Man Alive!
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Don't stand aside!
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While people make demands
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At first they'll take your liberties
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Then tie them 'round your hands
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Man Alive!
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Don't stand aside!
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While people make demands
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When time goes by some day you'll find
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Their words are your command
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Well the bloodsucker society, is looking for recruits
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I took a sip of their sobriety, it doesn't taste that good
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Well at first you're fine with working overtime
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10 years go by til you're caught up in the grind
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And can't escape the fact(man alive) your youth is fading fast(man alive)
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These times won't last(man alive) and once they're gone they don't come back
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Man Alive!
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Don't stand aside!
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While people make demands
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At first they'll take your liberties
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Then tie them 'round your hands
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Man Alive!
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Don't stand aside!
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While people make demands
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When time goes by some day you'll find
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Their words are your command
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They try to fill you with anxiety, until you bite the hook
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They drop a line of notoriety, they got a big chequebook
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Oh they'll turn you blind (man alive)for a nickel and a dime(man alive)
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Don't waste your time(man alive)with their simple frame of mind
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You can't escape the fact(man alive)your youth is fading fast(man alive)
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These times won't last(man alive)and once they're gone they don't come back
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Man Alive!
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Don't stand aside!
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While people make demands
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At first they'll take your liberties
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Then tie them 'round your hands
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Man Alive!
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Don't stand aside!
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While people make demands
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When time goes by some day you'll find
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Their words are your command
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Attention all personnel!
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Stand single file, resistance is futile!
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We're gonna raise your hopes up (raise your hopes up)
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Just to knock them down (knock them down)
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You got a bright bright future (bright bright future)
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If you can shut your mouth (shut your mouth)
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And if you work the front lines (work the front lines)
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To keep us safe and sound (safe and sound)
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You won't be compensated (compensated)
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Until you're in the ground (in the ground)
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So don't waste a single breath
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On what society expects
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If history don't lie
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They're gonna take you for a ride until you die!
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Man Alive!
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Don't stand aside!
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While people make demands
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At first they'll take your liberties
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Then tie them 'round your hands
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Man Alive!
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Don't stand aside!
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While people make demands
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When time goes by some day you'll find
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Their words are your command
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Man Alive!
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| Billy Talent |
