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Sanitarium
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PT Walkley
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There's a little crowd of children on the hill, beside the sanitarium
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Throwing pebbles at the window 'til he reappears to sing a song to them
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It is a song that winds its way inside their ears and out their
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tear ducts to the ground
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By the second verse, an angry nurse arrives and ties the little singer down
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He dreams up a kingdom and sits on his thrown
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He sings for the children surrounding his home
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Would you believe in a dream if you woke up alone?
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Here comes the lowlife with the highlights in his hair,
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too old to wear the clothes he's wearing
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he towers over all the children on the hill,
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and can't believe what he is hearing
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he writes a letter from the label, full of fancy words that set the singer free
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he earns an honest $1.50 every time the singer sings to you and me
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he lives in a kingdom and sits all alone
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counting his money and drinking his rum
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will he believe in the dream when he wakes up alone
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he wakes up alone, singing pretty please:
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"pretend that you love me"Β¦pretend, that will do"Β
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There's a little crowd of children on the hill, beside the sanitarium
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Throwing pebbles at the window 'til he reappears to sing a song to them.
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