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Nothing Painted Blue
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with a smile like a crease in the shirt of his face
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and a coat-hanger drape to his jacket
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watch him tense every tendon as you sets the pace
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in the race for the next income bracket
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ow there's room at the top but there's more in the ranks
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and he's matching your stride but he's straining
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and he's slave to the bite of the spur in his flanks
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but you're not gonna hear him complaining
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it's second nature to the native son
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the office joke he can barely decipher
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at the expense of his naked ambition
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a bit of a striver/he tries so hard
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greedy conniver you can't disregard
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every surface a scorecard
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every edge is a measuring rod
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when you hold it up against him
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he'd be up in the office while you're still in bed
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but you don't want to give him the pleasure
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as he's sizing you up for the grave in his head
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with a flick of his mental tape-measure
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sliding levers through the sand and grit
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marbles drop, he's the only survivor
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the last to leave and the first to admit it
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a bit of a striver, he tries so hard
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sputtering diver in his final yard
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every surface a scoreboard
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every edge is a measuring rod
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pull a plank from the floorboard
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every nail brings him closer to God
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as you hold it up against, hold it up against him
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