Waking Up With The House On Fire

Death cab for cutie
Sung it like a beauty
Stepped out forgetting
Danger has a duty
Lonely night
He wants to squeeze her tight

They murder for a dollar
No one hears you holler
Wrap up your baby
Then you'll be a scholar

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Love stops knocking, your heart starts rocking
It's crime time

Out on the main land
Hit him with a right hand
Stepped on his ego
Now he fells like a man
Do it right
It's a lonely fight

Playing fats waller
Lipstick on your collar
Back in 1950
People had their honour

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They murder for a dollar
No one hears you holler
Wrap up your baby
Then you'll be a scholar

He could word it out like a dangerous man
How could you value his intentions
Martin had the devil just like anyone can
He spoke words they were frightened to mention

Chorus:
Yesterday ain't gone
We just pushed it aside
Out in the jungle
There ain't nowhere you can hide

There's a different smile on your face today
Though you wear it well
There's a lot to say
There's a different mood in the world tonight
We can do it right

John he washed it over with a confidence tan
I konw that peace and love ain't prevention
Brian in the closet with his master plan
Build them up it's so sad they forget you

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Are we not men
Did you save us?
Are we not men
Did you try, did you try?

We have been, we have been, we have been
We have been denied

I could word it out like a dangerous man
If they landed here we'd collect them
Yellow, black or white here in the circus of men
I don't know i don't care i forget you

You used to say
Love and be loved
All the time
Till you discovered
Fellings were a failure sign
When it rains
It rains so hard
The tears begin to show
When it's raining in my heart
I want the world to know

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Life will never be the same
As it was again
Life will never be the same
As it was again
Through my anger and my joy
My tears and pain

Beneath the sea of hollywood
Where francis used to reign
They trade their deepest wishes
For a part in someone's game
Spirits die alone at night
For life they cannot hold
I would rather dance with you
Than have a medal to show

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We are just everyday people
Not a theatre company
Everyone wants to join us
There's no fear in us you see
It's me for you
And you for me

Sun go east, sun go west
Will i wear a medal again
Sun go east, son go west
We can dance and bring on the rain

Now i say love for love
Not for a space in time
The strangest things
Can shatter kings
And take away what's mine
When it's raining in my heart
I want the world to know
I would rather dance with you
Than have a medal to show

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Sun go east, sun go west
Will i wear a medal again
Sun go east, son go west
We can dance and bring on the rain

Chorus 1:
War war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters

Chorus 2:
War war is stupid
And people are stupid
And i heard them banging
On hearts and fingers

People fill the world
With narrow confidence
Like a child at birth
A man with no defense
What's mine is my own
I won't give it to you
No matter what you say
No matter what you do

Now we're fighting
In our hearts
Fighting in the street
Won't somebody help me?

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Man is far behind
In the search for something new
Like a philistine
We're burning witches too
This world of fate
Must be designed for you
It matters what you say
It matters what you do

Now we're fighting
In our hearts
Fighting in the street
Won't somebody help me?

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After the bird has flown
He walked ten thousand
Miles back home

You can't do that to me, no
You can't do that to me
You can't do that to me, no
You can't do that to me

Now we're fighting
In our hearts
Fighting in the street
Won't somebody help me?

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Breaking out of school
Ain't really fooling no one
I was sure i'd get my reward in time
Backing uo the street
With the smell of sweet sensation
Didn't want to be another dime
Hidden in the pocket
Of some unfortunate nation
Didn't have no money, sure didn't have the time

Chorus:
Unfortunate thing, such an unfortunate thing
Unfortunate thing, such an unfortunate thing
But i fought with nothing
But i fought with nothing

Laughing at the rumor
That you've been screwing someone
Laugh better cry
It could be your turn next time
Brother what a lover beyond the fourth dimesion
He's got an ego
That's bigger than yours and mine

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Don't call me bwana
Let it settle in your heart
We move from children
Into a business counterpart
Your head was shaking as i walked into the room
A spirit breaking
That's why i feel this way

Breaking out of school
Ain't really fooling no one
I was sure i'd get my reward in time
Backing up a street
With a smell of sweet sensation
Didn't want to be another dime

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