| Leather jacket, empty pockets
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| And a mean streak you can see
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| He’s a victim of the system and the academic greed
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| I remember we were younger
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| When it felt easy to breathe
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| When Chicago burned a little brighter
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| I can isolate the moment that we all sought to return
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| All his teachers and his counselors didn’t have time for concern
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| It was gradual like cancer that you kill but will return
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| Now Chicago burns a little brighter
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| Yeah, tonight she burns a little brighter
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| There’s something circling here on our street
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| Everybody’s got a taste for more
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| It’s a rerun, it’s no mystery
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| I’ve seen this one before
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| All the uproar and the outrage was a spectacle to find
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| The pretenders and the grifters, yeah
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| Just left me so resigned
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| Grandma saw this, bought his jacket
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| Said he’d want it to be mine
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| Now Chicago burns a little brighter
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| Yeah, tonight she burns a little brighter
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| There’s something circling here on our street
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| Everybody’s got a taste for blood
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| It’s a rerun, it’s no mystery
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| I’ve seen this one before
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| And the best times that I remember
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| Sneaking out the fire escape
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| Playing «Never Surrender»
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| But I’ll never forget the officer said
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| That you didn’t come home from school today
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| And the best times that I remember
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| Sneaking out the fire escape
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| Playing «Never Surrender»
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| But I’ll never forget the officer said
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| That you didn’t come home from school today
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| And we’re standing on this corner alone
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| Standing on this corner alone
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| Standing on this corner alone
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| And we’re standing
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| It was later, on the corner
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| The whole gang was getting high
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| And when we talked about it, everyone had alibis
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| Grandma always said there’s different ways to say goodbye
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| Now Chicago burns a little brighter
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| And clench my fists a little tighter
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| There’s something circling here on our street
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| Everybody’s got a taste for blood
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| It’s a rerun, it’s no mystery
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| I’ve seen this one before
|
| And the best times that I remember
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| Sneaking out the fire escape
|
| Playing «Never Surrender»
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| But I’ll never forget the officer said
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| That you didn’t come home from school to love
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| And the best times that I remember
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| Sneaking out the fire escape
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| Playing «Never Surrender»
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| But I’ll never forget the officer said
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| That you didn’t come home from school today |