World Leader Pretend
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(Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)
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I sit at my table and wage war on myself
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It seems like it's all, it's all for nothing
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I know the barricades, and
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I know the mortar in the wall breaks
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I recognize the weapons, I used them well
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This is my mistake. Let me make it good
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I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down
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I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses
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I proclaim that claims are left unstated,
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I demand a rematch
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I decree a stalemate
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I divine my deeper motives
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I recognize the weapons
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I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself
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(chorus)
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It's amazing what devices you can sympathize, empathize
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This is my mistake. Let me make it good
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I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down
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Reach out for me and hold me tight. Hold that memory
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Let my machine talk to me, let my machine talk to me
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This is my world
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And I am world leader pretend
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This is my life
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And this is my time
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I have been given the freedom
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To do as I see fit
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It's high time I've razed the walls
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That I've constructed
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(repeat chorus)
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You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony
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You fill in the mortar. I raised the wall
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And I'm the only one
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I will be the one to knock it down
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World Leader Pretend
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| R.E.M. |
