on this European night out on the brink
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the cafes and the bars still stink
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the air is much too thick for seeing
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but not thick enough for leaning
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I leave in a catatonic crawl
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and if I die tonight then throw me in
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some bleak teutonic hole
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six feet under with a snap-frozen soul
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and really we could all just die of shame
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dumb Europe, dumb Europe, dumb Europe.
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oh the Utopian night on the brink
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Mama's face staring up at me from the bottom of the sink
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witness my trail of destruction
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trying to leave this drinking place
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my feet are magnetised for furniture
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the floor's attracted to my face
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and if I die tonight
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sell me as some pre-historic bone
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a lump of junk-souvenir for Jap
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to fob off on his friends back home
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the money-dance...
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I find it hard to cope with days like this. pass the bottle etc.
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dumb Europe, dumb Europe, dumb Europe.
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on this European night out on the brink
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the cafes and the bars still stink
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the air is much too thick for seeing
|
but not thick enough for leaning
|
I leave in a catatonic crawl
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and if I die tonight then throw me in
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some bleak teutonic hole
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six feet under with a snap-frozen soul
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and really we could all just die of shame
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dumb Europe, dumb Europe, dumb Europe.
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DUMB EUROPE
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The Birthday Party |