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Shell Game lyrics
Stumbled up the alley over tins and wires and broken boxes left for us to trip across.
Another bunch of rotten bad luck; you can t win man, what d I tell you?
Mucking hands can have a cost.
First soaring then collision; like my television, stories all end up the same.
So we just drink deep, inhale, and cough; move on before it wears off.
Are we smarter than this shell game? I blinked (I m not).
Up the street to Grand Avenue, end up at the water front
Where pollution s made the sky go black.
Never trust the books and never screw the ones who don t deserve it.
Slump let reflections play back; watch.
It s no use kid, I can t stop bleeding.
Take this old guitar; it s all I m leaving.
It s seen the Jersey pines, bright neon signs and rode the Brighton Line.
I ll tell you what you re up against, it s the toughest fucking town
I ve ever seen and you re going it alone;
You re an outsider so keep your profile low.
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