Living on them pills lying in squalor,
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That's the life of the late night bar crawler
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Most outrageous man I met he once said, "I could take a belly full of lead and wouldn't wind up dead."
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He wants his song to make you shiver a little like there's a ghost coming your way
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Have you ever been told that something's forever, and had your heart broken the very next day.
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Shout it from the rooftop
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You can shout it from the rooftop
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But you can't tell it to the paper, they've already been paid
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To be ten different people that's easy, it's easier than being yourself
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I'm the one off pretender I'm not happy, picking life off the shelf
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He taught me, time wasted, is time spent well
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The mans dead if he doesn't have a story to tell
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Dead if he's lying in a dirty jail cell
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Coz when your down they'll kick you, the jury doesn't matter at all
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The jury doesn't matter at all
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Tell me officer when your baton kissed me, did it make you feel tall?
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And no one asked you where you come from,
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No one told you of these times,
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And no one asked you where you come from,
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No one told you of these times.
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This is your life don't waste it,
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Why don't you run away?
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A man to reckon with he knows how to persuade,
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Says you won't get a sun tan in this government shade,
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Does it make you quiver a little, the way they say,
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"We're gonna fuck you , take a little bit of freedom away every day.
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You can shout it from the rooftops
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You can shout it from the rooftops
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You can shout it from the rooftops
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But you can't tell it to the paper, they've already been paid.
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One Off Pretender
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