| Come &play the tunes of glory —
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| raise your voice in celebration
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| of the days that we have wasted in the cafe in the station.
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| &learn the meaning of existence in fortnightly instalments.
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| Come share this golden age with me in my single room apartment
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| &if it all amounts to nothing — it doesn’t matter, these are still our glory
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| days.
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| Oh my face is unappealing
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| and my thoughts are unoriginal.
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| I did experiments with substances
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| but all it did was make me ill
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| &I used to do the I Ching
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| but then I had to feed the meter.
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| Now I can’t see into the future
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| but at least I can use the heater.
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| Oh it doesn’t get much better than this 'cos this is how we live our glory days.
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| Oh &I could be a genius
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| if I just put my mind to it
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| &I, I could do anything
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| if only I could get 'round to it.
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| Oh we were brought up on the Space-Race,
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| now they expect you to clean toilets.
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| When you have seen how big the world is how can you make do with this?
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| If you want me I’ll be sleeping in —
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| sleeping in throughout these glory days.
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| These glory days can take their toll,
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| so catch me now before I turn to gold. |
| Yeah we’d love to hear your story
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| just as long as it tells us where we are —
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| that where we are is where we’re meant
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| to be.
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| Oh come on make it up yourself —
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| you don’t need anybody else.
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| &I promise I won’t sell these days to anybody else in the world but you.
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| No-one but you (x4)
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| Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. |