| On the night of my 21st birthday
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| I was playing in a pub back room
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| When a local dude informed me of
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| My impending doom
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| Apparently I’d sullied the
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| Reputation of
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| The best left hook in the business, now
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| He’s looking for my blood
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| There’s a thug in every doorway
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| And it’s coming up to closing time
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| The best left hook in the business puts
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| His chair right next to mine
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| My heart was pushing like a funny car
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| Just before the start of a race
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| This ain’t no time to panic boy
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| Better get your head on straight
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| I left my guitar on the top of the bar
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| My jacket and coat on the seat
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| I’m over the counter, up the back stairs
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| They all thought I was taking a leak
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| I fly through the air with the greatest of ease
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| Out of the window and into the breeze
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| I land on my feet and I’m picking up speed
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| And all I could think was, «You'll never catch me»
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| When you got to get away
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| You got to get away
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| When you got to get away, it’s true
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| You got to get away
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| When you got to get away
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| Especially if the other guy is bigger than you
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| There ain’t no rhyme, there ain’t no reason
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| Just people going over the top
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| The winners are losers, the losers are covered in blood and they can’t get it
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| off
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| I fly through the air with the greatest of ease
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| Out of the window, over the trees
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| I land on my feet and I’m picking up speed
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| And all I could think was, «You'll never catch me»
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| That was my great escape
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| That was my big adventure
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| That was my brush with danger
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| That was my Alamo, baby
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| I heard alarm bells ringing
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| I heard the fat lady singing
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| I seen the club when he came out swingin'
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| I seen his eyes when I gave him the finger
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| Those days are over, it’s been good to know yah
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| You’re just a stone age daydream… |