| Let me tell you a story
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| About a boy and a girl
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| It’s kinda short, kinda boring
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| But the end is a whirl
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| They were just sixteen
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| When the people were mean
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| So they didn’t love themselves
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| And now they’re gone
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| Headstones on a lawn
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| And when I was younger
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| I knew a boy and a boy
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| Best friends with each other
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| But always wished they were more
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| 'Cause they loved one other
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| But never discovered
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| 'Cause they were too afraid
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| Of what they’d say
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| Moved to different states
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| Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works
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| It ain’t funny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t sweet
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| Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works
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| But I think that it could work for you and me
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| Just wait and see
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| It’s not the end of the story
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| Now it’s on to the sequel
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| About me and my friend
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| Both our parents were evil
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| So we both made a bet
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| If we worked and we saved
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| We could both run away
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| And we’d have a better life
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| And I was right
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| I wonder if she’s alright
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| Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works
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| It ain’t funny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t sweet
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| Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works
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| But I think that it could work for you and me
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| Just wait and see
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| It’s not the end of the story
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| OK
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| And the movie’s always running in my head
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| All the people, all the lovers, all my friends
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| And I hope that they all get their happy end
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| In the end
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| Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works
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| It ain’t funny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t sweet
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| Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works
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| But I think that it could work for you and me
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| Just wait and see
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| It’s not the end of the story |