I can't tell if this is real or if I am sleeping
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I'll embroider the truth
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And that's so I shall reap
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I took things that didn't belong to me
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I didn't mean to do you wrong
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Looking back on all that stolen time
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Back when I was drinking turpentine
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Don't blame me
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I only took you in
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It takes time to do the poisoning
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So let's close the door on this and lock it
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And that's all it will ever be
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Just an accident of chemistry
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You did everything to me but stopped short of murder
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Couldn't move me much closer to keeping my word
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While the crowds threw stones at the hangman
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The sky fell down
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The bells rang
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Looking back on all that stolen time
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Back when I was drinking turpentine
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Don't blame me
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I only took you in
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It takes time to do the poisoning
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So let's close the door on this and lock it
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And that's all that it will ever be
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Just an accident of chemistry
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Airless shaft of an underground railway
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Effete assassin with a hawk in a sack
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The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail
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As it swallowed the river running under the track
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Under the track yeah
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I can't tell if I'm dreaming or if I'll awaken
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With a song in my heart that is longing to break
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Let it out and let it fly high
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Up where the spires scrape the sky
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Looking back on all that stolen time
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Back when I was drinking turpentine
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Don't blame me
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I only took you in
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It takes time to do the poisoning
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So let's close the door on this and lock it
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And that's all that it will ever be
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Just an accident of history
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Yeah
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Airless shaft of an underground railway
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Cute assassin with a hawk in a sack
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The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail
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Swallowed the river running under the track
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That's right
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Turpentine
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Elvis Costello |