I'm building myself a house from scrap
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In a field of white ash
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My paradise of rubble
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I plant flowers in my garden
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Nettles and thistles
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And nobody wrecks that for me
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And when the sun goes down
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On the smoggy horizon
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I climb onto my corrugated-iron roof
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And let my gaze wander
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And the slowly rusting wrecks
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And watch the dreams burst
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And how it was before you left
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Everything is wonderful and fine!
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I've decorated my little world
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With pretty, colorful plastic trash
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I wear my favorite rags and cry tears of joy
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And the glass is so full and the grass is as green
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But your eyes see what they want
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You tick the way you tick
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And my heart also feels what it just feels
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And not what it should
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And the house of scrap is actually a ruin of gold
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And overdesigned furniture
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I'm bored and spoiled
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Weeds grow in my garden
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And nobody talks that pretty for me
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They bring gigantic plates with tiny portions
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But everything tastes like nothing
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And I mirror myself in the silver
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And I can't get a wink of sleep
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In my canopy bed of horror
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And their perfume, how it stinks to me
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Oh, turn back time once more
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Because I'll never forget
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How it was before you left
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And I stare at my pool and watch the dreams
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Come true
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And I laugh out of despair
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Because a pigeon sh*ts on my shoe
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And the glass is so full and the grass is as green as it is
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But your eyes see what they want
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You tick the way you tick
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And my heart also feels
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What it just feels and not what it should
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And the house of scrap is actually a ruin of gold
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And the glass is so full and the grass is as green as it is
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But your eyes see what they want
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You tick the way you tick
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And my heart also feels what it just feels
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And not what it should
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And the house of scrap is actually a ruin of gold