Banner Pilot - Shell Game lyrics

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Stumbled up the alley over tins and wires and broken boxes left for us to trip across.<br />

Another bunch of rotten bad luck; you can't win man, what'd I tell you?<br />

Mucking hands can have a cost.<br />

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First soaring then collision; like my television, stories all end up the same.<br />

So we just drink deep, inhale, and cough; move on before it wears off.<br />

Are we smarter than this shell game? I blinked (I'm not).<br />

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Up the street to Grand Avenue, end up at the water front<br />

Where pollution's made the sky go black.<br />

Never trust the books and never screw the ones who don't deserve it.<br />

Slump let reflections play back; watch.<br />

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It's no use kid, I can't stop bleeding.<br />

Take this old guitar; it's all I'm leaving.<br />

It's seen the Jersey pines, bright neon signs and rode the Brighton Line.<br />

I'll tell you what you're up against, it's the toughest fucking town<br />

I've ever seen and you're going it alone; <br />

You're an outsider so keep your profile low.</