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Elton John
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An extremely quiet child, they called you in your school report
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He's always taken interest in the subjects that he's taught
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So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive
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To notify your parents of the manner in which you died?
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At St. Patricks every Sunday, Father Fletcher heard your sins
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Oh, he's unconcerned with competition he never cares to win
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But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun
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And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son
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"Now you'll never get to Heaven", Mama said
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Remember Mama said
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Ticking, ticking, grow up straight and true blue
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Run along to bed, hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
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They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest
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Some gook said, "His brain's just snapped"
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Then someone called the police
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You'd knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down
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Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground
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Promising to hurt no one, providing they were still
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A young man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed
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That gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm
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Oh your childhood cried out in your head, they mean to do you harm
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"Don't ever ride on the Devil's knee", Mama said
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Remember Mama said
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Ticking, ticking, pay your penance well, my child
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Fear where Angels tread, hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
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Within an hour the news had reached the media machine
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A male Caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens
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The area had been sealed off, the kids sent home from school
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Fourteen people lying dead in a bar, they called the Kicking Mule
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Oh they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside
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Throw out your gun, walk out slow, just keep your hands held high
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But they pumped you full of rifle shells as you stepped out the door
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Oh you danced in death like a Marionette on the vengeance of the law
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"You've slept too long in silence", Mama said
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Remember Mama said
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Ticking, ticking, crazy boy, you'll only wind up
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With strange notions in your head, hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
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