| There was a wonderful structure to the city
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| And it put my cares to rest
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| Ooh-ooh-ooh
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| Ooh-ooh-ooh
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| Takin' inventory of his life
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| Seein' snapshots chronologically in line
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| Something told him he should look around and tidy up
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| He collected many things but never quite enough
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| Tried lookin' at it from a new perspective
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| Flat on his back but he still heard the directive
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| Orders from that corner where that shadow always lived
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| Never asked permission, he just hopes that they forgive
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| I don't want to go like this (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
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| At least let me clean my room
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| I don't want to leave like this (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
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| 'Cause the last thing I want to do is
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| Make my people make decisions, wonderin' what to do, oh
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| Should they keep it on display
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| Or redecorate?
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| Blankets over mirrors, she tends to like it
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| She's not afraid of her reflection
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| But of what she might see behind it
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| She had plans to change her name, yeah
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| Just not the traditional way, yeah
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| Haunted by a couple big mistakes
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| She covers all the dents with the way she decorates
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| Then one night, she got cold with no blankets on her bed
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| So she ripped them off the mirror, stepped back and she said
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| I don't want to go like this (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
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| At least let me clean my room
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| I don't want to leave like this (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
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| 'Cause the last thing I want to do is
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| Make my people make decisions, wonderin' what to do, oh
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| Should they keep it on display
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| Or redecorate?
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| With the bells and the whistles scaled back
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| Like an isolated track
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| And he feels trapped when he's not inebriated
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| Fair to say he's fairly sedated most days of the week
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| He might have made it if he lived on a different street
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| I repeat, scaled back and isolated
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| He says he likes an open schedule, but he mostly hates it
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| If you're running to his room, take a breath before you break in
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| Put your ear up to the door, tell me, can you hear him saying?
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| I don't want to go like this
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| At least let me clean my room
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| I don't want to leave like this
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| 'Cause the last thing I want to do is
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| Make my people make decisions, wondering what to do, oh
|
| Should they keep it on display
|
| Or redecorate?
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| I don't want to go like this (Go like this)
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| At least let me clean my room (Clean my room)
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| I don't want to leave like this (Leave like this)
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| 'Cause the last thing I want to do is (To do is)
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| Make my people make decisions, wondering what to do, oh
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| Should they keep it on display (On display)
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| Or redecorate?
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| Ooh-ooh-ooh
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| Ooh-ooh-ooh
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| Or redecorate?
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| Ooh-ooh-ooh
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| Ooh-ooh-ooh
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| Or redecorate? |