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When I woke up this mornin', things were lookin' bad
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seemed like total silence was the only friend I had
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a bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won
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and it was twelve o'clock before I realized that I was havin' no fun
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Ah, but fortunately... I have the key to escape reality
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and you may see me tonight with an illegal smile
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it don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while
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won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone
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no I was just tryin' to have me some fun
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last time I checked my bankroll, well it was gettin' thin
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sometimes it seems like the bottom is the only place I've been
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chased a rainbow down a one-way street... dead end
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and all my friends turned out to be insurance salesmen
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Ah, but fortunately... I have the key to escape reality
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and you may see me tonight with an illegal smile
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it don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while
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won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone
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no I was just tryin' to have me some fun
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Well, I sat down in my closet with all my overalls
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just tryin' to get away from all the ears inside the walls
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dreamed the police heard everything I thought... what then?
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well I went to court and the judge's name was Hoffman
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Ah, but fortunately... I have the key to escape reality
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and you may see me tonight with an illegal smile
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it don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while
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won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone
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no I was just tryin' to have me some fun (well done, hot-dog bun, my sister's a nun)