Angels

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There are no angels left in America anymore
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They left after the Second World War heading west
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Stopping briefly in Japan during the 60's
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Then in Tianamen Square during the last decade
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They kept heading west to who knows where
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What are they after?
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What are they looking for?
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A messiah who never comes?
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A virgin birth?
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A perfect drug?
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A sign, any kind of sign?
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Anything that looks slightly out of the ordinary

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Flying over fields and factories
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Momma's going off her head
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Daddy's bringing home the bacon
Continues after the ad
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Open up the pearly gates
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Fruit of salty lubrication
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Tangled up in arms and legs
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I can barely touch the bottom
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Now I'm working up a sweat!
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I'm ready now
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I'm ready now

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I can barely touch my own self
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How could I touch someone else?
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I am just an advertisement
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For a version of myself

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Like molecules in constant motion
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Like a million nervous tics
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I am quivering in anticipation
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Like the sunlight on their wings
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I'm ready now (don't look back)
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I'm ready now (I'm ready for this)
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I'm ready now (uhh, uhh, uhhh)
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The sensuous world - the smell of the sea
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The sweat off their wings - the fruit from the trees
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The angel inside - who will meet me tonight
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On wings of desire - I come back alive
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I'm ready
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I'm ready (I put the dogs outside)
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I'm ready
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I'm ready (to take that ride)
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I'm ready now
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I'm ready now (to take that wine)
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I'm ready now but where are you?