[Gardner, LaBrie]
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First, the bad news...
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Face the music
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Mind over matter
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In other words...
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My imagination run amuck
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Give and take with inspiration, information, innovation, impossible situation?
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Worsening aggravation
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Change, Every change, every step, every moment defined
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As a man... as a man... as a man thinks
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Shell game in a strait jacket
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12 gauge
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In a shotgun racket
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Shinbone, shindig, shimmy for the Shinto
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Got to do this all alone
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Wait
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Better slow it down and think about it
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Embracing this moment
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Enslave or free my soul
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Just to play the game
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With no guarantee
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Is what I'll do for now
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My life's a requiem playing
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Out of key with no 'absolutes' at all
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Who promised tomorrow?
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Tomorrow may not even be here
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How long am I blameless
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'Undecided' in a frantic world?
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My velocity screaming fast
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From this truth I fear
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Where did I hear:
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'As a man thinks
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So is he'?
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But this man thinks
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'Till his moment's gone'
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Scapegoat to the end, dig it?
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Whiz-bang
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In a whirlwind minute
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Voodoo - take a turn
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Why not
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Nuke my head - feel it burn?
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Wind up where you were
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If you think about it
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Shell game in a strait jacket
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12 gauge
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In a shotgun racket
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Shinbone, shindig, shimmy for the Shinto
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Got to do this all alone
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Wait
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Better slow it down and think about it
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Better slow it down
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Take a moment right now
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Let a man think
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As a man thinks
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What a man thinks...
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(Hey there Budapest)
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(What about... let's just give it a rest)
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Scapegoat to the end, dig it?
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Whiz-bang
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In a whirlwind minute
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Voodoo - take a turn
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Why not
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Nuke my head - feel it burn?
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Wind up where you were
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If you think about it
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Shell game in a strait jacket
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12 gauge
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In a shotgun racket
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Shinbone, shindig, shimmy for the Shinto
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Got to do this all alone
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Wait
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Better slow it down and think about it
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Better slow it down
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Take a moment right now
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Let a man think
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As a man thinks
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What a man thinks...
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Bottom line?
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Get it in
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Get it off
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Get it out
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Get away
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Get a buck
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Get a clue
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Now he just wants more
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And he feels it
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Now...
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No more indecisions here
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No more time to figure things out
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No more lies
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No mortal sin
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He'll pay up square
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But he won't get in
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Too many opportunities
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Too many reasons
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Too many travesties
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Now for the good news
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It's gonna get...
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Gonna get wild
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When you wake up and realize
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You've still got it all
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(Hey there Budapest)
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(How about next time we do our damn best?)
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As A Man Thinks
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Mullmuzzler |