In high school it was cool to say
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You look funny
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You're a retard dummy
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A retarded dummy
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Yeah you suck out of luck
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You're no Playboy bunny
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Hee hee
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So you laugh, it's a gas
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They're right on the money
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They're just being funny, hysterically funny
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Yeah i'm stupid it's true
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Now can we be chummy?
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Maybe
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But then it hits you, then it kicks you
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Then you realize you're not unique
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And you ignore it, you implore it
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Just to let you turn the other cheek
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Don't wanna think about the schools in Bosnia
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Don't wanna sing about food in Somalia
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I don't need this, I don't see this
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All I want is inner peace
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Graduate but too late
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College will just hurt you
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Soon they'll all desert you
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Get your just desserts you
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All essays MLA format they'll convert you
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Could they?
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So you try it's like pie
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Get just more alert you
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They'll not try to hurt you
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Only you can hurt you
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So you say, so you play
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They would not subvert you
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Would they?
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But then it hits you, then it kicks you
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Then you realize you're not unique
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And you ignore it, you implore it
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Just to let you get on through the week
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Don't wanna think about the new armed forces
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Don't wanna sing about no carriage horses
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I don't need this, I don't see this
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All I want is inner peace
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You pretend it's the end
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Ah yes I'm all grown now
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Uh-huh I'm at home now
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Fool, you're never home now
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Even this laugh'll pass
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Go answer your phone now
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You'll see
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See I told you you're old
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Now you're all alone now
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Look ma how I've grown now
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Ain't you proud I'm grown now
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Look this head is all dead
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See how much you've done now
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You pussy
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But then it hits you, then it kicks you
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Then you realize you're not unique
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And you ignore it, you implore it
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Just to let you find the "om" you seek
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Don't wanna think about the fall elections
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Don't wanna sing about no vivisection
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I don't need this, I don't see this
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All I want is inner peace
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Inner peace
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Inner Peace
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Nellie McKay |