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Caught between the twisted stars |
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The plotted lines the faulty map |
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That brought Columbus to New York |
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Betwixt between the East and West |
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He calls on her wearing a leather vest |
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The earth squeals and shudders to a halt |
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A diamond crucifix in his ear |
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Is used to help ward off the fear |
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That he has left his soul in someone's rented car |
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Inside his pants he hides a mop |
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To clean the mess that he has dropped |
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Into the life of lithesome Juliette Bell |
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And Romeo wanted Juliette |
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And Juliette wanted Romeo |
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And Romeo wanted Juliette |
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And Juliette wanted Romeo |
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Romeo Rodriguez squares |
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His shoulders and curses Jesus |
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Runs a comb through his black pony-tail |
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He's thinking of his lonely room |
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The sink that by his bed gives off a stink |
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Then smells her perfume in his eyes |
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And her voice was like a bell |
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Outside the streets were steaming |
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The crack dealers were dreaming |
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Of an Uzi someone had just scored |
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I betcha I could hit that light |
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With my one good arm behind my back |
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Says little Joey Diaz |
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Brother give me another tote |
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Those downtown hoods are no damn good |
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Those Italians need a lesson to be taught |
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This cop who died in Harlem |
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You think they'd get the warnin' |
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I was dancing when I saw his brains run out on the street |
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And Romeo had Juliette |
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And Juliette had her Romeo |
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And Romeo had Juliette |
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And Juliette had her Romeo |
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I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag |
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With Latin written on it that says |
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\"It's hard to give a shit these days\" |
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Manhattan's sinking like a rock |
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Into the filthy Hudson what a shock |
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They wrote a book about it |
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They said it was like ancient Rome |
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The perfume burned his eyes |
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Holding tightly to her thighs |
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And something flickered for a minute |
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And then it vanished and was gone |
