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I know a man
Who drowns his sorrows in the cheapest booze
He knows he hasn't got that much to lose
Wino
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I know a man
Who speaks the language of another cla**
He sees nothin' in the looking gla**
Phony
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Other people teach you what you are
You believe them as a rule
While my name for you is beautiful
Your name for me is fool
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I know a kid
Somehow the ball game doesn't interest him
Isn't this where it all begins?
Sissy
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She's twenty-five
She wants a family and a house to run
Her sister always was the pretty one
Lonely
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Other people teach you what you are
You believe them as a rule
While my name for you is beautiful
Your name for me is fool
Numbers
There's no escape
'cause time will do a number on us all
Your age is scrawled across the office wall
Old man
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You gave me mine
At the time I took it casually
Is that all you really thought of me?
s**er
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Other people teach you what you are
You believe them as a rule
While my name for you is beautiful
Your name for me is fool
Hm-hm-hm
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