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Saw the railway master |
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And I looked him in the eye |
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I said "Would you go much faster |
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If you thought that you would die?" |
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He said, "Not me sir, I could not care |
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In fact I would not try |
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For protest would not take me far |
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It's different, me not being a star |
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Lock my feelings in a jar |
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Until another day" |
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Oh, comfort me, dear brother |
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Won't you tell me what you know |
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For somewhere in this paper world |
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Is a place where I can go |
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Oh, long awaiting mother |
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Is it time to make a show |
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And take your babies to your breast |
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No, we never passed the test |
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All our sins should be confessed |
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Before we carry on |
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Oh, don't refuse me |
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If you choose me |
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You'll follow my shame |
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No, don't confuse me |
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For I know |
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It's the name of the game |
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Got up off my pillow |
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And I looked up at the sun |
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I said, "You can see quite clearly, now |
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The things that we have done |
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We burned your sacred willow |
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And our battles we have won |
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But did we get so very far |
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It's different, me not being a star |
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Lock my feelings in a jar |
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Until we go away" |
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Oh, don't refuse me |
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If you choose me |
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You'll follow my shame |
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Oh, don't refuse me |
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If you choose me |
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You'll follow my shame |
