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Playin' Hooky
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Tom Waits
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I'm playin' hooky, I'm playin' hooky
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I can't walk cool when I got books underneath my arm
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I'm playin' hooky, I'm playin' hooky
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And I'm afraid I will be failing to be hearing the alarm
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I refuse to go to school, think I'll play a little pool
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And I will pass on the curriculum today
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I apologize to educational supplies
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Statistics just keep getting in my way
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How will they teach me how to learn I don't want to be no attorney
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Or receive a credential just like Raymond
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I'm playin' hooky, I'm playin' hooky
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I can't walk cool when I got books underneath my arm
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Playin' hooky, I'm playin' hooky
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And I'm afraid I would be failing to be hearing the alarm
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Maximum security is some peculiarity
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My educationality has brought me to a conclusion
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Institutionality that tries to blow the malady
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Can never seem to go to the release
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So can you blame me if I'm tempted
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And the chug down is pre-empted
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Playin' hooky, I'm playin' hooky
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I can't walk cool when I got books underneath my arm
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I'm playin' hooky, I'm playin' hooky
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And I'm afraid I would be failing to be hearing the alarm
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Counselors said I'm maladjusted and I never can be trusted
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Irreconcilable differences cause problems with the faculty
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Conflicting interests in the area
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But I should intend to be considering vocationally
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I must be dealt with very gently and I might say incidentally
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Playin' hooky, I'm playin' hooky
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Can't walk cool when I got books underneath my arm
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I'm playin' hooky, I'm playin' hooky
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And I'm afraid I would be failing to be hearing the alarm
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About this [?] called detention, with the captives aforementioned
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Assuming the dilemma's to rile the guard
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Here's a memo to communicate or maybe you should demonstrate
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Instead of just divulging information in regard
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Beyond the shadow of a doubt, you can trample yourself out
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Playin' hooky, playin' hooky
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I can't walk cool when I got books underneath my arm
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I'm playin' hooky, I'm playin' hooky
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And I'm afraid I would be failing to be hearing the alarm
Tom Waits - "Downtown Train"
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