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Magdalene Lane [Live]
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Don McLean
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The angels are lost in the city of stars
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Wise men are down on their knees
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And the Fruitman of Freeway will sell you his cars
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When he's sure that you can't find the keys
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And the ladies on Magdalene Lane
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All worship the sun and the sand
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And the migrants who come can't complain
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For this is their promised land
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MGM studios can't make the nut
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They're auctioning Dorothy's shoes
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Gable is gone, the good witch is a slut
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And I've got the parking-lot blues
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The wizard brought benzedrine smiles
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And he never let Dorothy doze
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Ha- she died as she walked down the aisle
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And all that remains is her clothes
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Over the rainbow a Kansas tornado
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Can twist up a little girl's head
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Aunt Em's on relief and the tin man's a thief
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And even the wizard can't wake the dead
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The prophet has come to the kingdom of lights
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But there's no one to listen or learn
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And the savior performs for the prophet's delight
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While dissenters are banished or burned
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And the heretics beg to be heard
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But the savior's on tour for the week
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Salvation is found in his word
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If only he'd learn how to speak!
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And Lincoln is laughing with Amos and Andy
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Concerning the great Civil War
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And Paul Revere sleeps with the worst-looking creeps
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While revolution's knocking at his door
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Magdalene Lane is the red-light domain
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Where everyone's soul is for sale
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A piece of your heart will do for a start
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You can send us the rest in the mail
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For we have our own families to feed
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And we can't let them starve just for you
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But we'd rather not watch while you bleed
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So come back in an hour when you're through
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It's just another city full of sorrow
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Makes no difference why I came
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And I only know I'm leaving here tomorrow
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And only the motel man knows my name
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