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smile on my face to make sure I'm look - ing pleas - ant. And though I

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- ter! 'Cause the fu - ture's mak - ing me sick;

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what am I do - ing here? How did it get to be this

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here and I'm wait - ing, and we're down to the wire. If I could

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crack the code then I'd ex - plode, but this cit - y is in - sane and oh...

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- ter! 'Cause the fu - ture's crash - ing down quick,

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year. Hang on, keep on being

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fear - less. Aw, just be hap - py that you're

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