| Make me a promise you can’t keep
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| Tell a joke that’s not too deep
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| Cause I’m out of double meanings
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| Throw me a rope that I can’t reach
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| As you lay back on your beach
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| I’m not waving, only drowning
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| But don’t let it bring you down
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| Don’t let it bring you down
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| Who asked you for your advice?
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| Who asked you to interfere?
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| All my life you kept the lights out
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| Now it seems so clear
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| Who asked you to criticise?
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| I don’t need no volunteer
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| So when they come to put the fires out
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| I might not be here
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| Don’t let it bring you down
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| Don’t let it bring you down
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| Buy me a beer that I can taste
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| Like the kisses that you waste
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| Cause I’m out of legal tender
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| Big deal, there’s a little rust in my piano
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| A few more lines upon my face
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| There’s corrosion in my fingers
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| But don’t let it bring you down
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| Don’t let it bring you down
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| Who asked you for your advice?
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| Who asked you to interfere?
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| All my life you kept the fire on
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| It still gets cold in here
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| Who asked you to sympathise?
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| I don’t need your volant tears
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| So when they come to turn the lights out
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| I might not be here
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| Don’t let it bring you down
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| Don’t let it bring you down |