lights mean you're leavingThe white one's mean returningT-tell me how this story endsAnd I'll keep them fires burning The headlights look like diamondsThe taillights burn like coalsT-tell me how this story endsBefore the fires go cold The countryside's desertedThere's no one on the farmsThe suburbs all are sleepingThe earthquakes set off car alarms All after all now we awareAll after all the time we shareThere's so much fears of world,Types of world.

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You wanna be set apart? Burn all of your art Repair the wasteful partI'm a vampire in a forest fire Hey! we all gotta keep warmHey! we all gotta keep warmDriving towards the storm Your father was a pervertFace down in the dirtHe taught you how to hurtMy father was a miner who lived in the suburbsLet's live in the suburbsIf I let where I'm from burn I can never return! My brother reads you and me his new poetryHow embarrassingYour sister pours the gasoline I'll fix your meals(I'll fix your meals)I'll fix your meals(I'll fix your meals)while your burns heal! Find a house you don't have to rebuildStone by stone, brick by brick, nail by nail my father never meant to leave me thisMeant to leave me thisLet this love lastI drive too fastSaid I'd return if I'd ever caredBut there's no interstate I find to take me thereTo take me there

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