[Intro]
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I was walking around, just a face in the crowd 
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Trying to keep myself out of the rain 
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Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown 
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Wondered if I might end up the same 
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There's a man out on the corner 
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Singing old songs about change 
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 Everybody's got their cross to bear, these days 
 
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She came looking for some shelter 
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With a suitcase full of dreams 
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To a motel room on the boulevard 
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Guess she's trying to be James Dean 
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She's seen all the disciples 
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And all the "wanna be's" 
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No one wants to be themselves these days 
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Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days 
 
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These days, the stars seem out of reach 
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These days, there ain't a ladder on these streets, no no no
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These days, are fast, love don't last in this graceless age 
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There ain't nobody left but us these days 
 
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Jimmy's shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly 
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From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes 
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His momma said he was crazy, he said momma "I've got to try" 
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Don't you know that all my heroes died 
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And I guess I'd rather die than fade away 
 
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These days, the stars seem out of reach 
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These days, there ain't a ladder on these streets, no no no
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These days, are fast, love don't last in this graceless age 
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Even innocence has caught the midnight train 
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And there ain't nobody left but us these days 
 
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I know Rome's still burning 
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Though the times have changed 
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This world keeps turning round and round and round and round 
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These days 
 
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These days, the stars seem out of reach 
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These days, there ain't a ladder on these streets, no no no
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These days, are fast, love don't last, there ain't no time to waste 
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There ain't nobody left to take the blame 
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There ain't nobody left but us these days 
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There ain't nobody left but us these days