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Throw It On the Bonfire

There’s crabs in the bucket, lice in the cream – Throw it on the bonfire No one partakes of this particular dream – Throw it on the bonfire Insecure god wants a baby to raise – Throws it on the bonfire I’ll play my banjo to the bright L.A. blaze And throw it on the bonfire Some big-ass astronaut gets slung off to space (Throw it on the bonfire) Who foots the bill for this wild comet chase? (Throw it on the bonfire) That tin can of a rocket implodes at separation (Throw it on the bonfire) In high resolution and neat devastation (Throw it on the bonfire) Day after day, in place after place It’s the credo of each woman and man: If we can’t have it, you better believe Ain’t nobody else can The races collide in the stadium of night (Throw it on the bonfire) The system grid goes down in a fury of light (Throw it on the bonfire) Cheerleaders portend the static of woe (Throw it on the bonfire) And rally crucified halfbacks from ten centuries ago Then thrown em on the bonfire

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