[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Wealthy people like to live, live near the water
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They pass their real estate down to their sons and their daughters
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Generations of happy just enjoying the view
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But when the water starts rising you know what they’re gonna do
[Chorus 1]
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The rich are gonna move to the high ground
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The rich are gonna move to the high ground
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Holy doodle, look at your town
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The rich are gonna move to the high ground
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[Verse 2]
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All those singers and actors and philanthropists
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Say the poor are at the top of their priority list
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But when the levies start breaking and the barriers fall
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Where will they be when we come to pay a courtesy call?
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With their mistresses, wives, pets, children and all
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At the top of a hill behind a fortified wall
[Chorus 2]
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‘Cos the rich are gonna move to the high ground
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The rich are gonna move to the high ground
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Holy doodle, look at your town
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The rich are gonna move to the high ground
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[Verse 3]
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Every sad number that the scientists find
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You get the feeling that some people really don’t mind
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To see a new feudal age for the whole human race
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‘Cos the rabble will finally be all back in their place
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They’ll be no revolution, we’ll be meek as wet mouses
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Begging them to let our children serve in their houses
[Chorus 3]
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‘Cos the rich are gonna move to the high ground
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The rich are gonna move to the high ground
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Holy doodle, look at your town
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The rich are gonna move to the high ground
[Outro]
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Take me higher
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To that higher ground
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You and me baby, we’re gonna watch the poor drown
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‘Cos the rich are gonna move to the high ground
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The rich are gonna move to the high ground
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Holy doodle, look at your town
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The rich are gonna move to the high ground