| There was a man
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| He had a thought
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| He couldn’t keep it to himself
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| Though he ought
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| He spread it 'round knowing that
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| Mouths would run like water
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| And turn it into fact
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| This is how wars begin
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| This is how bombs start droppin'
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| If it begins with stopping I will, I will
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| Before I say something I regret I
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| Need a moment to reflect I’d
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| Like to keep my foot out of my mouth
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| And not be speakin' out my neck
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| And not say it just to be sayin' it
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| I got a butterfly net
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| In which my thoughts I collect
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| Puttin' the head and heart to the test to come with something better
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| If a thought is an opinion
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| To the truth it has no relation
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| But many mouths want attention
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| Intoxicated by the feelin of getting some
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| This is how wars begin
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| This is how hearts get broken
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| If it begins with stopping I will, I will
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| Before I say something I regret I
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| Need a moment to reflect I’d
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| Like to keep my foot out of my mouth
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| And not be speakin' out my neck
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| And not say it just to be sayin' it
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| I got a butterfly net
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| In which my thoughts I collect
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| Puttin' the head and heart to the test to come with something better
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| When the tongues start waggin'
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| Yeah yeah
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| It burns fire like dragon
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| Yeah yeah
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| I don’t want to be havin'
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| That on my conscience, no
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| I remember, I remember
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| Said the mother, to the daughter
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| «If you don’t have nothin' nice to say then don’t say nothing at all»
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| Before I say something I regret I
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| Need a moment to reflect I’d
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| Like to keep my foot out of my mouth
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| And not be speakin' out my neck
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| And not say it just to be sayin' it
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| I got a butterfly net
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| In which my thoughts I collect
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| Puttin' the head and heart to the test to come with something better
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| To come with something better, to come with something better
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| To come with something better, to come with something better
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| To reflect
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| Puttin' the head and heart to the test to come with something better
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| To come with better yea |