I won't ever get used to this
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A blank spot
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temptations
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do resist.
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The other shoe will drop
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just an aftershock
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Nice hat; you look like a referee
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Nice watch; but why are you timing me?
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Its spring has come unwound
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I was not out of bounds
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This is not out
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I drew that line
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when I was handed free time.
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Bells clang
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I guess it's a holiday
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Did that rhyme?
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Shit! I'm a poet now.
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So give me stuff for free
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and if I do somehow
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into the soft whites
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of beautiful lies
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stare down
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stare
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I don't apologize
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I've never been the kind
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to close an open mind
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so leave behind all that extra free time.
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Picked a lock and hopped some fences
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that won't do
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Burning these = a bad example
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finding out = a Roman candle
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If I'm pale, it doesn't mean something's wrong
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If I'm blue, I just held my breath too long
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So if you wouldn't mind
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just do the deal and I'll be real sublime
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when I get all your free time.
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Free Time
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| Michael Penn |
