I survived the dinner
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And the air went thinner
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I retired to the briars by the pool
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It gets so loud
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If I die this instant
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Taken from a distance
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They would probably list it down
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Among other things 'round town
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Got my rings around me
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I got baby to pound me
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I see stars and go weak
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My baby cries and lays me down
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In the skies over black Venice
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I see eyes of a white menace
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The surprise of the week
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Is that I never heard the sound
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All the L.A. women
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Fall asleep while swimmin'
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I got paid to fish 'em out
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And then one day I lost the job
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And I cried a little
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I got fried a little
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Then she laid her eyes on mine
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And she said, "Babe, you're better off"
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I got my rings around me
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I got baby to pound me
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I see stars and go weak
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My baby cries and lays me down
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In the skies over black Venice
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I see eyes of a white menace
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The surprise of the week
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Is that I never heard the sound
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Tunnel vision lights my way
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Lead a little life today
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As the free-fall advances
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I'm the moron who dances
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Ah
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I was teething on roses
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I was in guns and noses
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Ah
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Under the withering white skies of humiliation
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Under the withering white skies of humiliation
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Tunnel vision lights my way
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Lead a little life today
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Tunnel vision lights my way
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Lead a little life today
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She wore blue velvet
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Said she can't help it
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She wore blue velvet
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Said she can't help it
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She wore blue velvet
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Said she can't help it
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Humiliation
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