Day's barely breaking
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And I'm already trailing a tear on my cheeks
And the coffee's steaming
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The elevator's waiting for me
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My place in the traffic
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To take my place in the traffic
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I'd like someone to come free me
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But the one I've just picked
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Gave me just enough to survive
And too little to run away
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And I stay a prisoner of my promises
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To all those carpet dealers
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Who make me sleep on thick wool
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And who force me at the end of each night
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To take my place in the traffic
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To take my place in the traffic
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And when I wanna talk to nobody
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I go pick up my phone
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I'm a mutant, a new man
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I don't even own my desires
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I perfume myself with carbon oxides
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And I'm scared to know how I'll end up
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I watch the rebels drift away
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And I feel cramped in my skin
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But I swore by the law of ladders
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If someday I wanna die up high
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I gotta take my place in the traffic
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I gotta take my place in the traffic
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And when I wanna talk to nobody
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I go pick up my phone
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Because whatever I say
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The black cars have to pass
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I'm a mutant, a new man
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I don't even own my desires
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I perfume myself with carbon oxides
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And I'm scared to know how I'll end up
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There're so many serious things
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Happening in my streets
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That already my kids know
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They'll have to get used to it
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To take my place in the traffic
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To take my place in the traffic
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My place in the traffic