Marathon - Some Lovely Parting Gifts lyrics

rate me

Gonna wipe this crowbar clean<br />

And pry off my face<br />

I'll roll up my sleeves and dig around<br />

Until I find the stains<br />

And shampoo my soiled brains<br />

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Old yellow gauze, a rusty scalpel<br />

And some cheap whiskey<br />

The tools for this home remedy<br />

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Students stuffed in classroom pockets<br />

But something's out of place<br />

Words are leaking out his sockets<br />

Words he was supposed to memorize<br />

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Better get the compass, this one needs redirection<br />

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Soon they plugged me with ambition<br />

Pulp from textbooks soaked in fiction<br />

I feasted on competition<br />

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Congratulations, you're this years champion<br />

Cue the announcer, please tell him what he's won<br />

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Letters validate the tests<br />

Numbers to see who's the best<br />

Now I understand that life's just a contest<br />

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Black mortarboard, a wooden ruler<br />

And papers marked with A's<br />

The tools that taught me to think straight<br />

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Now I don't call out the answers<br />

I'm the host, I ask the questions<br />

Raise your hand, who knows the answer? <br />

Be the first to press your buzzer<br />

Watch my eyes as you call out the answer<br />

See them twinkle as I smile<br />

Watch the scoreboard when you get the answer<br />

Lights will flash and cymbals will crash<br />

Confetti rains down from the sky<br />

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So tell him what he's won<br />

A lifetime on the run<br />

Pursuing number one<br />

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Red grading pens<br />

Gray chain-link fence<br />

Mental detentions<br />

The tools that left these stains