Caught the chaos in the market square
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I don't know what, I don't know why, but something's wrong down there
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Their bodies twistin' and turnin' in a thousand ways
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The eyes all rollin' round and round into a distant gaze
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Ah, look at that crowd!
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Some are jumping up in the air--say "We're drowning in a torrent of blood!"
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Others going down on their knees, seen a saviour coming out of the mud
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Oh Mother! It's eating out my soul
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Destroying law and order, I'm gonna lose control
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What can I do to stop this plague, spread by sight alone
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Just a glimpse and then a quiver, then they shiver to the bone
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Ah, look at them go!
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Bunderschaft, you going daft? Better seal off the castle grounds
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"This is Moribund, the Burgermeister, I'm going to keep this monster down,
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Somebody sent the subversive element; going to chase it out of town."
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No-one will tell what all this is about
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But I will find out.
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This thing's outrageous, I tell you on the level
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It's really so contagious must be the work of the devil
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You better go now, pick up the pipers, tell them to play
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Seems the music keeps them quiet, there is no other way.
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Ah, close the doors!
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"We've tried potions and waxen dolls, but none of us could find any cures,"
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Mother please, is it just a disease, that has them breaking all my laws,
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Check if you can disconnect the effect and I'll go after the cause
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No-one will tell what this is about
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But I will find out
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I will.
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Moribund, the Burgermeister
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Peter Gabriel |