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Out of the alleys, our needle strewn fields<br>
Into the sunlight that the brochures reveal<br>
Like snakes come for rabbits and rabbits for meals<br>
Where the oar and the axe flies<br>
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Well this is our story (stick to it) but it ain't the truth<br>
Cause the truth's just for liars that need an excuse<br>
Around here love's a gangster and charity's the proof<br>
Where God deals on Sunday's under a rain burning roof<br>
It's five blocks a universe and aliens for each<br>
Like invisible ghettos of priviledge and grief<br>
And pinned up between them the carrion fly<br>
Living off skeletons of recycled lives<br>
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This is the place you find out<br>
Well this is the way you find out<br>
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We all live downtown<br>
Pay two even, no parking<br>
Live with a clown<br>
Step over ourselves<br>
We all live downtown<br>
Pay in blood, no parking<br>
Sleep on the ground<br>
Step over ourselves<br>
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We all live downtown<br>
We all die downtown<br>
Step over ourselves<br>
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Well this is our story (stick to it) but it ain't the truth<br>
Cause the truth's just for liars that need an excuse<br>
For a king crown a banker, the queen crown a noose<br>
Like heirs to a graveyard where the dirt's always loose<br>
It's five blocks a universe and aliens for each<br>
Like invisible ghettos of priviledge and grief<br>
And pinned up between them the carrion fly<br>
Picking off skeletons under a big northern sky<br>
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This is the place where you find out<br>
Well this is the way you find out<br>
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We all live downtown<br>
We all die downtown<br>
Step over ourselves<br>
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<i>[Thanks to Gill (g_blundon@hotmail.com) for these lyrics]</i><br>

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