Get up from a dream
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and I look for rain
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Take an amphetamine
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and a crushed rat's brain
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How am I feelin
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Better I suppose
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How am I lookin
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I don't want the truth
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What am I doin
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I ain't in my youth
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I'm past my prime
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Or was that just a pose
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It a wonderful lie
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and I still get by on those
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I've been accused of never opening up
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You get too close
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Then I keep my mouth shut
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I'm gonna run to the wind
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Where the big bad city blows
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It a wonderful lie
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and I still get by on those
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It a wonderful lie
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and I still get by on those
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You can dress to the eights
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You can dress to maim
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It'll make you feel great
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This fortune and fame
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Wearing too much makeup
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Not near enough clothes
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It a wonderful lie
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and I still get by on those
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It a wonderful lie
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and I still get by on those
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So don't pin your hopes
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Or pin your dreams
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To misanthropes or guys like me
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The truth is overrated
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I suppose
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It a wonderful lie
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and I still get by on those
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It a wonderful lie
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and I still get by...
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It's A Wonderful Lie
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Paul Westerberg |