HA HA WORLD

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ha, ha, world

everyday i used to write you a letter
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but you never wrote back

and you never made me feel any better

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always sitting here

fretting and getting confused
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halfway desperate

for a headline of hope in the news
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when the telephone rang
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i spilled it all over my sweather

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the call was for me

and i answered the phone in the kitchen
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but the room was too hot

i forgot i was cooking my chicken

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i was burning like hell

but the stove wasn't on
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then the voice on the line

says the chicken is gone
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the reciever goes dead and it
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hums while the plot starts to thicken

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would i have hung up the phone had i known

the whole room would start swaying
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i was instantly cold

and i knew why my life wasn't paying
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i had money and fame

but my wealth wasn't wise
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what good are the coins on a dead man's eyes
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and the ringing of chimes in my head
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said it's time to start praying

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i been sitting here praying

and laying up treasures in heaven
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i was home and the front door was locked

when the clock struck eleven
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i heard the bride outside yell millenium
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though the sun was still up

the twelfth hour has come
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the bible says
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without a vision the people perish