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| If I r | un uphi | ll I'm out of bre | ath |
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| If I spend a | ll of my | money I've | got no money l | eft |
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| If I place a | ll of my c | hips on on | ly one b | et |
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| I'm a | ll | in |
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| And it's a s | urefire | bet I'm gonna d | ie |
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| So I'm | taking up pra | ying on | Sunday n | ights |
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| And it's n | ot that I belie | ve in y | our alm | ight |
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| But I mi | ght a | s w | ell |
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| as ins | uran | ce or b | ail |
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| Cause insti | tution's like a | big bright li | e |
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| And it b | linds you into f | ear and cons | uming and f | ight |
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| And you've been in the d | esert undern | eath the c | harging | sky |
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| It's just y | ou a | nd G | od |
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| But what if G | od's n | ot th | ere? |
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| But his na | me is | on your d | ollar bill |
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| Which ju | st b | ecame c | ab fare |
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| For the E | vangelist, the Co | mmunist, the L | efts and the R | ights |
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| And the hy | pocrites and the J | esuits and the b | lacks and the | whites |
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| It's in the | belly | of the b | east |
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| In the A | tlan | ta s | treets |
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| Or up in La | ur | el C | anyon |
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| The verge of M | id | dle | East |
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| Still they're d | ying on the d | ark conti | nent |
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| It's been h | appening long eno | ugh to me | ntion | it |
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| Have I m | entioned my p | arents are getting back tog | ether ag | ain |
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| It's been | 25 | ye | ars |
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| Of spre | ad | ing inf | ection |
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| Somehow we | 're n | ot aff | ected |
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| So my mo | m, she b | rushes her h | air |
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| And my d | ad starts g | rowing B | ob Dylan's b | eard |
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| And I sh | are with my fr | iends a c | ouple of b | eers |
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| In the Orl | and | o st | reets |
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| In the b | elly o | f the be | ast... |
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