Genius Next Door

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[Verse 1]
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   Some said the local lake had 
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been enchanted
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   Others said it must have been 
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the weather
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   The neighbors were trying to 
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keep it quiet
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   But I swear that I could hear 
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the laughter
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   So they jokingly nicknamed it 
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the porridge
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   'Cause overnight that lake had 
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turned as thick as butter
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   But the local kids would still 
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go swimming, drinking
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   Saying that to them it didn't 
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matter

[Chorus]
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   If you just hold in your breath
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   'Til you come back up in full
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   Hold in your breath
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   'Til you thought it through, you
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 fool

[Verse 2]
Continues after the ad
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   The genius next door was busing 
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tables
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   Wiping clean the ketchup bottle 
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labels
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   Getting high and mumbling 
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German fables
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   Didn't care as long as he was 
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able
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   To strip his clothes off by the 
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dumpster
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   At night while everyone was 
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sleeping
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   And wade midway into that 
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porridge
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   Just him and the secret he was 
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keeping

[Chorus]
               Am           C
   If you just hold in your breath
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   'Til you come back up in full
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   Hold in your breath
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   'Til you thought it through, you
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 foolish child

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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   In the morning the film crews 
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start arriving
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   With donuts, coffee and reporters
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   The kids were waking up hungover
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   The neighbors were starting up 
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their cars
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   The garbage men were emptying 
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the dumpsters
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   Atheists were praying full of 
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sarcasm
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   And the genius next door was 
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sleeping
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   Dreaming that the antidote is 
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orgasm

[Chorus]
               Am           C
   If you just hold in your breath
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   'Til you come back up in full
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   Hold in your breath
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   'Til you thought it through, you
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 foolish child

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