the annointed one - fathers favorite son
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now we see, long before the race, you'd already won.
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oh beautified, with the softest eyes,
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these days I can't escape your face, do you remember mine?
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oh, it haunts me.
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ooh, what a fool I must have been.
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we saw red, not green, when we were nineteen.
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now something's different,
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something happened, somewhere therebetween.
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by the river bend,
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did I misapprehend your sincerity
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or is it that you have changed, friend?
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oh, it haunts me.
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ooh, how could I not have seen what you'd become?
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but you fooled everyone.
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lace curtains in our slum.
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you are the annointed one.
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Alright!
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watching you grow with the pride of a friend,
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kissing off school - there were rules to be bent.
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knelt by your side through our crises of faith.
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mine was on time, but for you it was already too late.
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in the capitol, with your freezer full,
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do you represent your district, or your daddy's will?
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oh, it haunts me.
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ooh, how could i not have seen what you'd become?
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but you fooled everyone.
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lace curtains in our slum.
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you are the annointed one.
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What have you become?
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Ah! You fooled everyone.
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Lace cutains in our slum.
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You were the annointed one.
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The Anointed One
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| Ted Leo & The Pharmacists |
