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Have you heard about trouble throughout the land |
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With the fascists and the left wing militants |
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Out of work executives are killing themselves |
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And the I.R.A. are killing everybody else |
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Don't panic, don't lose control |
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Keep your head, keep ahold |
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Act normal there's nothing wrong |
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Stay cool, just carry on |
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You gotta live life and be yourself |
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You can't live life for anyone else |
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You gotta live life that's all you do |
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Nobody gonna live your life for you |
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Don't get depressed when you read in the press |
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About world revolution and social unrest |
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Try not to panic when you switch on the news |
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And see crooked politicians and the unemployment queues |
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It's only life it's really fine |
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So don't you believe all you read in the headlines |
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Live life see it through |
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Carry on it's all you can do |
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You gotta live life for yourself, can't live for anyone else |
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You gotta live life, that's all you do |
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Nobody gonna live their life for you |
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Extra verse from long version: |
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Trendy intellectuals always take action, |
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for every cause that's ever been in fashion. |
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Weekend revolutionaries protest and sing |
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because they're dedicated followers of any old thing. |
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They got every solution for every revolution. |
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They live in the slums just like the poor people do |
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but they'd rather sniff coke instead of glue. |
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Right-wing fascists beat up the blacks, |
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then they salute the Union Jack. |
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You can't pretent there's nothing wrong, |
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it's not the end, so just carry on. |
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Oh, life's a mother, oh, life's a mother |
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Oh, life's a mother, oh, life's a mother |
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You gotta live life for yourself, can't live life for anyone else |
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You gotta live life, that's all you can do |
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Nobody gonna live their life for you |
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Live life, you gotta live life |
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You gotta live life, you gotta live life |