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| H | ow are things in yo | ur little world, I ho | pe they're going well and yo | u |
| are too |
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| D | o you still see the s | ame old crowd, the o | nes who used to meet e | very |
| Friday? |
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| I | 'm really sorry that I c | an't be there |
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| But wo | rk comes first I'm sure you'll un | derstand |
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| Th | ings are really taking o | ff for me |
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| Bu | siness is thriving and I'm sh | owing a profit an | d |
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| And in a | ny ca | se, | it wouldn't | be the s | ame |
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| Cause we've | all grown | up and we've g | ot our own li | ves |
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| And the v | alues that we h | ad once u | pon a t | ime |
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| Seem st | upid now 'cause the re | nt must be paid |
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| And s | ome bonds severed and o | thers made |
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| Dit dit dit dit di | t do | n do di | t dit dit dit di | t d | o n do |
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| N | ow I don't want you to g | et me wrong, id | eals are fine when y | ou are young |
| D | Bm | G | A | Bm | |
| And I must admit we had a laugh, but that's all it was and ever will be cos |
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| Cos the bu | rning s | ky k | eeps a burn | ing br | ight |
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| And as l | ong as it do | es, and it al | ways wi | ll |
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| There's no t | ime for dre | ams when com | merce c | alls |
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| And the ta | xman's shouting 'cause he wa | nts his dough |
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| And the w | heels of finance won't be | gin to slow |
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| Dit dit dit dit di | t do | n do d | it dit dit dit dit | do | n do |
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| Dit | dit | dit dit di do dit dit dit di do, dit dit dit dit di do dit dit |
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| And it's o | nly us realists who are g | onna come through |
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| Cause there's o | nly one power higher than t | hat of truth |
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| An | d t | hat's the burning sky, it's the burning sky |
| Oh and by the way I must tell you, before I sign off I've got a meeting |
| next week |
| With the head of a big corporate |
| I can't disclose who but I'm sure you all know him and |
| And the burning sky keeps a burning bright |
| And it won't turn off til it's had enough |
| It's the greedy bastard who won't give up |
| And you're just a dreamer if you don't realise |
| And the sooner you do will be the better for you |
| And then we'll all be happy and we'll all be wise |
| And we'll all bow down to the burning sky |
| Dit dit dit dit dit do n do, dit dit dit dit do n do |
| Dit dit dit dit di do dit dit dit di do, dit dit dit dit di do dit dit |
| dit di do |
| Then we'll all be happy and we'll all be wise |
| And together we will live beneath the burning sky |
| NOTE: this is taken from the acoustic version from the album Extras. |