I said, "I wonder how it is I'm standing here, while war is raging everywhere under the sky?
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I feel defeated here by everything, cheated here by everyone on every side.
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I want to take you to a quiet place, and never ask the meaninglessness to reply.
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When will we get an hour to celebrate, find the time to breathe a sigh?
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I've been working too hard to be living, and later
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Walking all night, until I'm shivering, and is it
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Wasting the time that I've been given, to maybe
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Wait for the day of oblivion?
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I want to take it to the president, him and all the cabinet, with a broom.
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I want to sweep the Halls of Arrogance, sweep the walls of the excrement of these baboons.
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But I respect and prize the covenant -- I respect the process, I respect the rules.
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When will we find a chord as resonant as to shake the sheets and make us move?
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You've been working too hard to be living, and later
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Walking all night, until you're shivering, and is it
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Wasting the time that you've been given, to maybe
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Wait for the day of oblivion?"
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And she said, "Roll out and make your mark. Pull on your boots and march.
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Then roll on and meet me where you'll find me doing my own part.
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Roll out your dented car. Maybe it won't roll far.
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But if you do everything you can, well babe, that's more than a start.
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Roll out and make your mark. Pull on your boots and march.
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Then roll on and meet me where you'll find me good and ready.
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Sometimes it's gonna hurt. Sometimes you're gonna deserve it.
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But if you hold on to what you've got, I know you'll keep it steady.
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So there's no end to work, so there's no end to the murk.
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So everything else is dirt, but I am pure and steady.
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So cut out the morbid verse. I know you'll make it work.
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And how're you gonna save the world, when the world ain't ready?"
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Shake The Sheets
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| Ted Leo & The Pharmacists |
