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What is your destiny? the policewoman said (20% amnesia)
"What is your destiny?" the policewoman said
The word that she wanted was destination I'm afraid (20% amnesia)
 
This is your future boy, this is your fate (20% amnesia)
20% amnesia
And you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you (20% amnesia)
 
The word that she wanted was "destination," I'm afraid
 
20% amnesia
 
This is your future boy, this is your fate
 
20% amnesia
 
And you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you
 
20% amnesia
 
 
 
In his bed-time boot-boy jersey


In his bedtime boot boy jersey
Ringing up some fantasy tart
Ringing up some fantasy tart
Give me strength or give me mercy
Give me strength or give me mercy
Life intimidates art
Life intimidates art


CHORUS:
Give me strength or give me mercy
Don't let me lose heart
From rage to anaesthesia
Twenty percent amnesia


Were you passed out on the sofa (20% amnesia)
 
While justice was bartered by a drunken oaf? (20% amnesia)
:Give me strength or give me mercy
This is all your glorious country thinks of your life (20% amnesia)
 
Stripped Jack naked with a Stanley knife (20% amnesia)
:Don't let me lose heart
 
:From rage to anaesthesia
 
:20% amnesia
 
 
 
Were you passed out on the sofa?
 
20% amnesia
 
While justice was bartered by a drunken oaf?
 
20% amnesia
 
This is all your glorious country thinks of your life
 
20% amnesia
 
Strip-jack-naked with a Stanley knife
 
20% amnesia
 
 


So the German Queen went home again
So the German Queen went home again
But she couldn't find forgiveness
But she couldn't find forgiveness
They made a fist of her hand of friendship
 
They made a fist of the hand of friendship
 
But it's only business
But it's only business


CHORUS
 
 
:Give me strength or give me mercy
 
:Don't let me lose heart
 
:From rage to anaesthesia
 
:20% amnesia
 
 


The wine you drink has never seen a grape
The wine you drink has never seen a grape
And now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape
And now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape
But its a dangerous game that comedy plays
But its a dangerous game that comedy plays
Sometimes it tells you the truth, sometimes it delays it
 
Sometimes it tells you the truth
 
Sometimes it delays it
 
 


Think back, think back if you still can
Think back, think back if you still can
When the trumpet sounded and the world began
When the trumpet sounded and the world began
Somebody said "We must have won"
Somebody said "We must have won"
So they started burying the bogeyman
So they started burying the bogeyman


Mister Gorbachov came cap in hand (20% amnesia)
 
From a bankrupt land to a bankrupt land (20% amnesia)
 
Mister Gorbachov and some other fella (20% amnesia)
Mister Gorbachev came cap in hand
Were taken to a show called "Cinderella" (20% amnesia)
 
It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery (20% amnesia)
20% amnesia
It was calculated and the rest is history (20% amnesia)
 
From a bankrupt land to a bankrupt land
 
20% amnesia
 
Mister Gorbachev and some other fella
 
20% amnesia
 
Were taken to a show called "Cinderella"
 
20% amnesia
 
It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery
 
20% amnesia
 
It was calculated and the rest is history
 
20% amnesia
 
 


You don't have to listen to me
You don't have to listen to me
That's the triumph of free will
That's the triumph of free will
When there are promises to break
When there are promises to break
And dreams to kill
And dreams to kill


CHORUS
 
 
:Give me strength or give me mercy
 
:Don't let me lose heart
 
:From rage to anaesthesia
 
:20% amnesia

Revision as of 02:38, 27 April 2009

"What is your destiny?" the policewoman said

20% amnesia

The word that she wanted was "destination," I'm afraid

20% amnesia

This is your future boy, this is your fate

20% amnesia

And you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you

20% amnesia


In his bed-time boot-boy jersey

Ringing up some fantasy tart

Give me strength or give me mercy

Life intimidates art


Give me strength or give me mercy
Don't let me lose heart
From rage to anaesthesia
20% amnesia


Were you passed out on the sofa?

20% amnesia

While justice was bartered by a drunken oaf?

20% amnesia

This is all your glorious country thinks of your life

20% amnesia

Strip-jack-naked with a Stanley knife

20% amnesia


So the German Queen went home again

But she couldn't find forgiveness

They made a fist of the hand of friendship

But it's only business


Give me strength or give me mercy
Don't let me lose heart
From rage to anaesthesia
20% amnesia


The wine you drink has never seen a grape

And now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape

But its a dangerous game that comedy plays

Sometimes it tells you the truth

Sometimes it delays it


Think back, think back if you still can

When the trumpet sounded and the world began

Somebody said "We must have won"

So they started burying the bogeyman


Mister Gorbachev came cap in hand

20% amnesia

From a bankrupt land to a bankrupt land

20% amnesia

Mister Gorbachev and some other fella

20% amnesia

Were taken to a show called "Cinderella"

20% amnesia

It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery

20% amnesia

It was calculated and the rest is history

20% amnesia


You don't have to listen to me

That's the triumph of free will

When there are promises to break

And dreams to kill


Give me strength or give me mercy
Don't let me lose heart
From rage to anaesthesia
20% amnesia