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You don't have to play me backwards |
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To get the meaning of my verse |
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You don't have to die and go to hell |
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To feel the devil's curse |
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Well I thought my life was a photograph |
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On the family Christmas card |
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Kids all dressed in buttons and bows |
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And lined up in the yard |
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Were the golden days of childhood |
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So lyrical and warm |
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Or did the picture start to fade |
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On the day that I was born |
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I've seen them light the candles |
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I've heard them bang the drum |
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And I've cried Mama, I'm cold as ice! |
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And I got no place to run |
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Let the night begin there's a pop of skin |
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And the sudden rush of scarlet |
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There's a little boy riding on a goat's head |
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And a little girl playing the harlot |
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There's a sacrifice in an empty church |
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Of sweet li'l baby Rose |
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And a man in a mask from Mexico |
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Is peeling off my clothes |
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I've seen them light the candles |
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I've heard them bang the drum |
| [01:51.77] |
And I've cried Mama, I'm cold as ice! |
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And I got no place to run |
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So I'm paying for protection |
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Smoking out the truth |
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Chasing recollections |
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Nailing down the proof |
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You don't have to play me backwards |
| [02:44.69] |
To get the meaning of my verse |
| [02:47.31] |
You don't have to die and go to hell |
| [02:49.68] |
To feel the devil's curse |
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I'll stand before your altar |
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And tell everything I know |
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I've come to claim my childhood |
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At the chapel of baby Rose |
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I've seen them light the candles |
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I've heard them bang the drum |
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I've seen them light the candles |
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I've heard them bang the drum |
