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Nick Cave & The Bad Seed
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Here I sleep the morning through
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Till the wail of the call to prayer awakes me
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And there ain't nothing at all to do but rise and follow
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The day wherever it takes me
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I stand at the window and I look at the sea
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And I am what I am and what will be will be
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I stand at the window and I look at the sea
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Then I make me a pot of opium tea
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Down at the port I watch the boats come in
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Oh, watch the boats come in can do something to you
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And the kids gather around with an outstretched hand
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And I toss them a dirham or two
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Well, I wonder if my children are thinking of me
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'Cause I am what I am and what will be will be
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I wonder if my kids are thinking of me
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And I smile and I sip my opium tea
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At night the sea lashes the rust red ramparts
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And the shapes of hooded men who pass me
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And the mad moan of the wind laughs and laughs and laughs
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The strange luck that fate has cast me
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Well, the cats on the rampart sing merrily
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That he is what he is and what will be will be
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Yeah, the cats on the rampart sing merrily
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And I sit and I drink up my opium tea
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I'm a prisoner here, I can never go home
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There is nothing here to win or lose
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There are no choices needed to be made at all
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Not even the choice of having to choose
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Well, I'm a prisoner here, yes but I'm also free
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'Cause I am what I am and what will be will be
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I'm a prisoner here, yeah but I'm also free
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And I smile and I sip my opium tea
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