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Held like water in you shaking hands
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are all the small defeats a day demands.
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10-6 or 9-5 trying, dying to survive.
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Never knowing what survival means.
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Leave the apartment to buy alcohol.
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Hung our diplomas on the bathroom wall.
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Pick at the plaster chipped away,
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survey some stunning tooth decay,
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enlist the cat in the impending class-war.
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Let's lay our bad day down here, dear
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and make-believe we're strong,
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or hum some protest song.
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Like maybe "We Shall Overcome Someday."
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Overcome the stupid things we say.
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Say I needed more than this,
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say I needed one more kiss.
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We left that light on way too long now.
BB F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Let's plant a bomb at city-hall and
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kill an M-L-A.
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We'll talk the night away.
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You call in sick, I'll quit the word-games that I play.
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I swear I way more than half believe it when I say
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somewhere love and justice shine.
BB E MajorE
Cynicism falls asleep.
C#C# A augmentedA
Tyranny talks to itself.
BB E MajorE
Sappy slogans all come true.
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We forget to feed our fear.