[single intro:] "Keep very still, for the strangest things are about to happen."
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Oh I was seventeen when I heard the countdown start, it started slowly
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And I thought it was my heart but then I realised
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That this time it was for real there was no place to hide
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I had to go out and feel, but there was time to kill
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And so I, I walked my way around town I tried to love the world
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Oh but the world just got me down and so I looked for you
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In every street of every town I wanted to see your face
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I wanna I wanna see you now
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I wanna see you now
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Oh and so it went
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Oh so it went for several years I couldn't stand it
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No oh it must be getting near now that you just don't know
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Oh no you, you just don't understand how many people have seen you
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In the arms of, of of some other man
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I've got to meet you and find you and take you by the hand oh my God my God
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You've got to understand that I was seventeen
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I didn't I didn't know a thing at all
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I've got no reason I've got no reason at all
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Oh no The time of my life oh I think you came too soon
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Yeah you came too soon then
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Oh and it could it could be tonight if I ever leave this room
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(I never leave this room no)
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Oh I wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me down
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Get down, oh
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Oh and the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this town
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So I'm gonna leave this town
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Goodbye O.K.
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Yeah you can leave me
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Oh you, you can go some other place
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You can't forget it
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Yeah you know, you know that's O.K.
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'cos, 'cos I own this town
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Yeah, yeah I brought it to its knees
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Can you hear it crying? Can you?
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Can you hear it begging to me "Please?"
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I know it's coming so soon now oh, oh it's on it's way
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Oh no oh no oh I can hear them say, they say I can't survive
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They say I, I'll never leave the ground
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They say it's all a lie and now and now it's coming down
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Oh baby now
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Time of my life oh I think you came too soon
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Yeah you came too soon now
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Oh and it could oh it could be tonight if I ever leave this room
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(I never leave this room now)
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Oh oh oh
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I wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me down
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Get down, oh
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Oh and the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this town
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So I'm gonna go gonna be there
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I'm gonna go
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Bub-bye It's O.K.
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You don't have to care
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Really Oh, oh really, I swear
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No, no you owe me nothing
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You owe nothing to me
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And if I messed it up baby
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Then, that's all up to me
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And if you go then, then I won't follow, no, no
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'cos so many times I've been, I've been thinking maybe, oh maybe I should
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No, I, I'm gonna stay
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I, I'm gonna make my way
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Oh, I'm gonna get on through babe
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I'm gonna make it all some day
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Oh, time of my life no I think you came too soon
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You came too soon then
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Oh and it could it could be tonight if I ever leave this room
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(I never, I never leave this room, no)
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Oh oh oh I wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me down
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Get down, oh
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And the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this town
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So I'll leave this town the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this town
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Yeah I'm gonna leave this town
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Time is crying out tonight for me to leave this town
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So I'm gonna go yeah I'm gonna go
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Yeah Bub-bye
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I'm gonna leave this town
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You're not gonna have me around
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Oh The sky and stars and God will never ever laugh
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Me and stars and moon are falling down.
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[single outro:] "You've just heard one of the most remarkable applications in modern electronics."
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Countdown
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