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| Th | is | is | where the children used to play |
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| Th | is | is | only half a mile away from the attack |
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| Th | is | is | where my life changed in a day; and then it changed back |
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| Bu | ried | in th | e din | o | f rotor noise and close explosions |
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| I | do my | best | to s | yn | thesize the sounds and my emotions |
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| Th | is | is | where the allies bombed the school, they say by mistake |
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| He | re | nob | ody takes me for a fool, just for a fake |
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| La | ter a | t the | hote | l | bar, the journalists are waiting |
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| I | hurry | back | to m | y | guitar while they're commiserating |
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| An | d | I'll | be leaving soon |
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| I' | ll | be | leaving soon |
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| Ju | st | as | soon as we were on the ground, we were back in the jet |
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| Ju | st | ano | ther three-day foreign tour we'd never forget |
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| It | 's ha | rd to | symp | at | hize with all this devastation |
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| Ho | pping | 'rou | nd fr | om | site to site like tourists on vacation |
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| An | d | I'll | be leaving soon |
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| I' | ll | be | leaving soon |
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| I | can't | hel | p a | nyone, 'cause everyone's so cold |
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| Ev | eryon | e's | so skep | tical of everything they're told |
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| And ev | en I | get si | ck of needing to be sold |
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| Th | ou | gh i | t's only half a month away, the media's gone |
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| An | e | nter | taining scandal broke today, but I can't move on |
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| I' | m hau | nted | by a | stor | y | and I do my best to tell it |
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| Ca | n't e | ven | give | this | st | uff away, why would I sell it? |
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| Ev | erybo | dy's | laug | hing | wh | ile at me they point a finger |
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| A | world | tha | t lov | es it | s | irony must hate the protest singer |
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| So | I | 'll | be leaving soon |
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| I' | ll | be | leaving soon |
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| I' | ll | be | leaving soon |
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| I' | ll | be | leaving soon |
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