Key: A
Introduction:
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Despair to the point till they provoke
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The punchline before they have told the joke
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The sheer desperation to be seen
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Staring at the television screen
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Despair to the point where they provoke
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You to tell the fucking punchline before you have told the joke
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Sorry sunshine it doesn't exist
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It wasn't in the top 100 list
F E
And it's the thousandth time and it's even bolder,
Am
Don't be surprised when you get bent over,
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He told ya, that you were gagging for it
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She saw it and she grabbed it and it wasn't what it seemed
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The kids all dream of making it, whatever that means
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Another variation on a theme
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A tangle on the television and the magazine
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D'you reckon that they do it for a joke?
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D'you reckon that they make 'em take an oath?
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That says "we are defenders
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Of any poseur or professional pretender around"
F E
When did your list replace the twist and turn?
Am
Ah the fist, replaced the kissed-on concern
F E D C BA
And if you're bothered, I don't want your prayers
Save it for the morning after
F E
And it's the thousandth time and it's even bolder,
Am
Don't be surprised when you get bent over,
F E D#
He told ya, that you were gagging for it
F
Lets have a game on the Teddy Picker
E
Not quick enough can I have it quicker?
Am
Already thick and you're getting thicker
F
Lets have a game on the Teddy Picker
E
Not quick enough can I have it quicker?
D#
Already thick and you're getting thicker
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Asuming that all things are equal,
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Who'd want to be men of the people
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When there's people like you?