[00:00.00]Over The Edge
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[00:03.02]The Kinks - Phobia
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[00:17.12]Everybody is a victim of society
[00:21.17]Comedy, tragedy, vaudeville and variety
[00:25.31]Pantomime players in the grand tradition
[00:29.97]Winners and losers till the intermission
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[00:36.00]Girl, I know the world's a stage
[00:40.81]That's what the poet said
[00:42.90]But I think our weird relationship
[00:45.33]Is way above my head
[00:47.13]I'll be your Casanova whipping by
[00:49.45]If that's what you desire
[00:51.33]But once I start performing
[00:53.58]I can't easily retire
[00:55.82]I'll swing on a trapeze
[00:56.76]I'll jump through hoops, and I'll eat fire
[00:59.55]Be a human cannon ball
[01:01.77]And walk on the high wire
[01:03.64]Put on make-up, wear a wig
[01:06.17]I'll be your tragic clown
[01:08.09]But once you've got me up there
[01:11.10]I can't easily come down
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[01:14.15]Don't drive me over the edge of it
[01:17.26]Can't you see I've got mixed-up emotions
[01:21.21]Joined the crowd just to be part of it
[01:25.98]That was the start of it
[01:28.16]Oh, now I'm over the edge
[01:33.25](Don't drive me over the edge of it
[01:36.90]Oh, over the edge
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[01:44.19]The world is turning upside-down
[01:46.75]Civilization's dead, over the edge
[01:49.40]Economic turmoil, now the world is in the red
[01:52.59]Democracy's a shadow of its former glory
[01:57.22]Law and orders broken-down
[01:59.45]End of story
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[02:10.19]My next door neighbour's totally snapped
[02:12.43]He's gone over the edge
[02:14.13]He's putting up barbed wire barricades
[02:16.24]Around the garden hedge
[02:18.11]And planting land mines on the lawn
[02:21.84]He's gone barmy
[02:24.00]According to his wife, he's formed a secret army
[02:28.22]Ever since he got laid off
[02:30.16]Something inside snapped
[02:32.40]His wife says he's gone 'round the twist
[02:34.63]Now there's no turning back
[02:36.54]All night he waits in the garden shed
[02:39.06]For the enemy to attack
[02:40.82]A suburban vigilante
[02:42.32]Dressed up in a union jack
[02:44.94]He's over the edge, oh, over the edge
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[02:53.48]Don't drive me over the edge of it
[02:58.23]Woman, you are gonna drive me
[03:04.72]Totally over the edge
[03:06.57]Is it yes or is it no
[03:08.64]Are you gonna take the pledge
[03:10.66]The pressures of society are getting to your brain
[03:14.95]And forced you to act weird
[03:17.08]And put me under all this strain
[03:19.12]But don't drive me over the edge of it
[03:23.46]Stop while I've still got emotions
[03:27.72]Joined the crowd, just to be part of it
[03:32.06]That was the start of it
[03:34.44]Oh, over the edge
[03:39.57]Don't drive me over the edge of it
[03:43.06]Oh, over the edge
[03:47.86]Don't drive me over the edge of it
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[03:52.50]Everybody is a victim of society
[03:55.44]Comedy, tragedy
[03:57.86]Vaudeville, variety
[03:59.88]Pantomime players in the grand tradition
[04:04.15]Forced into roles that leave them totally driven
[04:16.00]Right over the edge