"Birds and planes go
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Through the rainbow
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Every day though
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You simply refuse
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Old-fashioned Ferris Wheels
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Are no big deal
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They're just big wheels with chairs
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So don't be scared
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Just set yourself free"
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She tells me it's alright
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To open up my eyes
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She holds onto my hand
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And the clouds float by
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The couple in the car below
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They wave to us and say hello
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I think they understand
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The way we're feeling
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I don't need to say 'I love you'
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When we're floating
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So far up above
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Everyone else's lives
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Are intertwined
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With yours and mine
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I hope
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They find the joy
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That we have found
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She tells me it's alright
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To open up my eyes
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She holds onto my hand
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And the clouds race by
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The couple in the car above
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I suppose they think
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That we're in love
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I think they might be right
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And without warning when we're almost at the top
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The wheel that turns us all comes to a sudden stop.
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The wind that's blown us dies a quick and painless death
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The air gets clammy and we hold each other's breath
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We get the feeling that we're not alone in this
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And then a God who really ought not to exist
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Sticks out a great big hand
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And grabs me by the wrist
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And asks me "why?" and I say
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"Well God, it's like this
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It may be arrogance
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Or just appalling taste
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But I'd rather use my pain than let it all go to waste
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On some old god who tells me what I want to hear
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As if I cannot tell obedience from fear
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I want to take my pleasures where and how I will,
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Be they disgraceful or distasteful or distilled
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And to be frank I find that life has more appeal
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Without a driver who's asleep behind the wheel"
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Then God decides that he has taken quite enough
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Of all this atheistic tosh I'm spouting off
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And so he calls upon his favourite angel choir
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To sing of times when men were filled with christian fire
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But over-zealous angels flap their wings too fast
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And cause the wind to blow and turn the wheel at last
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And soon my feet are safely back on solid ground
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And then I hear a voice say
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"Don't look down!".
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Don't Look Down
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| The Divine Comedy |
