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White houses in neat little rows |
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Contrasting against the sky |
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Tumble down black shacks over the tracks |
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Children so hungry they could cry |
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The chrome the steel, the metal dream |
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Leaving the teeth which will rot |
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The escapist young mind left behind |
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Saving dimes for community pot |
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Better get straight |
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You better, you better get straight, babe |
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I feel you better get straight right now |
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You better get it |
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You better, you better get straight baby |
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They're crying out for love all the time |
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But they fail to see the neighbors eyes |
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The TV is on the six o'clock news |
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And the channels are full color lies |
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Company meets, the president speaks |
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He's young but his bones creak |
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Young girl dresses for the high school dance |
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And the guy next door is dying for a peek |
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Get straight, you better |
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Yeah you better get straight, baby |
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Oh, did you get what |
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I say?I say it to you |
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That you , you better |
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You better get it, babe |
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You better, you better get straight, yeah |
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Before it's too late |
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They put the |
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Bible in the drawer of the motel room |
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And its crying out to be read |
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But is stays right there collecting dust |
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No one understands whats being said |
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Lovers make love in concrete boxes |
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What will tomorrow bring? |
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They've been told that its wrong but they don't give a damn |
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Soon another life it will bring |
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You better get straight baby |
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Yeah, YouYou better get straight baby |
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Oh and I think |
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I'd better get myself together too, babe |
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You know what |
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I mean?I've been angry so very long |
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I want to fly right here |
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I want to do it all right |
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I want to get it get it baby |
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You better get it, you better get it |
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You better get straight right now |
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Because I've been told |
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And I'm telling you baby |
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Pass it on |
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Its really good advice |
