Brilliant Mistake

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[Verse 1]
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He thought he was the King of 
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America
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Where they pour Coca Cola just like
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 vintage wine
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Now I try hard not to become 
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hysterical
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But I'm not sure if I am laughing 
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or crying

[Verse 2]
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I wish that I could push a button
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And talk in the past and not the 
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 present tense

And watch this hurtin' feeling 
disappear
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Like it was  common sense

[Chorus]
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  It was a fine idea at the time
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  Now it's a brilliant mistake

[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
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She said that she was working for 
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the ABC News
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It was as much of the alphabet as 
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she knew how to use
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Her perfume was unspeakable, it 
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lingered in the air
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Like her artificial laughter like 
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her mementos of affairs

[Verse 4]
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"Oh" I said "I see you know him"
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  "Isn't that very fortunate for 
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you"

And she showed me his calling card
He came third or fourth and there 
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were more than one or two

[Chorus]
G          F     G          F
  He was a fine idea at the time
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  Now he's a brilliant mistake

[Bridge]
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[Verse 5]
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He thought he was the King of 
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America
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But it was just a boulevard of 
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broken dreams
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A trick they do with mirrors and 
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with chemicals
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The words of love in whispers
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And the axe of love in screams

[Verse 6]
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I wish that I could push a button
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And talk in the past and not the 
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present tense

And watch this lovin' feeling 
disappear
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Like it was  common sense

[Chorus]
G         F     G          F
  I was a fine idea at the time
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  Now I'm a brilliant mistake

[Otro]
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