Foburg (They Bought)
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INTRO
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VERSE 1
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In olden
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days
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pennies were
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saved
By
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worried
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souls with
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social
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roles
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Nailed down from
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birth,
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not to be
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shirked
Their
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wads they’d
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clasp, each
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face a
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mask
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They’d come to town on market
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days
The merchandise was rough and
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grey
She’d stoop and point, he’d look a
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way
She had to guess how much he’d
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pay
The shops were small and often
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closed
Down Main Street you could hear the
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wind
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blow
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At
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p
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CHORUS 1
They
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bought, fear and
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shame will sell
They
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bought, couldn’t
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help
themselves
They
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bought, it
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caught wise ones and fools together
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Varnish on twine and feathers
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VERSE 2
A
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palace of
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thrills,
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perched on the
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hill
It’s
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farci
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cal but
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magi
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cal
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Madhouse
e
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rased,
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re-badged,
un
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chained
The
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fast-buck
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town went
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classi
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cal
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Triumphal arches, draped with
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vines
Stand where the escalator
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climbs
To meet the towers, sleek and
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tall
Where dreamlight bathes the
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halls
No cells or wards, just endless
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space
Five hundred signs dilate to
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bind
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you
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In their em
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brace
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CHORUS 1
They
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bought,
histo
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ry
adjusts
They
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bought and we
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have been touched
They
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thought, we
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not – give us the future they worked for
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No death, no taxes and no wa
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INTERLUDE
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A small rainforest under glass
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Glows pink and lime, long moments pass
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A rumble grows, becomes a swish
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Monsoon arrives, the branches
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twitch
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From ancient Egypt, fifties Rome
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Come plastic coats and painted stones
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And Turkish carpets, 3D screens
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Handheld devices, 38 cui
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sines
Those
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people who we
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were
Out
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moded and in
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terred
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Along with
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all their pain and
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discon
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tent
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VERSE 2
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To level
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one
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families
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come
It’s
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self-con
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tained and
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risk-a
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ware
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By level
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three,
(
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adults
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only)
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different
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dispen
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sation
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there
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Who says a man can’t make his
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home
Someplace where he can’t be a
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lone
But is policed and clean and
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bright
Where he is welcome day or
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night
Where in the shifts of light and
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smell
He sometimes hears his children
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yell
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”Yes, we’re o
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kay
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here in our
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gra
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ve”
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CHORUS 3/OUTRO
They
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bought – now there’s
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no more shame
They
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bought in the sup
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ply
chain
They
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bought, we
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fought gravity to replace them
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Come on and join the mayhe
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