INTRO
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VERSE 1
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Lazy flies all hovering above
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The magistrate, he puts on his gloves
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And he looks to the clouds
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All pink and disheveled
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There must be some blueprints,
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Some creed of the devil
CHORUS
F C
Inscribed in our minds
Am D
A hideous game
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Vanishes in thin air
Am D
The vanity of slaves
F Am
Who wants to be there?
E F
To sweep the debris
F C
To harness dead-horses
D G
To ride in the sun
F C
A life of confessions
E F Ab
Written in the dust
VERSE 2
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Out in the mangroves the mynah birds cry
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In the shadows of Sulfur the trawlers drift by
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They're chewing dried meat
F C
From the house of disrepute
B7 C
The dust of opiates
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And syphilis patients
CHORUS
F C
On brochure vacations
Am D
Fear has a glare
F Am
That traps you like searchlights
Am D
The puritans stare
F Am
Their souls are fluorescent
E F
The skin of a robot
F C
Vibrates with pleasure
D G
Matrons and gigolos
F C
Carouse in the parlor
E F
Their hand-grenade eyes
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Invalid and blind
BRIDGE
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CHORUS
Am D
A hideous game
F Am
Vanishes in thin air
Am D
The vanity of slaves
F Am
Who wants to be there?
E F
To sweep the debris
F C
To harness dead-horses
D G
To ride in the sun
F C
A life of confessions
E F Ab
Written in the dust
OUTRO
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