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Ed was at the end of his rope an expression he detested |
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There is no rope he would scream at the laughing walls |
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There is only the end no hope no rope |
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Ending is better than mending |
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Doors of perception windows of opportunity |
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These are illusions like the killing floor |
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Ed spoke in a squeaky whiny voice |
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With perhaps a slight tinge of glee |
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But this was only because he couldn't be bothered |
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To try to develop a manner of speaking |
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That truly reflected his mood |
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This is a vaccum there is no air in this room |
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Despair is no fun anymore |
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Nihilism knocked three times on the ceiling |
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But the rosy fingers of dawn always inserted themselves |
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In the nose of unfulfilled promises |
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Angels sang Heysanna Hosanna |
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Paralyzed prima donnas danced in the streets all day |
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But when the darkness came everybody went home |
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I was ready everyone else was asleep |
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And while it might have been a relief to see |
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That I was right all along |
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Here I am still alone and trapped |
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Awaiting the endless end |
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And I can turn it all around |
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And laugh at it and laugh at myself |
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I can laugh louder than the walls the halls the waterfalls |
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Louder than Charles De Gaul or Fulton Mall |
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But I don't know what I'm laughing at |
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I don't know just what I think is so godd**n funny |
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I don't know why I don't just shut up |
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And give up and lay down and die |
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What do I have to complain about anyway |
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Ed asked his Pica*so I'm a millionaire |
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This wasn't actually true |
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Ed's Pica*so was an obvious forgery |
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His three Rothkos had just been singled out |
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In an article in 'Art forum' entitled |
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'The Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko' |
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And his Barbara Krugers had been irreparably damaged |
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By Rein Sanction and a few other bands from Gainesville |
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That refused to acknowledge the value of art |
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Come to think of it Ed mused |
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To the laminated roadkill coffee table that he had purchased |
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When times had seemed slightly less bleak |
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Come to think of it not only does art have no intrinsic value |
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But my collection has no extrinsic value either |
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I know I'm not a millionaire |
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But that's no reason to complain |
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There is no reason to complain |
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There is no reason to do anything |
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I don't believe in reason objective reality or collective farming |
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I don't believe in public speaking |
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Which is another reason why I'm here alone |
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I don't believe in life or death |
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I would kill myself but I don't believe in suicide |
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Ed put on a red shirt and took a quick walk around the block |
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While whistling softly to himself |
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He reentered his apartment screaming |
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There is no life on this planet |
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Jehovah One replaced all life with machinery five centuries ago |
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The so called Industrial Revolution |
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Was just another hoax and we all fell for it |
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'Cause we were all programmed to even I fell for it |
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I believe in the steam engine |
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Even though I don't believe in anything |
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Logical inconsistency is the Mr Bubble I bathe in |
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Each and every evening except for yesterday evening |
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When I roller bladed over to the Masonic Temple |
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To play pinochle with Pope John Paul the First |
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I really had no choice in the matter |
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Ed certainly could go on and on |
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And he did and he would and he will |
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Until you or I or somebody does something about it |
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Senator Sterno of Louisiana |
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Announced over closed circuit television |
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And as long as he continues to pontificate pointlessly |
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I will do nothing |
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Ed walked away from the program feeling fortified and stapled |
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His brain was buzzing the way it always did just after 'Jeopardy' |
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He loaded up the micro bus with atlases and poseidons |
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And headed for Pope County |
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I've had it he sang I've had it with puns alliteration |
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Russian literature Italian neorealism |
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Meaningless cross references and laundry lists of nonsense |
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I shall drive without a license without clothing without direction |
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And if I make it to Arkansas fine |
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And if I'm running late if I'm running a numbers game |
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It doesn't matter I shall keep on running |
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Yes this is the answer this is the ending I shall keep on running |
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Because a body in motion tends to stay emotional |
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And it's better to feel pain is better than emptiness |
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Emptiness is better than nothing and nothing is better than this |