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When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
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The Police
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Turn on my V.C.R., same one I've had for years
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James Brown on the T. A. M. I. show, same tape I've had for years
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I sit in my old car, same one I've had for years
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Old battery's running down, it ran for years and years
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Turn on the radio, the static hurts my ears
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Tell me where would I go, I ain't been out in years
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Turn on the stereo, it's played for years and years
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An Otis Redding song, it's all I own
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When the world is running down
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You make the best of what's still around
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When the world is running down
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You make the best of what's still around
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Plug in my M.C.I. to exercise my brain
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Make records on my own, can't go out in the rain
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Pick up the telephone, I've listened here for years
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No one to talk to me, I've listened here for years
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When the world is running down
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You make the best of what's still around
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When the world is running down
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You make the best of what's still around
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When I feel lonely here, don't waste my time with tears
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I run 'Deep Throat' again, it ran for years and years
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Don't like the food I eat, the cans are running out
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Same food for years and years, I hate the food I eat
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When the world is running down
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You make the best of what's still around
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When the world is running down
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You make the best of what's still around
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When the world is running down
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You make the best of what's still around
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When the world is running down
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You make the best of what's still around
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Turn on my V.C.R., same one I've had for years
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James Brown on the T. A. M. I. show, same tape I've had for years
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I sit in my old car, same one I've had for years
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