Intro 
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Main 
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[Verso 1]

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It was the car on the road that everybody swerved to avoid 
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'Cause they thought he was driving drunk 
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But he was only daydreaming about the future without his wife 
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Whose body was in the trunk 

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Main 
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[Verso 2]

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Is it normal to tip the sad-eyed woman in the toll booth? 
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Brighten up her starless night? 
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She hands the change back to you and says, "no, thank you, darlin' 
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I'm alright, I'm alright 

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[Ponte]
 
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Reconciling split languages 
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Birthdays, and long-term mortgages 
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Nations have gone to war for less 
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Last words: "I can't live like this" 
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"Well, you don't have to..." 
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"Well, you don't have to..." 


Outro 
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I thought that we were building something 
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I thought that we were building something 
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I thought that we were building something 
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I thought that we were building something, 
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Something