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"What is your destiny?" the policewoman said
What is your destiny? the policewoman said (20% amnesia)
 
The word that she wanted was destination I'm afraid (20% amnesia)
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)
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)
:Give me strength or give me mercy
While justice was bartered by a drunken oaf? (20% amnesia)
 
This is all your glorious country thinks of your life (20% amnesia)
:Don't let me lose heart
Stripped Jack naked with a Stanley knife (20% amnesia)
 
: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 Gorbachev came cap in hand
Mister Gorbachov and some other fella (20% amnesia)
 
Were taken to a show called "Cinderella" (20% amnesia)
20% amnesia
It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery (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 bedtime boot boy jersey Ringing up some fantasy tart Give me strength or give me mercy 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) This is all your glorious country thinks of your life (20% amnesia) Stripped 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 her hand of friendship But it's only business

CHORUS

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 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) 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

CHORUS