Difference between revisions of "Brookline (demo)/Lyrics"
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Don't stray out of Boston town | Don't stray out of Boston town | ||
The home of Samuel Adams, the ride of Paul Revere | The home of Samuel Adams, the ride of Paul Revere | ||
| − | Don't go past the signs that say the | + | Don't go past the signs that say the Freedom Trail ends here |
| − | First they'll take you in with | + | First they'll take you in with song and laughter |
Then they'll fill your head with lies | Then they'll fill your head with lies | ||
Too late you glimpse the secret, the sinister design | Too late you glimpse the secret, the sinister design | ||
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I was once a man who had a future | I was once a man who had a future | ||
And I'm sure I had a past | And I'm sure I had a past | ||
| − | But now I can't remember the place | + | But now I can't remember the place that I came from |
I'm ashamed and frightened of this thing that I've become | I'm ashamed and frightened of this thing that I've become | ||
Now I'm rich and smart, my home is charming | Now I'm rich and smart, my home is charming | ||
Sense of irony well-honed | Sense of irony well-honed | ||
| − | I buy used books | + | I buy used books and Britas, I snack on nuts and wine |
I have been imprisoned in Brookline | I have been imprisoned in Brookline | ||
Brookline | Brookline | ||
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You go deeper and deeper to learn how it ticks | You go deeper and deeper to learn how it ticks | ||
If you know what it is you can fight it | If you know what it is you can fight it | ||
| − | Like a | + | Like a Tootsie Roll Pop it takes too many licks |
And before you get there you will bite it | And before you get there you will bite it | ||
Or it may bite you | Or it may bite you | ||
Latest revision as of 11:27, 15 May 2008
Not far away in a place by the sea
Something is watching and waiting for me
Brookline
Something isn't right in Massachusetts
Don't stray out of Boston town
The home of Samuel Adams, the ride of Paul Revere
Don't go past the signs that say the Freedom Trail ends here
First they'll take you in with song and laughter
Then they'll fill your head with lies
Too late you glimpse the secret, the sinister design
That marries you forever to Brookline
Brookline
I was once a man who had a future
And I'm sure I had a past
But now I can't remember the place that I came from
I'm ashamed and frightened of this thing that I've become
Now I'm rich and smart, my home is charming
Sense of irony well-honed
I buy used books and Britas, I snack on nuts and wine
I have been imprisoned in Brookline
Brookline
You go deeper and deeper to learn how it ticks
If you know what it is you can fight it
Like a Tootsie Roll Pop it takes too many licks
And before you get there you will bite it
Or it may bite you
See the shadow fall across New England
Stretching out to Oregon
A talk show host, an author, a president, a king
If you haven't noticed, they've infected everything
Keep your hometown close, keep Brookline closer
Hide your heart and watch the skies
For when the darkness finds you the sun will cease to shine
In the end, your only friend, Brookline
Brookline
And it's one if by land, two if by sea
Three if by guile and duplicity
Brookline
Brookline
