Come closer, kid, listen up
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I'm gonna tell you the story of humankind
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At first there was nothing, at first it was fine
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Nature kept moving, there were no paths
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Then man showed up with his big boots
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Kicks in the face to get respect
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He started drawing one-way roads
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Arrows across the plain multiplied
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And every element ended up mastered
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In no time flat the story was wrapped up
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We sure won't backtrack anytime soon
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We even started polluting the desert
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And that's no small thing to say
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You're not gonna die laughing
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And that says a lot
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In a few years we'll have gobbled up the leaf
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And your grandkids will only have one eye left
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Right in the middle of their forehead they'll ask you
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Why you have two, you'll look like a dumb*ss
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They'll ask how you could let that happen
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You can try to defend yourself, explain it softly
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It's not my fault, it's the elders' fault
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But there'll be nobody left to wash your hands
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You'll tell them about the time when you could
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Eat fruit on the grass, lying in the meadows
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There were animals everywhere in the forest
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At the start of spring the birds came back
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You gotta breathe
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And that's no small thing to say
You're not gonna die laughing
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And that says a lot
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You gotta breathe
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Tomorrow everything gets worse
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You're not gonna die laughing
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And that says a lot
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The worst in this story is we're slaves
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Somewhere killers, here totally helpless
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To look at the trees without feeling guilty
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Half stripped, one hundred percent miserable
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So there you have it, kid, the story of humankind
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It's not pretty at all, and I don't know the end
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You weren't born in a cabbage but rather in a hole
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That we fill every day like a manure pit
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And that's no small thing to say
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You're not gonna die laughing
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And that says a lot
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You gotta breathe
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Tomorrow everything gets worse
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You're not gonna die laughing
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That's no small thing to say
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You gotta breathe
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You gotta breathe
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You gotta breathe