| I was high on a molatov of cocktails
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| I was low on a hundred things
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| I was wrong to put my money where my mouth was
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| I was right about the whales and the dolphins
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| Whales and dolphins whales and dolphins yeah
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| And I don’t mind preserving time at all
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| I was blue about the people in the power
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| I was green that’s my excuse
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| I was yellow when they said to fight the reds
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| 'cos I knew I’d be beaten black and blue
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| Black and blue battered and bruised yeah
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| Hold the line just give it some time then call
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| Cor what I like and what I hate about perseverance
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| Ooh what I’d give and what I’d take for perseverance
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| I was round and about in the area
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| I was square in my suit and tie
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| I was lost in the bermuda triangle
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| It all went pear shaped twisted and twined
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| Twisted and twined twisted and twined yeah
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| And I don’t mind preserving time at all
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| Hold the line just give it some time then call
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| Cor what I like and what I hate about perseverance
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| Ooh what I’d give and what I’d take for perseverance
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| I was lost on the road to nowhere
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| I was a guest on a runaway train
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| I was happy 'cos I knew I was innocent
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| They were glad to let me take the blame
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| Taking the blame taking the blame taking the blame
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| It’s always the same 'cos
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| I what I like and what I hate about perseverance
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| Ooh what I’d give and what I’d take for perseverance
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| I haven’t time I haven’t space for perseverance
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| 'cos I swap and change just when I like to keep up appearance |