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I get out of bed at half past ten |
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phone up a friend who's a party animal |
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Turn on the news and drink some tea |
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Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping |
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One day I'll read or learn to drive a car |
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If you pass the test, you can beat the rest |
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but I don't like to compete or talk street, street, street |
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I can pick up the best from the party animal |
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I could leave you |
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say good-bye |
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or I could love you |
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if I try |
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and I could |
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and left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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Left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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Pick up a brochure about the sun |
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Learn to ignore what the photographer saw |
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I was always told that you should join a club |
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stick with the gang if you want to belong |
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I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy |
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in a world of my own at the back of the garden |
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I didn't want to compete or play out on the street |
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for in a secret life I was a Roundhead general |
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I could leave you |
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say good-bye |
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or I could love you |
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if I try |
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and I could |
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and left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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Left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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Oh, I would |
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I was faced with a choice at a difficult age |
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Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage? |
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But in the back of my head I heard distant feet |
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Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat |
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It's not a crime when you look the way you do |
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the way I like to picture you |
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When I get home, it's late at night |
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I pour a drink and watch the fight |
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Turn off the TV, look at a book |
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pick up the phone, fix some food |
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Maybe I'll sit up all night and day |
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waiting for the minute I hear you say |
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I could leave you |
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say good-bye |
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or I could love you |
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if I try |
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and I could |
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and left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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Come on, baby |
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say good-bye |
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I could love you |
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if I try |
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and I could |
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and left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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Left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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Out of bed at half past ten |
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the party animal phones a friend |
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Picks up news about the sun |
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and the working day has just begun |
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Sticks with the gang at the back of the street |
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Pass the test and he don't compete |
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Drive the car, if you're with me |
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Che Guevara's drinking tea |
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He reads about a new device |
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and takes to the stage in a secret life |
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(I would if I could) |
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Left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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If I was left to my own devices |
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I possibly would |
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(I would if I could) |
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If I was left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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If I was left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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I could leave you |
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say good-bye |
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or I could love you |
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if I try |
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and I could |
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and left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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Left to my own devices |
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I probably would |
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Come on, baby |
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Left to my own devices |
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I probably would |