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I heard you on the wireless back in fifty two
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Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.
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If I was young it didn't stop you coming through.
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Oh-a oh
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They took the credit for your second symphony.
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Rewritten by machine and new technology,
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and now I understand the problems you can see.
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Oh-a oh
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I met your children
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Oh-a oh
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What did you tell them?
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Video killed the radio star.
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Video killed the radio star.
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Pictures came and broke your heart.
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Oh-a-a-a oh
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You are a radio star
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you are a radio star