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NamesI know a man |
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Who drowns his sorrows in the cheapest booze |
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He knows he hasn't got that much to lose |
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WinoNamesI know a man |
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Who speaks the language of another class |
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He sees nothin' in the looking glass |
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PhonyNames, tags, numbers, labels |
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Other people teach you what you are |
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You believe them as a rule |
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While my name for you is beautiful |
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Your name for me is fool |
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TagsI know a kid |
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Somehow the ball game doesn't interest him |
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Isn't this where it all begins? |
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SissyTagsShe's twenty-five |
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She wants a family and a house to run |
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Her sister always was the pretty one |
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LonelyNames, tags, numbers, labels |
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Other people teach you what you are |
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You believe them as a rule |
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While my name for you is beautiful |
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Your name for me is fool |
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NumbersThere's no escape'cause time will do a number on us all |
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Your age is scrawled across the office wall |
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Old manLabels |
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You gave me mine |
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At the time |
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I took it casually |
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Is that all you really thought of me? |
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SuckerNames, tags, numbers, labels |
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Other people teach you what you are |
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You believe them as a rule |
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While my name for you is beautiful |
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Your name for me is fool |
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Hm-hm-hmNames, tags, numbers, hm, labels |
