Future of the Left - Stand By Your Manatee
Travels With Myself And Another - 2009
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOsV6ARXHno (studio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0uh-bEDZuk (live)
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[Verse 1]
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This one time,
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I was running through the fields
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When I came across a dead guy
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With a letter in his hand,
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So I scanned it,
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And though the grammar was okay,
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There was such a lack of purpose
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That it was difficult to care, but anyway
[Chorus]
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Hidden in the mess of letters lies the awful truth,
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Yeah, that Emma's mum and dad use plastic forks.
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Yeah, nothing in this world can take her common shame away,
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Yeah, 'cause Emma's mum and dad use plastic forks.
[Verse 2]
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The next day (about ten o'clock)
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It was playing on my mind (well, I say it was)
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So I edited it for context (good job)
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Till there was nothing fit to print, but anyway
[Chorus 2]
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Hidden in the mess of letters lies the awful truth,
A# A G
Yeah, that Emma's mum and dad use plastic forks.
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Woah, but nothing in this world can take her common shame away,
A# A
Yeah, 'cause Emma's mum and dad use plastic forks.
[Bridge]
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Maybe it's an old cliche, but sometimes things are better left expected.
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You let your manatee down and then you drown: that's just the way with nature.
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I've been here once or twice before with better hair, and let me tell you,
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Only the good die young, except for when they don't, it's not exactly fair.
[Outro]
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah, it'll never be a kingdom's share.
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah, it'll never be a kingdom's share.
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah, it'll never be a kingdom's share.
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah, it'll never be a kingdom's share.