He Who Would Valium Take

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The car that's parked on a pavement 
narked
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Pedestrians and children with chalk
Their games, their shapes, their 
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capers, their japes
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Destroyed by a thoughtless 
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shitehawk.
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And yea though I walk in the road 
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to get past, I'm not in the least 
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afraid
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For soon I shall fly to the sweet by
 and by
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Away from a world without shade.
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A streaker streaks and a nation 
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shrugs at a saucer-like disc in 
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the sky
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A stag weekend is a poor weekend
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If the army is not on standby.
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Pub grub, pub games, pub bands, pub 
names
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The Pit Bull that's great with kids
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If Chelsea, Chantelle and Jordan 
should gel
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My fears would be laid to my skids.
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The maverick cops with their 
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average flasks and boring unorthodox
 ways
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The previous life as a Pharaoh's 
wife
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Is mightily irksome these days.
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The Lady In Red hides under the bed
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 from a husband who quotes Chubby 
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Brown
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It's cold and it's wet and the knell
 of regret
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Is pealing throughout every town
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Is pealing throughout every town.