Constructive Summer
--Mike/howardfinkel483 (woj2322@yahoo.com)
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Me and my friends are like
the drums on "Lust for Life"
we pound it out on fourtop
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our songs' a sing-a-long song"
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and this whole town is like it
and now we're all haul-assing
work at the mill until you die
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work at the mill and then you die
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we gonna build something this summer
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we're getting back together
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raise up a giant ladder
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with love & trust and friends that hammer
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let the -------
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up against the water tower
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climb up to the top
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drink the top (?)
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me and my friends are like
double whiskey, coke no ice
we drank along in double time
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i drink too much, you feel fine
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were gonna build something this summer
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summer winter summer power
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drink on top of the water tower
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with love and trust and shows all summer
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let this demon in he'll only remind you
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we could all be something bigger
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i went to your schools
i did my detention but the walls are so grey i couldnt pay attention
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i read the gospel it moved me to tears
don't mind the hate and couldnt find the fear
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i met your saviour I knelt at his feet
and he took my ten bucks and went down the street
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tried to believe all the things that you said
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my friends that arent dying are already dead
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raise a toast to st joe strummer
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I think he might've been our only decent teacher
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getting older makes it harder to remember
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we are our only saviours
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we're gonna build something this summer