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1	Genocidal tendencies are silly, too extreme						Genocidal tendencies are silly to extreme	1
2	After all you're still quite small						After all you're still quite	2
3	You      don't know where you've been						small you don't know where	3
4							you've been	4
	You was only swearing yesterday						You was only swearing yesterday
5	Oh, you wanna     win the world away						Oh you want to win the world away	5
6	But now you got nothing to say						But now you got nothing to say-ay-ay	6
7	Boy, you're getting out of hand						Boy you're getting out of hand	7
	You've got to make a stand						You've got to make a stand
	So put the coke away						So put the coke away
8							Boy you got the do the show	8
1	Boy, you got the do the show							1
	Got to let the people know						Got to let the people know
	You've got the strength to stay						You've got the strength to stay
	I can see you run						I can see you run
	I can see you hide						I can see you hide
9	Oh, your heart is aching						Oh your heart is aching	9
	Lost in a dream of what might have been						Lost in a dream of what might have been
2								2
	You're the guide						You're the guide
	You're the number one						You're the number one
	And your knees are shaking						And your knees are shaking
	Stand and deliver in an endless dream						Stand and deliver in an endless dream
10	Schizophrenic, photogenic						Schizophrenic,	10
11	Aggravates me so						photogenic, aggravates me	11
12	Only yes-men, have a guess man						so	12
1							Only yes-men	1
2							Have a guess man	2
	Watch the spirit go						Watch the spirit go
3								3
	Batman zips the monster as he bleeds						Batman zips the monster as he bleeds
	And gets off on the buzz he needs						And gets off on the buzz he needs
	And a kid on the street just reads						And a kid on the street just reads
13	And reads and reads and reads						and reads and reads and reads	13
14	And reads and reads and reads						and reads and reads and reads	14
15	Boy, it's them hard case city blues						Boy its them hard case city blues	15
	Cagney is the news						Cagney is the news
	Does "The Giant" ring a bell?						Does "The Giant" ring a bell?
3							Boy its the Hudson East River cruise	3
4							Its the Empire State of booze	4
5							Oh you know the story well	5
16	Boy, it's the Hudson East River cruise						Do you have to run	16
17	It's the Empire State of booze						Do you have to hide	17
4	Oh, you know the story well							4
5								5
6	Do you have to run?							6
7	Do you have to hide?							7
	There's a new tomorrow						There's a new tomorrow
18	Yes, you're a mess						Yes you're a mess	18
	But you're more than less						But you're more than less
8								8
	When this battle's won						When this battle's won
	You can look inside						You can look inside
	All you did not borrow						All you did not borrow
19	Yes, you're the best						Yes you're the best	19
	But you still can't rest						But you still can't rest
20							You know you know	20
9	You know, you know							9
	The carnival is closed						The carnival is closed
	Your streets are lined with ghosts						Your streets are lined with ghosts
	But a princess don't look back						But a princess don't look back
21							Don't look back don't look round	21
10	Don't look back, don't look 'round							10
	Your vision is your fight						Your vision is your fight
	Through long electric nights						Through long electric nights
	When a woman helps you write						When a woman helps you write
11								11
	Na na na						Na na na
	Na na na						Na na na
	Na						Na
12								12
	Na na na						Na na na
	Na na na						Na na na
22	Cheer up mate, put the dramas in the past						Cheer up mate put the dramas in the past	22
	See you did not have to fast						See you did not have to fast
	Euphemism lasts and lasts and lasts						Euphemism lasts and lasts and lasts
	And lasts and lasts and lasts						And lasts and lasts and lasts
	And lasts and lasts						And lasts and lasts
23							Boy if you've got an axe to grind	23
13	Boy, if you've got an ax to grind							13
	Be thankful for this time						Be thankful for this time
	For it gives you what you need						For it gives you what you need
24							Boy you've got an eighty-eight to play	24
14	Boy, you've got an eighty-eight to play							14
	It'll tell you what to say						It'll tell you what to say
	It'll tell you when to breathe						It'll tell you when to breathe
25							Boy take a turnpike heading west	25
15	Boy, take a turnpike heading west							15
	Turn the people on to Beau Geste						Turn the people on to Beau Geste
26	'Cause that's what you did the best						Cause that's what you did the best	26
27							Boy play the pipes till	27
28	Boy, play the pipes till they're old and worn						they're old and worn	28
	Sing the words till they fall forlorn						Sing the words till they fall forlorn
	Like the pieces of a jigsaw jet						Like the pieces of a jigsaw jet
29							Boy don't let the earth get in your face	29
30	Boy, don't let the earth get in your face						its a middle-aged displace	30
31	It's a middle-aged displace						Its the middle ages snide	31
32	It's the middle ages snide						Boy we're a million miles away	32
33							And to think its so insane	33
16	Boy, we're a million miles away							16
17	And to think it's so insane							17
	Take a chance on a one way ride						Take a chance on a one way ride
34							Boy shoot a rocket clean out of your mind	34
35	Boy, shoot a rocket clean out of your mind						Oh these people ain't                 your kind	35
36	Oh, these people ain't your kind						No they         ain't your kind at all	36
37	No, they ain't                         your kind at all						Boy shoot a rocket clean out of your brain	37
38							No these people ain't the same	38
18	Boy, shoot a rocket clean out of your brain							18
19	No, these people ain't the same							19
	You can hear another call						You can hear another call
39							Boy the [other book?] starts with [no?]	39
20	Boy, the [Incomprehensible] starts with [Incomprehensible]							20
	They don't show us how to grow						They don't show us how to grow
	They only show us how to win						They only show us how to win
40							Boy the secret's in the bicycle shed	40
41	Hey boy, the secret's in the bicycle shed						Ain't no answers now they're dead	41
21	Ain't no secret's of the dead							21
	To seek is a mortal sin						To seek is a mortal sin
42							Hey you know boy let your	42
43	Hey, you know, boy, let your madness be the clue						madness be the clue	43
22	Madness, madness, madness, madness, madness							22
23	Madness, madness, madness, madness, madness							23

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