[Intro]

So there was this woman,
 
and she was on an airplane, 
 
and she was flying to meet her fiancé
 
and she was flying to meet her fiancé 
 
sailing high above the largest ocean
 on planet earth, 
sailing high above the largest ocean on planet earth, 
 
and she was seated next to this man
 who... you know, 
and she was seated next to this man who... you know, 
 
she had tried to start conversations,
 but, only, 
she had tried to start conversations, but, only, 
 
really the only thing she had heard
 him say was just to order his
 Bloody Mary, 
really the only thing she had heard him say was just to order his Bloody Mary, 
 
and she was sitting there 
 
and she was reading this really
 arduous magazine article 
and she was reading this really arduous magazine article 
 
about a third world country that she
 couldn't even pronounce the, the
 name of, 
about a third world country that she couldn't even pronounce the, the name of, 
 
and she was feeling very bored... and
 very despondent 
and she was feeling very bored... and very despondent 
  
and then... and then uh, suddenly
 there was this huge mechanical
 failure 
and then... and then uh, suddenly there was this huge mechanical failure 
 
and one of the, the engines gave out,
 
and one of the, the engines gave out, 
 
and they started just falling
 thirty-thousand feet. 
and they started just falling thirty-thousand feet. 
  
The pilot's on the microphone and
 he's, 
The pilot's on the microphone and he's, 
 
he's saying, “I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
 oh my god… I'm sorry” and
 apologizing, 
he's saying, “I'm sorry, I'm sorry, oh my god… I'm sorry” and apologizing, 
 
and, and she looks at the man and
 she, and she says, 
and, and she looks at the man and she, and she says, 
 
she says, she says, “Where are we
 going?”. 
she says, she says, “Where are we going?”. 
  
And uh, and he looks at her and he
 says, 
And uh, and he looks at her and he says, 
  
(Begin muted strumming 16th notes) 
 
“We're going to a party. 
 
It, it's a birthday party. 
 
It's your birthday party, 
 
Happy birthday, darling. We love you
 very, very, very, very, very, very,
 very much.”
Happy birthday, darling. We love you very, very, very, very, very, very, very much.”
[Intro]
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[Estrofa]
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we must talk on every telephone get
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 eaten off the web 
we must talk on every telephone get eaten off the web 
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we must rip out all the epilogues
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 from the books that we have read
 
we must rip out all the epilogues from the books that we have read 
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and to the face of every criminal
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 strapped firmly to a chair 
and to the face of every criminal strapped firmly to a chair 
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we must stare, we must stare, we must
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 stare  
we must stare, we must stare, we must stare  
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we must take all of the medicine too
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 expensive now to sell 
we must take all of the medicine too expensive now to sell 
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set fire to the preacher who is
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 promising us hell 
set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell 
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and in the ear of every anarchist
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 that sleeps but doesn't dream 
and in the ear of every anarchist that sleeps but doesn't dream 
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we must sing, we must sing, we must
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 sing 
we must sing, we must sing, we must sing 
  
it'll go like this alright
[Puente]
F               G               
While my mother waters plants my
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 father loads his gun 
While my mother waters plants my father loads his gun 
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he say death will give us back to
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 god, just like the setting sun 
he say death will give us back to god, just like the setting sun 
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is returned to the lonesome ocean
[Instrumental]
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[Spoken]
[Estrofa]
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And then they splashed into the deep
 blue sea  
And then they splashed into the deep blue sea  
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       Oh, it was a wonderful splash 
 
       Oh, it was a wonderful splash  
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[Estrofa]
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we must blend into the choir sing a
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 static with the whole 
we must blend into the choir sing a static with the whole 
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we must memorize nine numbers and
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 deny we have a soul 
we must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul 
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and in this endless race for property
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 and privilege to be won 
and in this endless race for property and privilege to be won 
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we must run, we must run, we must run
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we must run, we must run, we must run 
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we must hang up in the belfry where
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 the bats and moonlight laugh 
we must hang up in the belfry where the bats and moonlight laugh 
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we must stare into a crystal ball and
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 only see the past 
we must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past 
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and into the caverns of tomorrow with
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 just our flashlight and our love 
and into the caverns of tomorrow with just our flashlight and our love 
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we must plunge, we must plunge, we
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 must plunge
we must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge
[Spoken]
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And then we'll get down there, way
 down to the very bottom of
 everything  
And then we'll get down there, way down to the very bottom of everything  
 
And then we'll see it, oh we'll see
 it, we'll see it, we'll see it
And then we'll see it, oh we'll see it, we'll see it, we'll see it
[Puente]
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oh my morning's coming back the whole
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 world's waking up 
oh my morning's coming back the whole world's waking up 
F                  G            Am   
this city bus swimming past I'm happy
            F 
 just because 
this city bus swimming past I'm happy just because 
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I found out I am really no one
[Outro]
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