Politely I'd give you a piece of advice
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That you probably still don't know
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The devil knows much more from being old
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Than from being the king of all our evils
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You're going to crash into reality
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If you think that one euro is better than a gesture
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Because a window that looks onto a lightwell
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Can shine more than one that faces the street
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In search of that wallet that may support
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Your beauty treatments while you still have them
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Because you'll know that it doesn't last forever
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In search of every delusion of grandeur
And if life straightens you out
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And your winning horse goes over a cliff
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Turned down being the flower for my life
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To be just a petal in that guy's
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How sorry you make me, spoiled little girl
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With your fake bearer-love check bounced
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What would our future be?
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You who prefer a peso to a kiss
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And I don't have a f*cking cent
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I live in a Chinese fable and
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You in an Almodóvar movie
You who brag of being atheist
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While I live off the tide
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In search of that wallet that may support
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Your beauty treatments while you still have them
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Because you'll know that it doesn't last forever
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In search of every delusion of grandeur
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And if life straightens you out
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And your winning horse goes over a cliff
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Turned down being the flower for my life
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To be just a petal in that guy's
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How sorry you make me, spoiled little girl
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With your fake bearer-love check bounced
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I only hope that this doesn't sound like reproach
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But when there's no roof left for you to reach
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And like a cold bucket of water it'll be