All eyes look up to me
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High above the filthy streets
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Heed no bullhorn when it calls
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Watch me fly and die, watch me fall
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I'm the boy they can't ignore,
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For the first time in my life, I'm sure
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All the love sent up high to pledge
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Won't reach the ledge
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Wind blows cold from the west
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I smell coffee, I smell doughnuts for the press
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A girl that I knew once years ago
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Is tryin' to be reached on the phone
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I'm the boy she can't ignore,
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For the first time in my life, I'm sure
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All the love sent up high to pledge...
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(Repeat)
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(Instrumental break)
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Priest kneels silent, all is still
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Policeman reaches from the sill
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Watch him try to try his best
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There'll be no medal pinned to his chest
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I'm the boy they couldn't ignore,
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For the first time in my life, I'm sure
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(Repeat)
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I'm the boy for the last time in my life
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All the love that they pledge
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For the last time will not reach the ledge
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The Ledge
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| The Replacements |
