Key: E
Introduction: E A
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We moved into the neighborhood before the fall was made
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And sat around the drive to watch the sinister parade
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A hundred gallivanting rascals of the brain
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We sent our finest hearts to slaughter
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A vision made of oil and water
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All he wits are going down the drain
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They built the University in 1955
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Ostensibly the reason was to keep the wits alive
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But now the animals are running it insane
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For discipline's a losing battle
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If you're kicking in a room of cattle
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All he wits are going down the drain
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I like to wait and pray
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There's someone in the mind of olden days
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Sitting under dormitory skies
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Wondering what has happened to the prize
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We fought to dream
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They say we're out of touch
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But they don't know what they mean
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The opportunity to get a higher point of view
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Has just become the punch-line for this rowdy rotten crew
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And did they even understand a word of Twain?
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We used to bank our lives on knowledge
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But now it's just the ides of college
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All he wits are going down the drain
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All he wits are going down the drain
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All he wits are going down the drain