That s greatit starts with an earthquakebirds and snakesan aeroplane -
Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricanelisten to yourself churn -
world serves its own needsdon t misserve your own needs. Feed it up a knock
speedgrunt nostrength no. Ladder structure clatter with fear of height
down height. Wire in a firerepresent the seven games in a government for
hire and a combat site. Left herwasn t coming in a hurry with the furies
breathing down your neck. Team by team reporters baffledtrumptethered
crop. Look at that low plane! Fine then. Uh ohoverflowpopulation
common groupbut it ll do. Save yourselfserve yourself. World serves its
own needslisten to your heart bleed. Tell me with the rapture and the
reverent in the right - right. You vitriolicpatrioticslamfightbright
lightfeeling pretty psyched.

It s the end of the world as we know it.
It s the end of the world as we know it.
It s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Six o clock - TV hour. Don t get caught in foreign tower. Slash and burn
returnlisten to yourself churn. Lock him in uniform and book burning
blood letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate. Light a candle
light a motive. Step downstep down. Watch a heel crushcrush. Uh oh
this means no fear - cavalier. Renegade and steer clear! A tournament
a tournamenta tournament of lies. Offer me solutionsoffer me alternatives
and I decline.

It s the end of the world as we know it.
It s the end of the world as we know it.
It s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide. Mountains sit in a line.
Leonard Bernstein. Leonid BreshnevLenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.
Birthday partycheesecakejelly beanboom! You symbioticpatriotic
slambut neckright? Right.

It s the end of the world as we know it.
It s the end of the world as we know it.
It s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine...

(It s time I had some time alone)

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