In the movie of your life
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They'll get some real jerk to be you
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Edited so he can act
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Cast because of his TVQ
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In the movie of your life
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You'll be less famous than he is
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That'll be a strange turn of events
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You'll be a cameo amongst the rushes
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And you're learning all the lines
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Though it was you who said them in the first place
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Since then someone wrote them down
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To pay for his new beach space
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There's all these things you can't recall
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And things you know you didn't say
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But in the move of your life
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The truth just flirts and runs away
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And it's so plain to me
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You're happy with this parody
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But in a glittering instant you hold the light so we can see
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That your joke's become your reality
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All your tricks so limp and tame
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You said you were a stage magician
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But it's only moths in light
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Heaven burnt out in collision
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It's only seats that they're booking
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In the movie of your life
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The truth won't get a look-in
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(Chorus)
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Everyone knows that you're divine so we await your resurrection
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And they say that you'll be just fine
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After you dry out on the critical clothesline
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And you know it's all made up
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How come your face has ceased to be you?
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All your doubts and greatest fears
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They will be confirmed at the preview
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Celluloid has shaped the day
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And put the cat amongst the coughers
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One business lunch on drugs
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Now you're waiting for the next big offer
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(Chorus)
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The Movie Of Your Life
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John Wesley Harding |