| I’m grateful for these things
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| These things are grateful for me
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| But these
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| These gifts are plagues
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| And these plagues are candy-coated
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| But I only hope it brings
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| A smile on those other
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| Little useless things
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| These hands are tied
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| To an arm and to an eye that won’t abide
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| Now I’m not doing that well today
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| Self-control was never my forté
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| So I call a friend
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| And Jesus with a pager and a Mercedes-Benz
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| 'Cause there’s a limit to ourselves
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| And all the games we play
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| And it’s a metaphor we use to define our day
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| It’s only rhythm, it’s only sound
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| When we’re not accustomed to the tempo
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| When we find it too loud
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| And all the time
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| Yeah, you look like a star
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| And I talk like a fool
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| And I’m delivering idiots and photographs
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| It makes me look cool
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| It makes me look cool
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| I’m doing much better today
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| It’s just
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| It’s
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| It’s harder to focus on
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| The things I hate
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| I’m not too worried
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| 'Cause I know I’ll get my vision back
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| At least I’ll have a weapon
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| To defend these attacks
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| If I could only find a filter for these tricks
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| Then I could bury the riddles deep
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| Deep in the mix
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| It’s not the lines, more the tone
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| Well, often it’s the volume
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| That can make it hit home
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| It’s not the songs
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| That determine if the record sells
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| It’s the faces in the videos
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| That we know so well
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| It’s the push
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| From the whores in the leather chairs
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| They package our emotions
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| And they market off tears
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| And the rise to the top is a fall from below
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| And I’ve never been one to see
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| Writing on walls
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| Still you call me crazy
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| And don’t walk on in
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| Don’t expect me to listen
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| Don’t you try to save me
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| Because I’m too impatient
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| Tall explanations
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| That make you feel like
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| You really reached me
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| I’m changing my ways
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| I believe
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| Oh ho oh
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| (Oh ho ho)
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| Ooh
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| Don’t talk about
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| What happened fourteen hours ago
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| And it’s okay if you smile
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| Okay if you smile
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| But please
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| When you look like a star
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| I talk like a fool
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| And I’m delivering idiots and photographs
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| It makes me look cool
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| It makes me look cool |