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alright i'm on johnson avenue in san luis obispo
and i'm five years old or six maybe
and indications that there's something wrong with our new house
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trip down the wire twice daily

i'm in the living room watching the watergate hearings
while my stepfather yells at my mother
launches a glass across the room straight at her head
and i dash upstairs to take cover

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lean in close to my little record player on the floor
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so this is what the volume knob's for
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i listen to dance music
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dance music

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ok so look i'm seventeen years old
and you're the last best thing i've got going
but then the special secret sickness starts to eat through you
what am i supposed to do, no way of knowing

so i follow you down your twisting alleyways
find a few cul de sacs of my own
there's only one place this road ever ends up
and i don't want to die alone

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let me down, let me down, let me down gently
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when the police come to get me 
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i;m listening to dance music
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dance music

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