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| Levon wears his | war wound like a cr | own. |
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| He calls his child J | esus |
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| `Cause he likes the n | ame |
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| And he | sends him to the f | inest school in t | own |
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| And L | evon, L | evon likes his m | oney |
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| He makes a lot they s | ay |
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| Spend his days c | ounting |
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| In a g | arage by the m | otor | way |
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| He was born a pau | per to a pawn on a C | hristmas day |
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| When the | New York Times said | God is dead and the w | ar's begun |
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| Alvin Tostig h | as a son t | oday |
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| And he sh | all be L | evon and he shall be a g | ood man |
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| And he shall be L | evon in tradition with the fa | mily plan |
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| And he shall be L | evon and he shall be a g | ood man |
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| He shall | be Le | von |
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| Levon sells c | artoon balloons in | town |
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| His family business t | hrives |
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| Jesus blows up balloons all d | ay |
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| Sits | on the porch swing wa | tching them | fly |
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| And Jesus, he w | ants to go to Ve | nus |
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| Leaving Levon far b | ehind |
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| Take a balloon and go | sailing |
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| While | Levon, Le | von slowly d | ies |