Papa don't preach,
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I beseech you man,
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Your devilish deeds teach more than a teacher can.
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What have we learned?
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Which lessons won't stick?
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Tracing the edges of wisdom and shit.
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Knowing how the world works is not knowing how to work the world.
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Knowing how the world works is not knowing how to work the world.
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You're tracing it's movements,
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Predict it's every turn;
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You watch down from above and record what you learn.
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You're graphing the data and tagging up our ears.
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Complex simulations with graph paper gears.
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Knowing how the world works is not knowing how to work the world.
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Knowing how the world works is not knowing how to work the world.
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Wistful in his widows peak,
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So to speak,
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He stands.
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A son confronts his father with his hat in his hands.
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All the things you never could do i never can
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All the things i blamed on you i see i now do too.
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Knowing how the world works is not knowing how to work the world.
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Knowing how the world works is not knowing how to work the world.
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A handful of stories,
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A house full of cards,
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A mouthful of sorrys,
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And a heart full up of scars.
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I take a handful of you and you take a handful of me,
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I put it in my mouth and chew it up so throughly
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I learnt just one thing when i was young,
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Pretend that you hate everything you love.
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Knowing How The World Works
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Les Savy Fav |