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      Backstreet 
Listen up 

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This scene's so hypnotic 
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Smoking mirrors, lights and magic 
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 Paper faces in gold 
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There's soldier boys, beauty queens 
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Everyone's a mystery 
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 It's got me losing control 

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Yearning, I'm yearning for the one to steal my eyes 
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Wanna play in this game of disguise 

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It's a masquerade, a love parade 
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So won't you stay and dance with me 
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All through the night and day 
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My masquerade, I need you baby 
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So stay with me tonight 

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Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade 
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Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade 

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Just like a perfect dream 
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I don't ever wanna leave 
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 A thousand freaks in the show 
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One's a tiger, one's a lynx 
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One's a king, a suffering 
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 Moving high, moving low 

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Burning, I'm burning, can't you see it in my eyes? 
      A                       E 
Wanna play in this game of disguise 

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It's a masquerade, a love parade 
              A                  E 
So won't you stay and dance with me 
                F#m 
All through the night and day 
   D             A 
My masquerade, I need you baby 
    E             F#m 
So stay with me tonight 

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Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade 
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Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade 

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   I gotta know (I gotta know)  
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the girl behind the mask 
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Let me in, where you've been, don't pretend 
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  Don't got to hide, no 
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Show your face to me, we could be everything 

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It's a masquerade, a love parade 
              A                  E 
So won't you stay and dance with me 
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All through the night and day 
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My masquerade, I need you baby 
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So stay 

             F#m            D 
It's a masquerade, a love parade 
              A                  E 
So won't you stay and dance with me 
               F#m 
All though the night and day 
   D             A 
My masquerade, I need you baby 
    E             F#m 
So stay with me tonight 

                  D           A           E 
Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade 
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Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade, Masquerade