Suicide Room

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[Verse 1]
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Bludgeoned and bloody, walking 
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around from memory,
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scared and lost and broken, only 
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the whiskey's still talking to me.
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I inquired at the big apartment 
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building there in town;
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man there said: "Yeah, we got one
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 room" and as he said it he frowned.

[Chorus]
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He said, "That room is bad luck, 
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couldn't rent it out, I wouldn't 
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try.
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We've lost two tenants in that 
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room both to suicide."
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And I asked for and did receive 
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  the suicide room,
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figured if I can't beat this world
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 maybe I can beat this room.
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[Verse 2]
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One fellow tied a rope around his
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 neck, fixed the other end up there,
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and before his final struggle 
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kicked away that chair.
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The other one stuck a shotgun in 
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his mouth just over there,
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hoping for something better, 
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something else, or else just 
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addicted to despair.

[Chorus]
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And every day I'm in her I think 
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about those two
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and what   hopelessness can lead 
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to and what some folks finally do.
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I   asked for and   did receive 
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  the suicide room,
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figured if I can't beat this world
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 maybe I can beat this [Solo] room.

[Solo]
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[Chorus]
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And all the doors in my life 
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slammed and locked away,
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and my string of keys now useless 
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and needing a place to stay.

[Verse 3]
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And nearly two years in here now, 
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two years of Sunday chimes
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and it's like those bumper 
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stickers say: one day at a time.
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And I see the crazy patterns when 
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the sun comes in through my window
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 that I try to keep clean
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and I breathe the night air deeply
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 as I'm pulling off my jeans.

[End-Chorus]
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Some men fall,   some men fight, 
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  some just carry on,
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I'm still here in my apartment, 
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trying to beat the odds.
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I   asked for and   did receive 
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  the suicide room,
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  figured if I can't beat this 
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world      I can beat this room.
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