Lou Gehrigs Disease

Intro 
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First it was Pluto, the furthest, coldest planet 
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They said its not a planet after all 
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Then suddenly a dollar isnt worth a dollar 
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And banks too big to fail began to fall 
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All of this and more, I could accept thats how it goes 
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But now Im down here begging on my knees 
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Cause now theyre trying to tell us 
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Lou Gehrig didnt die 
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Of Lou Gehrigs Disease 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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You all remember Lou, the Yankee slugger who 
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Along with Babe Ruth made the Bronx bombers go 
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Ruth he batted third, Gehrig fourth 
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A little thing called Murderers Row 
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Change history, make it new, Lindbergh sailed the ocean blue 
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But dont tear down my idols please 
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Don't say Lou Gehrig didnt die 
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Of Lou Gehrigs Disease 
 


[Ponte]
 
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Never be another Gehrig 
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Never be another Ruth 
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  All the modern sluggers 
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Got there on the juice 
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Ripken broke the Iron Horses streak 
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But Ripken never had his own disease 


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[Ponte]
 
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Whose disease is it, whose disease was it 
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If you didnt get it, if you didn't catch it 
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Jim Bob Jorgensens Disease? 
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Flora Richardsons Disease 
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Chan-Hos Disease? 
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Muhammad Braznakas Disease 
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Whose Disease was it? 
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Whose Disease was it? 
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Whose Disease was it? 
 


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Next theyll be sayin Grant isnt buried 
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In Grants tomb -- nope, a guy named Pettit 
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The White House isnt white, Red Square isnt red 
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And the Alamo? Just forget it 
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Mondale beat Reagan, Nixon, he beat Kennedy 
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And Lassie, Lassie has fleas 
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  If Lou Gehrig   didnt die 
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Of Lou Gehrigs Disease 
 

Outro 
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