I hear the Seven Deadly Sins
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And the Terrible Twins come to call on you
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The bigger they are babe
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The harder they fall on you
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And you you're always the same you persevere
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On the same old pleasure ground
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Oh and it never rains around here
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It just comes pouring down
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You had no more volunteers
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So you got profiteers for to help you out
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With friends like that babe
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Good friends you had to do without
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And now they've taken the chains and the gears
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From off your merry-go-round
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Oh and it never rains around here
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It just comes pouring down
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And your new Romeo
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Was just a gigolo when he let you down
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See the faster they are babe
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The faster they get out of town
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Leaving make up stains and the tears
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Of a clown
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Yes and it never rains around here
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It just comes pouring down
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Oh you were just a roller coaster memory
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I don't know why I was even passing through
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I saw you making a date with Destiny
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When he came around here asking after you
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In the shadow of the Wheel Of Fortune
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You're busy trying to clear your name
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You say 'I may be guilty yeah that may be true
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But I'd be lying if I said I was to blame
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See we could have been major contenders
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We never got no money no breaks'
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You've got a list of all the major offenders
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You got a list of all their major mistakes
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And he's just standing in the shadows
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Yes and you smile that come-on smile
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Oh I can still hear you say as clear as the day
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'I'd like to make it worth your while'
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Ah but it's a sad reminder
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When your organ grinder has to come to you for rent
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And all you've got to give him
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Is the use of your side-show tent
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Yes and that's all that remains of the years
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Spent doing the rounds
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And it never rains around here
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Well it just comes pouring down
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Now you know what they say about beggars
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You can't complain about the rules
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You know what they say about beggars
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You know who's the first to blame his tools
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You never gave a damn about who you pick up
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And leave laying bleeding on the ground
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You screw people over on the way up
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Because you thought that you were never coming down
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And he takes you out in Vaudeville Valley
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With his hand up smothering your screams
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And he screws you down in Tin Pan Alley
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In the city of a billion dreams
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It Never Rains
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Mark Knopfler |