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The man of the moment is just way ahead of his time, |
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Could be why you see just distance in his eyes |
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He could be watching ashes grow, |
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Where all your best seeds were just now sown |
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But for all i know there's far more i don't... |
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New rays of light must fight for a place between the leaves |
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So son don't seem surprised to find no shade beneath this tree |
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Just like abe' you can't think twice |
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When offered your piece of the franchise |
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Now every kid expects a birth-right... |
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Hand-me-down, hand-me-down oh brother, |
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Now it's your turn, it's your turn to deliver... |
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Hand-me-down, hand-me-down oh brother, |
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What's the measure of a man, made to measure... |
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It's some privilege to claim that only the strong survive - |
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If you can choose the time and place and what you'll sacrifice |
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We'll all get our piece of the dream |
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And the have-nots will have to take another hit for the team |
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Well that's just how it's always been... |
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It went something like - garden. Tree. Adam and eve. And father, pray, forgive. |
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But if i never hear that shit again i'll live and live and live and live |
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And whatever made the world go round before |
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Is probably what will keep it going round after they're gone |
