The children are all leaving school today
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Mama said, don't worry, I'll be back one day
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The blue men in uniform smiled and waved goodbye
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She was hiding those tears in her eyes
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Roll up the history books, burn the chairs
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Set fire to anything, set fire to the air
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They're hiding [riding?] to begin and running at the end
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'Cause mama said, you take your life in your hands
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Taking your life, your life in your hands
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But don't take your life in your hands like I did
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I don't feel so bad, and always look forward with hope
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Forward and hope that the children will always be there
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Cancel the day, cancel the night
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Cancel the day, cancel the night
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'Cause who could be watching when she steals and runs away
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Full of hysterical laughter, and say
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Mama, mama
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I've left school today
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I hope I get to see you in that funny school far away
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But those gentlemen in blue, and those in grey
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Say I'll never, never see mama again
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'Cause she took those lives in her hands
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Yes, she took all those lives in her hands
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Yes, she took all those lives in her hands
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But let me wonder, what was there left in those hands?
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Taking Your Life In Your Hands
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John Cale |