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People movin' out, people movin' in. |
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Why, because of the color of their skin. |
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Run, run, run, but you sho' can't hide |
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An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. |
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Vote for me and I'll set you free |
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Rap on, brother, rap on. |
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Well, the only person talkin' 'bout love thy brother is the preacher |
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And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the teacher |
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Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration, aggravation, |
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humiliation, obligation to our nation |
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Ball Of Confusion that's what the world is today (yeah, yeah) |
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The sale of pills is at an all time high |
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young folks walkin' 'round with their heads in the sky |
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Cities aflame in the summer time, and oh the beat goes on |
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Eve of destruction, tax deduction, |
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City inspectors, bill collectors, |
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Evolution, revolution, gun control, the sound of soul, |
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Shootin' rockets to the moon, kids growin' up too soon |
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Politicians say more taxes will solve ev'rything, and the band played on. |
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Round and round and around we go, where the world's headed nobody knows. |
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Great googa mooga, can't you hear me talkin' to you, just a |
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Ball of Confusion that's what the world is today. (yeah, yeah) |
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Fear in the air, tension ev'rywhere |
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Unemployment rising fast, the Beatle's new record's a gas, |
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and the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation, |
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and the band played on |
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Eve of destruction, tax deduction, |
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City inspectors, bill collectors, mod clothes in demand, |
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population out of hand, suicide too many bills, hippies movin' to the hills |
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People all over the world are shouting end the war and the band played on. |
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Round and round and around we go, where the world's headed nobody knows. |
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Great googa mooga, can't you hear me talkin' to you, just a |
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Ball of Confusion that's what the world is today |
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Let me hear you, let me hear you, let me hear you |
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Ball Of Confusion that's what the world is today |
