| The drumbeat never changes tempo
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| It’s steady like a rock
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| And like a rock it crushes you as it gets louder
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| The drum gets louder and louder
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| And you know there is no parking on the dance floor
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| And when you wake up you can feel your hair grow
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| Crawl out of your cave and you can watch your shadow
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| Creep across the ground until the day is done
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| All the while the planet circles 'round the sun
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| Everybody knows how this goes so let’s get over it
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| And let’s get this over with
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| Even when you’re out of work you still have a job to do
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| Even when you don’t know what it is
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| Your job knows what it is
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| What it is is it’s coming to get you
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| I’m talking to myself even when I’m saying «you»
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| And when you wake up you can feel your hair grow
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| Crawl out of your cave and you can watch your shadow
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| Creep across the ground until the day is done
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| All the while the planet circles 'round the sun
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| Everybody knows how this goes so let’s get over it
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| And let’s get this over with
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| After all the spelling mistakes
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| After all the groping in the dark
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| Can this page of strange gibberish
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| Get a final punctuation mark?
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| You’re still hanging around the clambake
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| After every clam has been baked
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| No applause
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| Awkward pause
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| Hand extended waiting for a shake
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| And when you wake up you can feel your hair grow
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| Crawl out of your cave and you can watch your shadow
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| Creep across the ground until the day is done
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| All the while the planet circles 'round the sun
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| Everybody knows how this goes so let’s get over it
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| And let’s get this over with
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| Hurry up and let’s get this over with
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| You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here
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| Everybody knows how this goes so let’s get over it
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| And let’s get this over with |