You can walk, or you can run
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You don't have to be someone
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I went on a summer cruise
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Upon an ocean born to lose
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My brother said that he was dead
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I saw his face and shook my head
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Can you see where we can't be
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We're losing our blood in the sea
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'Cause it's the state of the nation
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That's holding our salvation
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Yes, it's the state of the nation
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That's holding our salvation
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Oh, the state of the nation
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Is causing death inflation
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Oh, the state of the nation
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Is causing death inflation
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From my home I traveled far
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I drove in my stolen car
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When it broke down, I kissed the ground
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'Cause I don't kiss when you're around
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I don't find that I have been
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The portrait of an only son
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If that's the case, then who could tell
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Where my story had begun?
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Cause it's the state of the nation
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That's holding our salvation
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Yes, it's the state of the nation
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That's holding our salvation
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Yes, the state of the nation
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That's causing death inflation
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Oh, the state of the nation
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That's causing death inflation
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Even now, I'm all alone
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Behind a wall that's made of stone
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I think about where we have been
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And all the sights that could be seen
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I know it all could be worthwhile
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If only I could force a smile
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Now we turn our backs to the sea
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The shame of a nation we'll never be
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Cause it's the state of the nation
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That's holding our salvation
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Yes, it's the state of the nation
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That's holding our salvation
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Oh, the state of the nation
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Is causing death inflation
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Yes, the state of the nation
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Is causing death inflation
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Shame of the Nation
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New Order |