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I saw the railway master and I looked him in the eye
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I said, "Would you go much faster if you thought that you would die?"
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He said, "Not me, sir, I could not care, in fact I would not try
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For protest would not take me far, it's different, me not being a star."
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I lock my feelings in a jar until another day
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Oh, comfort me, dear brother, won't you tell me what you know
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For somewhere in this painful world is a place where I can go
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Oh, long-awaiting mother, is it time to make a show
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And take your babies to your breast, no, we never passed the test
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And all our sins should be confessed before we carry on
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Oh, don't refuse me, if you choose me, you'll follow my shame
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No, don't confuse me, for I know it's the name of the game
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I got up off my pillow and I looked up at the sun
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I said, "You can see quite clearly, now, the things that we have done
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We burned your sacred willow and our battles we have won
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But did we get so very far? It's different, me not being a star."
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I lock my feelings in a jar until we go away
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Oh, don't refuse me, if you choose me, you'll follow my shame
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No, don't confuse me, for I know it's the name of the game
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