Key: B
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There's a snakeskin bedroom bang in the middle
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Of a fun??ny little place called "Hell." (Oh well.)
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Everybody there's got trouble by the dozen
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It's a lone-ly little place to dwell . .
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. Hope I don't make the trip through the floor
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You told me once, "I want it but you wanted it more"
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I know kung fu, you know nothing
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But toge??-ther we can make it real. (Good deal.)
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Kicking our own way out of every prison
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With my brains and your high heels . .
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. Love your myth coupled with your vast ocean . .
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Take my eyes as the prize for your devotion . .
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. Oh take me to El Rey I got this real need to pray
. Come find me where the vampires all keep their heads on display
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. I'm a new man living in a old skin
. I've been dead to you ever since Berlin
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. Oh teacher, I'm restless, just say the word and I'll be blameless
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Make me a saint I'll be the voice of restraint
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I'll take their bullwhips and stones without a hint of complaint
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I met God in Dogtown isn't it
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A fun?-ny thing to know you've died? (Doves cried.)
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Angels wept just as if I was a brother
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And sang the blues for my bride . .
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I've been keeping time in a skeleton soul band
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Don't it make your heart just bleed? (In-deed.)
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Keeping my nose clean, hoping I can crash land
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Back where I've got mouths to feed . .
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. I'll be home once I've paid for my confusion . .
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You'll see me in the fires of your own disillusion . . .
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