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Opening Montage (Tom's Piano Intro/Once Upon a Town/The Wages of Love)
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Tom Waits
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I wish I had a dollar for
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Each time I took a chance
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___ ___ ___two-bit romeos
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Who __ ___ __ romance
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Somehow I was thinking of
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Last time I fell down
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Knowing that you fall in love
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Once upon a town
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Down thru the ages
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All the sages
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Said don't spend your wages on love
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Graft and collusion
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_____ the intrusion
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And proceeding foreclosures
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There's overexposures
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Down at the crossroads
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The question is posed
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Bridge is washed out
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And the highway's closed
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___ ___ ___ reason
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Firmly believe
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Love was designed
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To exploit and deceive
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There's a _____
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Wherever you send 'em
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Every ball ___ ___ in your chest
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You will see
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Simple addition
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Keeps with tradition
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Don't spend your wages on love
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Taking any burgh any city or town
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Just get on main street and
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Drive all the way down
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You see love has a graveyard
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And paid thru the nose
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Your shovel's a shot glass
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Dig your own hole
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Bury what's left of your miserable soul
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Down thru the ages
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All the sages
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Said don't spend your wages on love
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Graft and collusion
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_____ the intrusion
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And proceeding foreclosures
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There's overexposures
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Down at the crossroads
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The question is posed
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Bridge is washed out
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And the highway's closed
Tom Waits - "The Piano Has Been Drinking...
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