| I’ve conjured up a plan
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| As a sentimental man
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| To destroy our things in style
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| It involves our belongings in a pile
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| Some lighter fluid and a smile
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| And some matches with «Chicago» inscribed on every stick
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| Strangers could see the flames for miles
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| From any highway or any hilltop
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| And we’d pass out as the smoke billows and spills into our young lungs
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| With what strength that we’d have left
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| We’d save each other’s final breaths
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| For a distressed phone call to 9−1-1
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| And in minutes they’d arrive
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| Horrified at what they might find
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| It’d be you and I and a pile of ashes, hand in hand and in each others arms
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| Hand in hand and in each other’s arms
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| Hand in hand and in each other’s arms
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| But it’s not that bad
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| They revived me on the scene and took my temperature and pulse
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| And while the handsome paramedic gave you mouth-to-mouth, I bit my tongue
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| In hopes they could save your life
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| In hopes they could save your life
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| Just you and I and a pile of ashes, hand in hand and in each others arms
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| In a week when we look back
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| We’ll be bandaged up, but laugh it off
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| And your skin might be thicker and my stuff, it might be gone
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| But we’ll have crammed everything we need in this song
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| We’ll have everything we’d need inside this song
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| Just you and I and a pile of ashes, hand in hand and in each others arms |