A handsome stranger
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Gave me a ride
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He had a suitcase full of lies
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That he sold me
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I sensed no danger
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When I was there right by his side
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He said I compelled him to confide
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So he told me
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Take this car
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And drive downstate
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Then take off the licence plates
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And wait for me
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I could have argued
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But he said for my trouble I could keep
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Half the money in the bag on the back seat
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At least, that¡¯s what he told me
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And he said he thought I looked trustworthy
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And I must admit that the thrill of it all got the better of me
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So I drove down the highway with great speed
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Until they resounded behind me
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Sirens! The police
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They pull me over to the side of the road
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And tell me that the car was stolen, that¡¯s why I was followed
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I try to tell them I was only doing what I was told
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But no, they won¡¯t listen to me
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They cuff my hands and say
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¡®Now girl, the money, where did you hide it?¡¯
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Then I know without even checking the bag
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That there¡¯s no money inside it
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But when they read my rights
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I know that it¡¯s no use
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Saying, ¡®I¡¯m not lying¡¯
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No, please let me go
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Please listen to me
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I am not guilty
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A handsome stranger tricked me
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Why did he have to hand-pick me?
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He told me to take this car
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And drive downstate
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Then to take off the licence plates
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And wait there for him
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But of course they don¡¯t believe me
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So from there they drive me back to the station
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And after I¡¯ve been booked they began a three-day interrogation
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I barely ate, I only slept an hour
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But somehow I stayed patient and calm
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They did me no harm
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But the bag was the key to this mystery
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He bought it the very same day that he
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Robbed that bank upstate and then picked me
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To be his fall guy patsy
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Five years later
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When I¡¯d almost forgotten that nightmarish day
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I was struck by the handsome features of a stranger across the way
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As he got out of a car, with a girl behind the wheel, and I heard him say
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Take this car
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And drive downstate
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Then take off the licence plates
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And wait for me
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Noir Excursion
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Gotye |