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Heir wings  and dream of twenties and diamonds and things  and somehow that might ease the sting  of the company they keep  yeah¡­  and the vets still talk about the tet offensive  and the

Hmen boys all look so pensive  because living large is so expensive  hope daddy fueled the jet¡­  and we'll all fly out to the hard rock casino  and we'll put on our neatly pressed and fine

S  and we'll laugh at the guy in the el camino  is that the only car he could get?  it's a beautiful life  it's just as advertised  it's all for one low price  just read the fine printan

'll be content  with your beautiful life  and record smoothies say "what a sound"  you're the greatest thing we've found  but you're gonna have to lose a few pounds  we're gonna p

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And don't think our place is so swank  don't worry about that guyhe's high on crank  that's exactly why his last record tanked  and let that be a lesson to me  chorus  and all our churche

W  communion wafers trash tv shows  say "heyat least you don't have this strife"  'cause you'll be warm and safe  in your beautiful life  yeah¡­ and it's hard to tell what's tr

Mpassion  when it's dressed up in hair and nails and fashion  and the tabloids all rush to cash in on what we should believe  and I hope I never see the day  when there's nothing left on the

Et left to save  and oxygen is the designer crusade  as we all fight to breathe¡­ chorus