| Long, hot summer night, kisses by the street light
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| Button up, missed the bus, you’ll never be home
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| For midnight…
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| It’s a cruel world, it’s a cruel world
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| Krushchev, Kennedy, a little piece of history
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| Daddy said we’re coming close, we took it with a pinch of glory
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| What a cruel world…
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| Heaven for the holidays, heroes on the radio
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| Heaven for the holidays, searching for a place to go
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| Hiding in the alleyway, choking on a cigarette
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| Heaven for the holidays, the sun’s awful red
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| And it scares me to death
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| Back seat, heartbeat, making out from memory
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| Hands up, heads low, eyes looking out
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| The window…
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| At the cruel world…
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| Space talk, moonwalk, it’s all right, Ma
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| Prime time merchandise, it certainly pays to advertise
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| In the cruel world. |