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Tick, Tick... Boom
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When I was nine, Michael and I
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Entered a talent show down at the Y
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Nine A.M. went to rehearse by some stairs
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Mike couldn't sing
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But I said, "No one cares"
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We sang "Yellow Bird" and "Let's Go Fly A Kite"
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Over and over and over
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Till we got it right
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When we emerged from the YMCA
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Three o'clock sun had made the grass
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Hey, I thought,
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Hey, what a way to spend the day
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Hey, what a way to spend the day
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I make a vow, right here and now
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I'm gonna spend my time this way
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When I was sixteen, Michael and I
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Got parts in West Side
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At White Plains High
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Three o'clock went to rehearse in the gym
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Mike played Doc, who didn't sing
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Fine with him
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We sang, "gotta rocket in your pocket and the
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Jets's are gonna have their day tonight"
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Over and over and over
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Till we got it right
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When we emerged, wiped out by that play
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Nine o'clock, stars and moon lit the way
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I thought,
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Hey, what a way to spend a day
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Hey, what a way to spend a day
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I made a vow
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I wonder now
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Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
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With only so much time to spend
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Don't wanna waste the time I'm given
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Have it all, play the game
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Some recommend
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I'm afraid, it just may be time to give in
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I'm twenty-nine, Michael and I
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Live on the west side of SoHo and Y
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Nine A.M. I write a lyric or two
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Mike sings a song now on Mad Avenue
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I sing, "come to your senses
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Defenses are not the way to go"
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Over and over and over
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Till I got it right
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When I emerge from B Minor or A
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Five o'clock, diner calls, I'm on my way
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I think,
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Hey, what a way to spend a day
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Hey, what a way to spend a day
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I make a vow
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Right here and now
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I'm gonna spend my time this way
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I'm gonna spend my time this way
The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
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