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she was hungry
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so hungry
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she was trying to think clear
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she kept opening the fridge door
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staring at the mustard and the beer
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then finally she went out into the rain
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carrying her bicycle chain
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and her feet were the pedals
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while her appetite steered
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and after that she just followed her nose
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and fate is not just
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whose cooking smells good
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but which way the wind blows
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she lay down in her party dress
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and never got up
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needless to say
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she missed the party
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she just got sad
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then she got stuck
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she was bending
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like something brittle
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trying hard to bend
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she was numb
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with the terror
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of losing her best friend
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we never see things changing
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we only see them ending
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and some vicious whispering voice kept saying
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you have no choice
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you have....
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'cause when I look at you I squint
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you are that beautiful
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and my pussy is a tractor
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and this is a tractor pull
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and I am haunted
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by my illicit exquisite dream
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but I can't really wake up
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so I just drift in between
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thinking the glass is half-empty
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and thinking it's not quite full
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the pouring rain is no place for a bicycle ride
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try to hit the brakes and you slide
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the pouring rain is no place for a bicycle ride
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try to hit the brakes and you
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