| This advice is outdated,
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| This news is overrated.
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| Sanctuary getting crowded.
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| Eviction on the way.
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| So here’s one small commentary,
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| As all the zealots become wary,
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| and most opinions vary
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| on what made things so great.
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| Contrast commerce with comedy,
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| callous comments, and vanity,
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| in all that sound is supposed to be,
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| in everything you sing.
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| I guess it’s no new story
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| that things tend to become boring,
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| fresh ideas soon failing,
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| in everything you sring.
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| So it’s best not to comment
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| on objects and content,
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| because that shit’s for beginners,
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| as tested in the teens.
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| Just a nod toward what it’s seeming,
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| here’s my gentle tug at meaning,
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| launched by calculators
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| and other machines.
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| You see, it’s all based on that promise
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| to restore life to the infants,
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| and to score strife for the restless.
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| But I don’t like to sound that way,
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| because I fight with dust, daily,
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| a rite with rust, not risky.
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| Chipped-orange, camouflaged victory,
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| you can’t take that away.
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| So stock up on Aspirin and alibis.
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| And don’t forget some clothes to die in;
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| it better look right when we’re all crying.
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| But even in the confines
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| of cherished daily routines,
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| between history and down-time,
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| I still want to play.
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| So I left some cash out on the table.
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| Hope you can use it if you’re able,
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| until things become more stable.
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| Meanwhile, I’ll be on my way.
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| If Crass called the Clash, «the Cash»,
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| then my stash would make them laugh,
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| because even real injustice
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| just makes me want to sing.
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| You see, I fight with dust daily… |