The lamppost could swear
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It had seen me before
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And stared
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As I stumbled through the motel door
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The dirty mirror
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Also thought I looked familiar
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But commented only that my suit was
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Brilliant
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The TV
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Bolted to the wall and cracked
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Remembered how I cried
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And said I'd never come back
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In the lacquer of the table
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I had carved my oath
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With burnt butter knife
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And this is what I wrote
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I pledge
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To get their foot off my neck
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Instead
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I shall demand my respect
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I'll fight
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Even if I won't win
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Alright
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The beginning is the end
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I pledge
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To make the bosses cringe
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Instead we'll get some justified ends
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I'll fight
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Til the system is gone
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Recite
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This ex-losers song
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(Yeeee!)
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Alright, Muthafuckas!
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(Coo-Coooo!)
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Fight, Muthafuckas!
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(Yeeee!)
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Alright, Muthafuckas!
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(Coo-Coooo!)
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Fight, Muthafuckas!
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I pledge
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To live life as lesson
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That said
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Even my words are weapons
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I'll fight
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Show love in motion
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Alright
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Mountains move from oceans
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I pledge there is no surrender
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Instead I'll expose their agenda
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Fight
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And make vampires bleed
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Recite
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This ex-losers creed
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(Yeeee!)
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Alright, Muthafuckas!
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(Coo-Coooo!)
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Fight, Muthafuckas!
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(Yeeee!)
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Alright, Muthafuckas!
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(Coo-Coooo!)
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Fight, Muthafuckas!
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I pledge
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That I'll taste each second
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That said
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I know each moment's a present
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I'll fight
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A battle fit for ballads
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Alright
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At two we hit the palace
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I pledge
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That we are individuals
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That said
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From you I'm indivisible
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Fight
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And match the blaze of comets
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Recite
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This ex-losers promise
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The carpet
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Inquired
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If I'd lay there again
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And where was the girl
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From when there last I had been
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The commode
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Refused to speak
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As I made my escape
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It knew ever subtle nuance of my war
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Torn face
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The concrete outside
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Felt disrespected
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It was partly my fault it had been neglected
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At the precipice of fate
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Is where I carved my oath
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With the dagger from my back
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And you know what I wrote
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(Yeeee!)
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Alright, Muthafuckas!
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(Coo-Coooo!)
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Fight, Muthafuckas!
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(Yeeee!)
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Alright, Muthafuckas!
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(Coo-Coooo!)
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Fight, Muthafuckas!
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Na na naa na, [etc.]
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The Oath
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Street Sweeper Social Club |