Well ain't it a shame 'bout our short little memory
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We never seem to learn the lessons of history
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We keep making the same mistakes - over and over and over and over again
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And then we wonder why we're in the shape we're in
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Good ol' boys down at the bar
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Peanuts and politics
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They think they know it all
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They don't know much of nothin'
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Even if one of 'em was to read a newspaper, cover to cover
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That ain't what's going on
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Journalism dead and gone
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Frail grasp on the big picture
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Light fading and the fog is getting thicker
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Frail grasp on the big picture
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Dark ages
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And you, my love-drunk friend
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All that red wine and candlelight
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Soulful conversations that go on until the dawn
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How many times can you tell your story
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How many hangovers can you endure - just to get some snogging done
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You're living in a hormone dream
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You don't have the slightest notion what long-term love is all about
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All your romantic liaisons don't deal with eternal questions like:
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"Who left the cap off the freakin' toothpaste?" "Whose turn to take the garbage out?"
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Frail grasp on the big picture
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You keep on rubbing that, you're gonna get a blister
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Frail grasp on the big picture
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I've seen it all before
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And we pray to our lord, who we know is American
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He reigns from on high
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He speaks to us through middlemen
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And he shepherds his flock
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We sing out and praise his name
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He supports us in war
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He presides over football games
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And the right will prevail
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All our troubles will be resolved
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We hold faith above all
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Unless there's money or sex involved
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Frail grasp on the big picture
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Nobody's calling them for roughing up the kicker
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It's a frail grasp on the big picture
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Heaven help us
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Frail grasp on the big picture
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All waiting for that miracle elixir
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Frail grasp on the big picture
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I don't wonder anymore
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Frail grasp on the big picture
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You brought her here, so go ahead and kiss her
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It's a frail grasp on the big picture
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Frail Grasp On The Big Picture
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