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(official lyrics from CD booklet)
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I wore my finest suit of clothes
I wore my finest suit of clothes


The sharpest thorn defending the rose
The sharpest thorn defending the rose


Hard as a pistol
Hot as a pistol


Keen as a blade
Keen as a blade
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And it's the same most every year
And it's the same most every year


Ghosts of the dear departed and near
Ghosts of the dear departed are near


We raise our glasses and we cheer
We raise our glasses and we cheer
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That haven't even been invented
That haven't even been invented


The strongest cage that guards the prize
The strongest cage that guards the prize
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A sight no eyes are meant to know
A sight no eyes are meant to know


Then on the third day...*
Then on the third day he arose
 
 
 
Archangel Michael will lead the way
 
Archangel Gabriel is ready to play
 
Although we know we must repent
 
We hit the scene and look for sins
 
That haven't even been invented
 
 
 
So Good and Evil were having a fight
 
It lasts much longer than any one night
 
It may last longer than a life
 
And turn a mistress into a wife
 
 
 
And so confetti fills the air
 
My head is aching
 
My pockets are bare
 
I didn't recognise their warning
 
Then I wasn't born the sharpest thorn
 
I wasn't born the sharpest thorn
 
I wasn't born the sharpest thorn
 
I wasn't born the sharpest thorn
 
I wasn't born the sharpest thorn

Revision as of 23:33, 30 May 2006

I wore my finest suit of clothes

The sharpest thorn defending the rose

Hot as a pistol

Keen as a blade

The sharpest thorn upon parade


And it's the same most every year

Ghosts of the dear departed are near

We raise our glasses and we cheer

Should old acquaintance disappear

Just as we wipe away a tear


Archangel Michael will lead the way

Archangel Gabriel is ready to play

Although we know we must repent

We hit the scene and look for sins

That haven't even been invented


The strongest cage that guards the prize

The longest lash that covers your eyes

A sight no eyes are meant to know

Then on the third day he arose


Archangel Michael will lead the way

Archangel Gabriel is ready to play

Although we know we must repent

We hit the scene and look for sins

That haven't even been invented


So Good and Evil were having a fight

It lasts much longer than any one night

It may last longer than a life

And turn a mistress into a wife


And so confetti fills the air

My head is aching

My pockets are bare

I didn't recognise their warning

Then I wasn't born the sharpest thorn

I wasn't born the sharpest thorn

I wasn't born the sharpest thorn

I wasn't born the sharpest thorn

I wasn't born the sharpest thorn